Xande begins preparations for Abu Dhabi title defense!

Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro in guard

The 2011 Abu Dhabi Combat Club NoGi Championship is around the corner. The event will be held in Nottingham, England on September 24th and 25th. The tournament is loaded with grappling superstars in every division such as, Guilherme and Rafael Mendes, Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, Rani Yahya, Marcelo Garcia, Kron Gracie, and Fabricio Werdum. However, all eyes will be on the -98.9kg division. The division has been a rest home for 2 time champion Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro. Xande has dominated his division for near half of a decade. This year the wager has grown for the -98.9kg title. Among a number of hungry up and coming grapplers, 2011 World heavyweight and absolute champion Rodolfo Veira has put his name into the hat. Also, fighting in his academy backyard, the only 3 time absolute world jiu jitsu champion Roger Gracie enters the division. Also, formidable opponents such as Joao Assis, Robert Drysdale, and former ADCC Absolute Champion Dean Lister fill the bracket as well.

Xande is coming off a rib injury suffered in the semifinal at the World Cup Pro in Abu Dhabi earlier this year. Also, a two time world jiu jitsu absolute titlist, Xande will be healthy and well prepared for the event. With two months to prepare, Xande has began his training with his brother Saulo Ribeiro. Saulo has the experience to prepare Xande for the event, having won two ADCC titles and 6 world jiu jitsu titles himself. Now living in West Hollywood, Xande also has expanded his training to Kron Gracie’s academy. Kron will be attempting to win his first ADCC title in the -76.9kg division. Stay tuned to the most anticipated divisional battle in years. With all the fanfare directed towards newcomer Rodolfo Veira, let us not forget the king of the past four years….Xande Ribeiro.

Ethan receives his 1st stripe

Congratulations to Ethan for earning his 1st stripe last night! We are very glad to have Ethan at our school and look forward to his continued progress, keep up the great work Ethan! -Oss

Training with guest instructor Jake Mapes

OJJ would like to thank Jake Mapes for coming out this week and teaching the adult classes. We had a great turnout the entire week, everyone trained hard, and we learned a lot of great new techniques! I'll be uploading pictures from the week shortly. Thanks again Jake! -Oss

OJJ Welcomes 2 new members

We would like to formally welcome our newest members Junior and Holly to the OJJ family. They have been a great addition and are both learning very quickly. We would also like to thank Junior for his service in the US Navy. They both joined us by referral from Steve. Refer a friend and receive 1 month free training!

3 students receive their 1st stripes today!

Congratulations to Jake Casey, Clayton Hutton, and Dave Cosper on receiving their 1st stripes tonight! All 3 have shown great improvement and exceptional dedication since beginning their training.

Outliers Jiu Jitsu Blog Debut!

Hey everyone,

So I've been working on getting this blog thing going for about a week now and am happy to say that the kinks are out, the website is updated, and we are live!!!

I'm going be here everyday to maintain the website and to send out updates via our Facebook page as well as this blog. We want to get a great sense of community going here at OJJ and keep everyone informed of what is going on both at our academy and in our sport world-wide.

Some of the main things I will cover are listed below, but feel free to send me any suggestions at webmaster@outliersbjj.com anytime for things you would like to see more of whether it be for the blog, website, facebook, the academy itself, or anything else in general.

• School closings
• Special events (BBQ's, group events for the kids, University training days)
• Competitions (and live updates from them)
• Promotions
• Student recognition
• BJJ happenings from around the world

I want to help get the information out to everyone in all ways possible. Lets train hard and grow the school!

-Beau


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Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu wins overall team and every absolute division title at Grappling X San Diego!!!

Grappling X is a San Diego tournament that brings the local academies together for some good competition to check the level of each others Jiu Jitsu. This event had almost 700 competitors!! The Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu competition team had around 55 competitors alone, including a strong kids team of about 25 kid competitors. The team did not disappoint, winning numerous division weight titles, the overall team title, and every single absolute title from white to brown belt!!! The team showed that they are maturing, and absorbing the technique taught by Saulo Ribeiro, and his black belts. This was the first tournament that new RJJA affiliate Outliers Jiu Jitsu of Santee, Ca. joined forces with University of Jiu Jitsu, and Jake Mapes BJJ to make up the Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu effort. One big family of martial artists! Some of the individual achievements were Aaron Eberhart winning his weight and the absolute divisions at white belt. Nisar Loynab winning his weight and absolute divisions at blue belt. Michael Liera Jr. winning his weight and absolute divisions at purple belt. Finally, Darragh O’Connail only had an absolute division at brown, he won that . Darragh did get his double gold later in the evening, winning the NoGi portion of the event. Overall, the team was well prepared, and it showed in the results. Congratulations to all who competed!