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UFC-Gym Students Take Home The Medals

August 30, 2010 By Crispim BJJ Leave a Comment

On Sunday, August 29th, nine of Alexander Crispim and Jesus Mojica’s students from the UFC-Gym in Concord competed in the Grappling X Tournament in Elk Grove.  Out of the nine who competed, SEVEN took home medals.  These white belt students all started training Jiu-Jitsu since the UFC- Gym opened in November and later and in their very short time for training, they have all progressed phenomenally.   These guys were competing against other white belts who have been training for 1-2 years and they didn’t let this affect them in their focus on victory and success. 

All nine of these competitors showed passion, skill, and an incredible implementation of the positions and strategies that they have learned from Alexander Crispim and Jesus Mojica.

The results are as follows:

GOLD MEDALS:

Rafael Garcia

Brett Baraquil

SILVER MEDALS:

Mark Ward

John Bon

Andres Morra

Rudy Villalobos

BRONZE MEDAL:

Justin Steele

Crispim, the Crispim BJJ Team in Pleasanton, and the UFC-Gym Team would all like to congratulate all nine of the competitors in their success!! Keep training hard and way to represent.

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Crispim BJJ is Having a Party!

July 14, 2010 By Crispim BJJ Leave a Comment

The Crispim BJJ Team will have its Belt Promotions on Saturday, July 31st.  We will also be celebrating the 1 Year Anniversary of Crispim BJJ with a BBQ, good friends and training partners and a lot of fun.  The Team Picture will be taken that day, and we hope that all BJJ, boxing, fitness and MMA students will be there.

We will not have any classes on this day and the schedule will be:

11:00 am                       Belt Promotions

12:30 pm                       Team Picture

1:00 pm                          BBQ/Potluck

We would like to thank Aash and Carlos for agreeing to help with the BBQ, especially because we always hear about their BBQ skills. :)   I think we are in for a good meal.  Also, please bring your favorite side dish, snack/appetizer or dessert to the BBQ.   Thanks for making this a wonderful year and we look forward to celebrating the new belt promotions and anniversary with the team.

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Crispim BJJ Trains in Downtown Pleasanton

July 9, 2010 By Crispim BJJ Leave a Comment

This past Wednesday night, Alexander Crispim and many of the team members of Crispim BJJ were at the 1st Wednesday Street Party in Downtown Pleasanton.  We had a lot of fun and met many new people.  Quite a few of our young teammates volunteered their time to do demonstrations and showcase their skills and abilities.  We were very proud of them and they all did a great job.  We thank all of you who came and supported our team so that we may help others see, learn about and experience Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.   And thank you to all of the Pleasanton residents who stopped by and are interested in learning more about our programs.  Please come by and visit the academy and try some classes.  

This is just another example of how incredible our team is and the phenomenal support that each of you offers our academy and team.

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Crispim BJJ will be at the 1st Wednesday in Pleasanton

June 24, 2010 By agentevo Leave a Comment
Crispim BJJ will be at the 1st Wednesday Street Fair in Downtown Pleasanton on Wednesday, July 7th.  Come by our booth and watch some demonstrations, learn about our academy and programs (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, MMA, and Fitness) and meet our instructors, Alexander Crispim and Daniel Elias.   It will be a lot of fun!!
Also, we will be having our 1st Anniversary and Belt Promotions BBQ Party on Saturday, July 31st at the academy.  As we get closer, we will post more information about the days festivities, but… you can expect great food, lots of friends and family, and a team picture.   We hope everyone will be there.
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Alexander Crispim Wins at Tachi Palace Fights

May 6, 2010 By Crispim BJJ 2 Comments

Alexander Crispim earns an unanimous decision at the Tachi Palace Fights last night.  He was called five days prior to the event and asked to take on Enoch Wilson (13-6-1) and prior PFC Champion.  Crispim agreed to take the fight and was able to dominate all three rounds.  Two of the judges scored it 30-27 and one scored it 29-28 for Crispim’s Unanimous Decision Victory.

The majority of the fight consisted of Crispim taking down Wilson and really capitalizing on his wrestling and jiu jitsu skills.  Crispim tried to finish the fight several times, including a clearly painful foot lock he got on Wilson, but Enoch Wilson proved to be a very tough opponent. It was a great fight and very exciting to watch.

Crispim would like to thank all of his family, Crispim BJJ team, UFC gym team, training partners and coaches.  “Without every one of these people, I would not have the training, support and successes that we are all achieving together.”

This fight brings Crispim’s record to 5-2.  Now Crispim wants to focus on his training and his team’s training for the Worlds Jiu Jitsu Tournament coming at the beginning of June.  We will soon be announcing some specific tournament training so please watch the website for updates.

Finally, you will notice some new features at the top of our website.  We will be rolling out instructions soon on how to use these new capabilities.

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Alexander Crispim to Fight Wednesday!

April 30, 2010 By Crispim BJJ Leave a Comment

Hello Team,

As you know, Crispim’s fight at Cage Combat was cancelled at the last minute due to issues with his opponent which left him frustrated and disappointed.  He wanted to fight and give all of you who had supported him a great show and properly represent Crispim BJJ and the UFC gym.

Well… he got a call yesterday asking him to fight at the Tachi Palace Fights in Lemoore against Enoch Wilson.  Crispim took the fight!  He says that he is ready to go to battle!   GOOD LUCK CRISPIM!!!

Also, just a little note… we will be adding some pretty cool new features and abilities to the website.  Please watch for them over the next few weeks. :)

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Alex Crispim Earns the Gold at the Pan Ams

April 11, 2010 By Crispim BJJ Leave a Comment

We are proud to announce that our very own, Alexander Crispim, won his three fights today at the Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championship taking him to the podium and earning the gold medal.  Alexander Crispim would like to thank all of his students, training partners and staff from Crispim BJJ in Pleasanton and the UFC Gym in Concord for their incredible training and support.  Without every one of the white belts, blue belts, purple belts, brown belts and black belts he trains with, Crispim would never have succeeded in his quest for the championship.  Crispim would also like to thank Rob Gibson and Allan Maravilla for constantly pushing his cardio and their absolute dedication in making sure that he is ready for all of his competitions and fights.

Crispim BJJ and Alexander Crispim would also like to congratulate the team on their performances at the Pan Ams this weekend.  Congratulations to Carlos Jimenez for taking the SILVER medal in his division.  And congratulations to Phil Rogacki for earning the BRONZE medal in his division.  In addition, the team had many other competitors who stepped on to the mats and fought good strong fights, with lots of wins, passion, skill, and heart.  It takes a tremendous amount of courage to enter a competition like this and we had both first time tournament competitors as well as seasoned competitors and we are extremely proud of each and every one of you.   We are getting better and stronger every day and with everyone’s continued dedication, support and motivation, we will be unbeatable.

Here is the link for the complete results from the Pan Ams.  Also, we will post pictures and video as we collect it.  Please send us any pictures you have because we are missing pictures from some of our team’s competitions. Thanks.

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Incredible Rodrigo Gracie Seminar at Crispim BJJ

March 15, 2010 By Crispim BJJ Leave a Comment

Alexander Crispim and Crispim BJJ Barra Brothers in Pleasanton would like to thank Rodrigo Gracie for the incredible jiu jitsu seminar he gave to our team yesterday.  We had a full house of students learning and training together, along with a total of five Black Belts on the mat.   We would also like to thank Crosley Gracie and his family (Crosley Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu of Brentwood) for supporting and attending the seminar.   We are happy that we could offer this seminar before the Pan Ams for some additional training prior to our competitions.   Thank you for attending and we hope you learned and enjoyed yourselves.

Here are a few comments about the seminar:

*   That was an awesome seminar. I have some new side control attacks!!- Anthony D.
*   Thank you, that was a great seminar !!!- Angele K.
*   Had a great time today and learned a lot, thanks!- John B.
*   Still amazed!!! :) - Erico M.
*   Awesome moves- Logan M.
*   I can’t wait to start taking souls with those moves this week!!! Thanks Rodrigo!- Justin H.
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Alex Crispim and Justin Hoglund are FIGHTING April 24th!

February 27, 2010 By Crispim BJJ 1 Comment

Both Crispim and Justin will be fighting at Cage Combat in Santa Rosa on April 24th.  Crispim will be the main event and will be fighting Andy Miranda.  We are still waiting to hear who Justin’s opponent is.   Crispim is very excited about this fight and proud to be fighting on the same card as Justin.

Everyone, please mark your calendars and we will have tickets for sale at the academy when it gets closer to the event.  Also, many of you are training hard for the upcoming jiu jitsu tournaments and to all of our students, please come to the Pleasanton academy as much as possible because all of our competitors, both MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu need all of your incredible training.

We will post more details about this event as it becomes available.  Thanks for your support Team Crispim BJJ Barra Brothers.

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Crispim BJJ is Proud to Announce a Rodrigo Gracie Seminar in Pleasanton

February 23, 2010 By Crispim BJJ 1 Comment

Crispim BJJ Barra Brothers in Pleasanton is excited to be hosting a seminar for Rodrigo Gracie on March 14th, 2010 from 1:00-3:00pm.  The seminar will focus on both gi and no-gi.

Rodrigo Gracie is the son of Reylson Gracie and grandson of one of the founders of  Gracie Jiu Jitsu, Carlos Gracie.  Rodrigo has a long list of accomplishments including Pride 19 and 24 champion, Pride Bushido 1 and 2 Champion, Abu Dhabi Champion, K-1 Hero’s Champion and author of several Martial Arts books.  

You do not want to miss this opportunity to train with this highly experienced and decorated Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and MMA competitor and learn some of the latest techniques in the grappling world.   

We just found out that we will also have a special guest and well respected competitor and teacher, Crosley Gracie, at the seminar.  Crosley also has a very accomplished record in both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA.  He also owns and teaches at his academy in Brentwood.

Space is limited and we will be reserving spots on a first come first serve basis.  The cost is $65 for students of any of the Barra Brothers academies and $75 for non-members.  Please contact Crispim or Michele for additional information.

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