Showing posts with label On Island Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On Island Time. Show all posts

Sunday, January 2, 2011

"Submissions in Paradise"

If you are a loyal follower to the IJJ Blog, you have known that the multiple time World Champions have graced the islands with their presence this past month.  After a lot of work and planning, Island Jiu-jitsu made it happen with the most innovative seminar Hawaii has seen in memory.  We meant to post this blog a few weeks ago, however with the holidays and everything(Triple Crown of Surfing) we got a little behind our normal schedule.

The idea of the seminar actually began back in August of 2010, and after the amount of positive feedback we have received, we are already planning the next few to hit our islands!

This is the recap of some of the activities we did (ENJOY!!!)

Here is a picture of us at the Honolulu Airport when they arrived.
   

The first thing we did is go to Yardhouse in Waikiki to eat... fish and veggies.. the champion's diet.

We cruised around the island and did lots of things, like hiking Koko Head Crater






But the most epic activity was the shark tour with North Shore Shark Adventures.  Choke sharks in the water...Rafa was convinced he could choke out the sharks...



Here's a video of us getting in the cage and checking out all da sharks.  Sorry for the lack of editing here...we were getting the most out of my girlfriend's Olympus waterproof camera... but if you watch closely you'll see Rafa arm barring Gui in the CAGE!!!




Stay tuned for the next blog post that will include info from the seminar and techniques that we learned... and our visit with BJ Penn!!!!!

Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

KALANI DAVID SHREDDING THE PARK UP IN COUNTRY

Very seldom do we here at Island Jiu-jitsu feature a non jiu-jitsu related star.  However, when it comes to Kalani David, a kid I used to bicycle around in Costa Rica with during his early childhood, he most definitely fits the criteria!
     The David Family has always been a home away from home for me, even as Kalani was just coming into the world.  It continues to be an amazing ride to watch his progress in to the forefront of surfing and skateboarding (dont forget motorcross!)...and MOST AMAZING to see the groms looking to him for encouragement...YOU ARE THE MAN KALANI...love Uncle J-Bay :)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Promotion Night : Gracie Kailua



Last night at class (GRACIE KAILUA) there were well-deserved promotions given by my insructor and friend Jason Izaguirre (Royler Gracie black belt). A solid number of blue belts were given, as well as degrees on both white and blue belts. In addition, I recieved a degree on my purple belt. But the highlight of the evening definetly went to Daniel Espinoza who got his brown belt! He is well worthy of it (yeah D)

Monday, August 10, 2009

Island Jiu-Jitsu Team 8/7/09



This is our first class photo (a few of our warriors were not able to make it to class this day)...however, I would like to take this opportunity to say that everyones technique is progressing at an unbelievable rate!..PORTLOCK CONTROL

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Training at B.J. Penn Academy this weekend!!

Yeah guys...spent this weekend in Hilo on the BIG ISLAND of Hawaii!! It's just a comical 60 minute flight from here in Honolulu. Initially went there for a baby luau in Hilo town, but convinced my lovely girlfriend to let me slip over to B.J. Penn's academy.




B.J. is on the mainland in California training for his fight with Kenny Florian (go B.J.!)..so one of his brown belts (Chris Henriques) is teaching his classes. His jiu-jitsu is really sick, and he had us drilling some killer X-guard techniques!



F.Y.I...these boyz in Hilo are monsters!...they start sparring and end sparring!
Everyone was SUPER_COOL and DA BOYZ even took my girl and I out for a night on tha town! We went to a few bars and there were some locals singing their hearts out (karaoke)...B.J.s brother Reagan was cruising with us and a few other MMAers!..gotta send shouts out to Chris and Robby (crazy englishman)...By the way, everyone needs to check out the BIG ISLAND...Kalapana!!...oops!


Monday, May 25, 2009

Jiu-jitsu/Ocean Lifestyle in da islands

Basically, I live in paradise(Hawaii), and all I do is surf, teach and train jiu-jitsu, maintain my organic garden, and cruise. Hawaii is a great place to do all of these activities. Purple belt in Gracie Jiu-jitsu(Royler Gracie Associaton), Ive had more than my share of challenge matches. All of which have ended by submission(the opponents). In this blog, I plan to show AND talk about the various techniques I rely on. Keep checking my blog to see how we do it in the islands!!!!!!!!!!