BJJ Archives - Team Perosh Sydney GYM

End of year gradings and Christmas party

December 31, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Grading, Gym, Kids BJJ, Muay Thai Kickboxing/by Anthony Perosh

My two Sydney gyms finished the year off with gradings in BJJ, Muay Thai Kickboxing and Kids BJJ and then our annual Christmas Party with a BBQ on the beach.

About 160 students graded from my Concord and Moorebank MMA gyms. Two new BJJ black belts were awarded to Andrew King and Jonathon Cuniowski and nine new brown belts to Aydin Mrouki, Tony Pycroft, Wade Huang, Adam Assuncao, Tim Wong, Daniel Ung, Tyrone Bell, Andrew Husmann and Billy Sam.

About 150 students, family and friends came to our Christmas party at Collaroy Beach on Saturday 13^th December. It was a great day and the rain held out. Our annual awards were handed out. Adults Competitor of the year Frances Bavaro, Adults Most Improved of the year Andrew Mills, Kids Competitor of the year Oliver Silvestro and Kids Most Improved of the year Zander Mucenski.

BJJ results for the past 4 months

December 31, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition, Gym, Kids BJJ/by Anthony Perosh

Team SPMA competed in 5 BJJ comps around Sydney the past 4 months and won an outstanding amount of medals. About 80 Team SPMA BJJ competitors won 25 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 18 bronze medals. Adult stand outs include Shaher Khan, Frances Bavaro, Tony Pycroft, Daphne Cuniowski and Dominic Lees. Kids stand outs include Oliver Silvestro, Eemil Iivonen, Zander Mucenski, Anwar Kumar and Aadam Kumar. What a team!

Machado National Championships 2014

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition, Grading, Kids BJJ/by Anthony Perosh

The annual gathering of Machado gyms around Australia and New Zealand was on 6th September in Melbourne. A number of gyms attended and the BJJ competition had 330 competitors. Rigan Machado was present at the competition and also taught a seminar the day after. The photo below shows a number of the BJJ Black Belts in attendance with Rigan Machado in the front.

Submission Masterclass: Tips to perform like a BJJ champion

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition, MMA, Online Training/by Anthony Perosh

Check out an article MMA Kanvas did featuring me doing some MMA submissions. It was for UFC Fight Night 50 featuring Jacare and Mousassi. Jacare is a top BJJ black belt and ended up winning the match by guillotine choke. You can see me demonstatting a number of submissions in short videos. Submissions include Rear Naked Choke, Guillotine Choke, Kimura, Anaconda choke and a Flying Triangle Choke too! Check them out.

IMC BJJ grading

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Grading, Kids BJJ/by Anthony Perosh

IMC had their grading BJJ grading 29th August at the Kemps Creek gym. IMC is headed by Paul Zadro. He teaches Kempo Karate, Thai Kickboxing, BJJ and MMA from his gym. Ten students graded for their stripes on their white belt and two students Mitchell Elliot and Ben Sculli both received their blue belts.

Griffith BJJ grading

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Grading, Kids BJJ/by Anthony Perosh

Griffith had their first BJJ grading ever on Saturday 16^th August. Nine students from RMA and Total Fitness graded to their first stripe. RMA is headed by Frank Cirillo and is primarily a Kyokushin karate school. Frank called me 6 months ago and wanted to introduce BJJ to his school and Griffith. Well done to Frank and all the students at RMA in Griffith on beginning their journey to a black belt and beyond.

2014 Australian BJJ Championships Melbourne

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition, Kids BJJ/by Anthony Perosh

SPMA only sent a small team of 4 students to the Australian BJJ Championships in Melbourne on 15^th to 17^th August. Oliver Silvestro won both his matches and is the Australian BJJ champion in his kids division. Tahyrin Roberts won one match and lost one and won a bronze medal in his kids division. Adults Tony Pycroft and Welsey Matthews lost their matches.

Metamoris 4

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition/by Anthony Perosh

I was asked to do some BJJ analysis on the recent Metamoris matches for MMA Kanvas held in the USA on 9^th August. Metamoris matches are 20 minutes long and if the match doesn’t end in a submission it’s a draw. There were some top BJJ matches with a mix of old and new BJJ and also seeing current UFC fighters getting in the mix. Go and watch the matches online and then read my analysis.

NSW BJJ Winter Cup Sydney

September 16, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition, Kids BJJ/by Anthony Perosh

SPMA’s team of 17 students won an amazing 7 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals at the NSW BJJ Winter Cup on 26^th July in Sydney. Gold medallists include Andrew Husman, Steve Rudic, Jean Mondaca, Zander Mucenski, Anwar Kumar, Aadam Kumar and Tahyrn Roberts. The team consisted of 8 adults and 9 kids who competed in both gi and no gi.

First Australian Jiu Jitsu Grand Prix

July 25, 2014/0 Comments/in BJJ, Competition/by Anthony Perosh

SPMA student Shaher Khan competed in the first Australian Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Grand Prix. It was held in Sydney on Sunday 20^th July and had 8 of Australia’s best BJJ Cruiserweights (under 91kg) compete for a $2000.00 first prize. Shaher won his first match 6 – 0 and then lost a very close semi final match to a black belt 4 – 2. Official videos will be up on YouTube soon.