Congratulations to the Gracie Humaita Competition team. The RGDA Association is proud to be an integral part of the Gracie Humaita team.
Gracie Humaita is the Original Gracie Jiu-Jitsu School from Rio De Janeiro -Brazil, created and developed by Grand Master Helio Gracie and carried foward by his sons including Professor Royler Gracie.
The Gracie Humaita Men's Team took Second Place and for the second year in a row the Women's team took first place.
Congratulations to RGDA HQ competitors Casey O'Brien and Angelica Tabor. Casey won the Gold medal in the female Blue Belt Middle Weight Division and Angelica brought home the Bronze in the female Brown/Black Belt Light Weight Division.
Congratulations to Brain Imholz for winning the Bronze Medal. Brian is from RGDA Academy Grappling Concepts St Louis
More Results, details and pics to follow!
RGDA NHB News
RGDA Canada NHB fighter Anthony Romita will be fighting in the upcoming UCW Card on Friday June 27th in Winnipeg. Also a big congratulations to RGDA Canada Competitors Kyle Muratoff for 3 submissions on his way to second place this past weekend. The event was the Naga held in in toronto and congrats to johnathan king, dj, and james bliss for strong performances as well... Go to our news page for photos.
RGDA Belt Promotions
The RGDA held it's annual meeting this past weekend at Gracie New Jersey, the RGDA's headquaters. Over 30 representatives came out to discuss the future of the RGDA and it's continued commitment to a high level of teaching the art of Jiu-Jitsu.
It is with great honor that we report the following promotions.
Brown Belt - Jared Degroot - Springfield, IL
Black Belt - J.W. Wright - St. Peters, MO
Black Belt - Jason Fox - Warsaw, IN
Black Belt - Chris Savarese - Lyndhurst, NJ
Black Belt - Efrain Rojas - Clifton, NJ
Black Belt - Eddie Kone - London, UK
Black Belt - Dave Dayboll -Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Professor Royler Gracie Seminar Schedule.
Dont miss your chance to train with Professor Royler Gracie. Contact one of the Academies listed below to ensure your spot.