RAGE IN THE CAGE SUCCESS

Congratulations go out to Nic Stone and Luis Lopez in their last cage fights in the Rage in the Cage event. Luis Lopez made his debut fight on April 20th, 2007 winning by rear naked choke (RNC) in the first round. Nic Stone came back to win in his fight on June 15th by ankle lock in the first round after losing his fight on April 20th, 2007. Luis Lopez is 1-0 in MMA and Nic Stone is 2-1 in MMA competition.

DeBrazil has now upped it's record to 8-2 in Rage the Cage events with it's new crop of fighters. Congratulations to all the DeBrazil fighters for training hard and fighting hard.

Rey Diogo Seminar, New belt promotions June 2nd, 2007

Congratulations to all the students that where promoted this weekend when our instructor Rey Diogo came down to conduct a great seminar. Rey conducted an awesome seminar showing techniques with the gi on and off. There where a lot of new attendees at the seminar and all where happy with what techniques Rey showed.

Congratulations go out to everyone that worked hard to get to the next belt level. These belts where not easily given out but they where earned with a lot of hard work. Here are the promotions as follows:
Roland Gutierrez and Manuel Flores to brown belt, Jaime Gomez, David Lopez, and Phillip Aguilar to purple belt, Hector Carpio, Alex Moran, Nic Stone, and Enrique Duran to blue belt.

REY DIOGO SEMINAR- CARLSON GRACIE BLACKBELT

October 21st, 2006 @ DeBrazil Jiu-Jitsu Academy

Kids Seminar- 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Adults Seminar- 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Please call Martin Escobar @ 520-440-4264 or e-mail @ martin@debraziljiujitsu.com for further information.

REY DIOGO SEMINAR A BIG SUCCESS !!

SIX NEW BLUE BELTS PROMOTED!!

The Rey Diogo seminar held at the DeBrazil Jiu-Jitsu Academy on May 6th, 2006 was a big success. It was the biggest seminar to date at our academy and all the students where thrilled at all the new techniques they learned from Rey Diogo. Rey Diogo also held a kids seminar where the kids had a great time training with Rey. There was also a promotion ceremony held at the end of the seminar, with six white belts being promoted to blue belts. Congratulations go out to Kaywan Sapassi, Angie Chiara, Ronald Paul, Paul Cardwell, Corey Doggett, and Granger Moffett on their promotions to blue belts. Martin was also promoted to first degree black belt by his instructor Rey Diogo. Congratulations once again on all the promotions and we look forward to the next seminar at the end of the year. Here is a link to the seminar gallery.

Congratulations go out to everyone that trained hard and competed at the 2006 Pan-Ams. You went out there and put it on the line and competed against the best. This years competitors included: Manuel Flores, Jenny Blanco, Joshua Ramos, Izzy Vasquez, Troy Wallen, and Martin Escobar.

Click for 2006 Pan Am Pictures

The DeBrazil Jiu-Jitsu Academy held it's first school tourney and it was a great success. There where many parents,aunts, uncles & grandparents that came to watch the kids compete who put on a great show for everyone to see. In the adult competition there where some great performances put on by beginners and advanced players alike. Thanks to everyone that helped out in making the tournament a great event. Here are the place finishes for the adults and kids divisions.

KIDS
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Armando Hernandez- Safford
2nd place- Calvin Cover
3rd place- Alan Robles
KIDS
MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Levi Escobar
2nd place- Dorian Rios
3rd place- Kelsey Murphy
KIDS
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Dillon Harris
2nd place- Jonathan Brubaker
3rd place- Alex Thompson


WHITE BELT LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Kaywan Sapassi
2nd place- Granger Moffett- Safford
3rd place- Michael Murphy

WHITE BELT LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Ed Carrasco
2nd place- Paul Cardwell
3rd place- Ronald Paul

WHITE BELT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Hector Carpio
2nd place- Enrique Duran
3rd place- Logan Gaither

BLUE BELT LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Trevor Barnett
2nd place- Robert "CDO" Crandall
3rd place- Izzy Vasquez

BLUE BELT MIDDLE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Phillip Aguilar
2nd place- Chris Widmer
3rd place- Troy Wallen

BLUE-PURPLE OPEN WEIGHT DIVISION
1st place- Manuel Flores
2nd place- Matt Hann
3rd place- Phillip Aguilar
3rd place- Trevor Barnett

***** JIU JITSU TOURNAMENT *****

SATURDAY MARCH 25TH, 2006
9:00 A.M. @ DEBRAZIL JIU-JITSU ACADEMY (Tucson, AZ)

IN- HOUSE TOURNAMENT OPEN TO DEBRAZIL ACADEMY STUDENTS AND AFFILIATE SCHOOLS

ADULTS AND KIDS GI DIVISIONS

ADULTS WEIGHT DIVISIONS
Lightweight- up to 160 lbs
Middleweight- 161- 173 lbs
Middle heavy- 174- 187 lbs
Heavyweight- 188- 202 lbs
Super-heavy- 203- 213 lbs
Open-weight- 214 and over

NEW WOMEN'S BJJ CLASS AND NEW BIGGER ACADEMY LOCATION

We have started a new Women's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class on Tuesday nights. The class is taught by Jenny Blanco, a purple belt and assistant instructor at the DeBrazil Jiu-Jitsu Academy. Jenny has competed in and won many tournaments titles in California. Jenny has a vast amount of knowledge in Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling and teaching at the DeBrazil Jiu-Jitsu Academy.

We have also moved to a new location. The new academy is twice as big as our old location. Our new academy is located at 1665 E. 18th Street Suite #102, inside the Tucson Tech Park business complex. We have a large mat area with plenty of matches going on. See pictures of our new academy under the picture gallery.

Desert Quest

Congratulations to the DeBrazil Jiu-Jitsu Academy competition team for placing first place in the Desert Quest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Championship Tournament held in Scottsdale, AZ on December 10th, 2005. The team placed first in the men's gi division and first place in the kids division. Outstanding performances where turned in by Phillip Aguilar in the adults division who submitted his three opponents to capture the middleweight blue belt division and Levi Escobar to win the kids no-gi division.

Carlson Gracie Seminar

Carlson Gracie and his student Rey Diogo put on a great seminar on October 8th,2005. The seminar was a great success as many students commented how it was so great to meet a master and his pupil. The students attending really enjoyed the information presented by Carlson Gracie and Rey Diogo. Here is a link to the Carlson Gracie/ Rey Diogo seminar gallery.

Pan American Championships 2005

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Congratulations to Manuel Flores for winning the Silver Medal in super super heavy-wieght blue belt division. Steve Wheeler won the Bronze in the blue belt super super heavy-wieght division. Martin Escobar vowed out to his instructor Rey Diogo, and brought back the silver in the absolute senior black belt division.

Rey Diogo Seminar April 30th, 2005

For seminar information please call 440-4264

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Congratulations to Roland Gutierrez and Kazuto Senga to their promotions to purple belt. Congratulations also go out to Steve Wheeler, Trevor Barnett, Gina Hann, Eric Walker, Layli Milden to their promotion to blue belt on October 9th, 2004.