2009 US National Jiu Jitsu Championships Results

Congratulations to all the Street Sports team members that competed at the 2009 US National Jiu Jitsu Championships held on Sept 12th & 13th at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Full Street Sports Result List

Roberto Zeinum - Blue Belt
Competed

Anthony Genova - Purple Belt
Competed

Daniel Rodriguez - Brown Belt
Bronze Medal - Middle Weight (Loss by DQ due to illegal leg lock)
Bronze Medal - Open Class

John Rickel - Black Belt
Competed

Raphael Carrao - Black Belt
Silver Medal - Middle Weight

Adriano Camolese - Black Belt
Gold Medal - Super Heavy Weight
Silver Medal - Open Class

Mike Chun Wins at Grappler's Quest

Congrats to Mike Chun (Street Sports Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt) who won his division recently at Grappler's quest in Las Vegas at UFC 100. Mike also was awarded a silver medal for his efforts in the open weight division.

MMA Outlet to Sponsor Street Sports Jiu Jitsu

We are pleased to announce that MMAOutlet.com is now sponsoring Street Sports Jiu Jitsu. Going forward, up to 10% of all purchases made at MMAOutlet.com will come back to Street Sports Jiu Jitsu.

Support our team, buy your Jiu Jitsu and MMA gear from MMA Outlet.

Use coupon code: SSPORT09 during checkout.

About MMA Outlet:

MMA Outlet is the premier store for MMA Gear and training equipment on the Internet. MMA Outlet offers the best jiu jitsu gi's, mma shorts, mma gloves, from top manufacturers like Vulkan, Keiko Raca and Bad Boy MMA.

Gabriel Vella at Street Sports Photos

Some great photos of Gabriel Vella's time at Street Sports by John Lamonica. Gabriel received a sponsorship for the 2009 Mundials from John via his NY Pizza business.

Thanks you John for supporting the sport! And congrats again on being crowned world champion, Gabriel.

Congrats to Gabriel Vella - World Champion!

Gabriel Vella stopped by to train with Renato Magno and the Street Sports team before the 2009 jiu jitsu mundials.

Congrats to Gabriel for winning GOLD in the ultra heavyweight category for his 2nd world championship!

Below are some videos of the techniques we went over.

Mount Escape Drill


Spider Guard Pass


Spider Guard Pass to Collar Choke Combo

Grappler's Quest National Championships in Las Vegas

Congrats to Dr. Charles Martone for bringing home another medal at the Grappler's Quest National Championships in Las Vegas!

Charlie (supported by his lovely wife Catarina) won bronze at the event.

Charlie stressing out over the brackets.

"Hey does this make it hard to concentrate when I do this?"

2009 Pan Jiu Jitsu Championships Day 3

Sunday was a great day for Street Sports at the Pan Americans as we delivered a variety of great performances.

Starting off the day, Daniel Rodriguez steamrolled the Brown Belt middle weight division and captured the gold medal! Winning every match by submission (with the exception for the first on points), Daniel proved he is a force to be reckoned with at brown belt now. Congratulations, Daniel!

Kane Tsay also brought home a medal at Brown Belt! Competing at lightweight, Seniors 1, Kane managed to fight off some very tough opposition in his first tournament as a brown belt to bring home the bronze. Way to go, Kane!

Ending the day on Sunday, John Rickel competed in the black belt absolutes. John fought 3 time world champ Fabio Leopoldo and took him to the end of the time period, and finally losing by points. Congrats to John for a valiant effort against a very seasoned black belt!

Daniel Rodriguez

Kane Tsay

John Rickel

2009 Pan Jiu Jitsu Championships Days 1 & 2

Congratulations to all the Street Sports athletes that competed on day 1 of the Pan Americans this year. We didn't bring home any medals the first day, but we did give 'em hell!!!

Congrats to: Charles Martone, Eric Luchtemberg, Michael Ripberger, Ruben Lomeli, and Roberto Zeinum.

Special thanks to John Lamonica for sponsoring our team and for taking these very unbelievable photos!

Charles Martone






Eric Luchtemberg




Michael Ripberger

Interview with John Lamonica

I recently caught up with John Lamonica after a training session at Street Sports to ask a few quick questions about his experience with Jiu Jitsu and his decision to sponsor our team at the Pan Ams.

Thanks to John for his time (and please ignore my very amateur interviewing skills)!

Lamonica's Pizza to Sponsor Street Sports

John Lamonica, owner of Lamonica's NY Pizza in Westwood, has been gracious enough to sponsor athletes from Street Sports Jiu Jitsu competing in the 2009 Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championships.

In addition to providing entrance fees, John has upped the ante and provided some additional incentives for those that bring home a medal.

John Lamonica is not only an avid jiu jitsu player himself, but he's also a photographer and has even had some of his tournament photos featured in Gracie Magazine.

From all of us at Street Sports, thanks John!

Street Sports Jiu Jitsu in Malibu

Street Sports Jiu Jitsu is pleased to announce jiu jitsu is coming to Malibu!

In conjunction with Malibu Fitness, black belt Raphael Carrao (who is endorsed by Renato Magno) will be teaching group classes and privates at the gym.

Current Malibu Schedule

Tues: 7 - 8PM
Thurs: 7 - 8PM
Sun: 12 Noon

Call Rapha for more information: (310) 907-6231

Malibu Fitness
29575 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
Jiu Jitsu Malibu