Jiu Jitsu Life: Interview with Vicente Junior and Caio Terra

Check out Part 1 of Jiu Jitsu Life, Featuring Vicente Junior and Caio Terra. Caio was in town a few weeks ago and stopped at several of Vicente Junior Schools to teach seminars and privates. Watch, enjoy, and learn about two great black belts of the gentle art. Also check out Caio's new DVD available on his website. Congrats to both Caio and VJ for both winning Gold Medals over the weekend at the 2011 Pan Am Championships. Osss!

VICENTE JUNIOR 2011 Pan Gold Medalist!

There is not much to say here, but Vicente Junior is the 2011 Pan Champion. Parabens Mestre!

VJ BJJ De la Riva Team ready for Pan Ams this weekend

A large group of competitors from VJ's school's have traveled to California this week to partake in the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship.VJ is also competing for the first time in almost a year and he is ready for war. Show your support by following the blog and watching Facebook for updates. Keep in mind that all of Saturdays action is free, streaming live on Budovideos. Sundays finals will cost you a small fee of $10 which is well worth the price. Good luck team!

De la Riva Open guard pass

Another great technique from Mestre. Passing the open guard with ease is the name. Mestre shows you a two on one lapel grip to easily pass someones guard with little strength and maximum efficiency.

DLR Guard Drills

This is a a great exercise as a warm-up or for any beginer. It will help strengthen anyone's guard game. Watch the master in action at his Spain Affiliate.

Part 2 De la Riva v Royler Gracie

Here is the second part of this fight, hold onto your chairs.

De La Riva Team Wins Big at L.I. Pride

De La Riva Team came away with some huge wins this past weekend at Long Island Pride. Here is the medal count:

• Jay 1st place 

• Mindy 1st in weight 3rd in absolute

• Sean and Adam split first in weight

• Nate Grebb got 2nd in weight
• Lance got 2nd in weight 

• Kail got 2nd in weight

• Tony got 1st in weight
• Micah got 1st in weight 

Congrats to Everyone!

De la Riva v Royler Gracie: The fight that meant everything!

This is part one of the fight between Mestre Ricardo De la Riva's and Royler Gracie for the “Cantão Cup.” De la Riva won by sweeping the Royler with his trademark guard. This was Royler Gracie’s first competitive defeat as a Black Belt. After beating Royler, De la Riva's highly effective guard techniques were simply called the "De la Riva Guard," which is currently used by the top fighters in the world to this day. This is truly an amazing fight and its great to watch each fighter attack and counter.