Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter & Black Belt Abmar Barbosa defeats Kron Gracie with an amazing 11-0 victory at the 2010 Pan Americans of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Abmar Barbosa
is a highly decorated BJJ black belt that owns and operates his own academy in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA.
Abmar Barbosa is available for group training, private lessons, and seminars all over the world. Abmar Barbosa is
a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Robert Drysdale and is also affiliated with Drysdale Jiu-Jitsu.
For more information on Abmar Barbosa visit his official site(s):

http://www.abmarbarbosa.com/
http://www.abmarbarbosajiujitsu.com/
http://www.facebook.com/abmarbarbosabjj
http://twitter.com/AbmarBarbosaBJJ

in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Robert Drysdale. We wanted to take

this moment to Congratulate him on this promotion.  Curt Cummings

owns and operates New Hampshire Jiu-Jitsu where he teaches, men, women,

and children.  For more information, give Curt a call or contact him at his

website.

Curt Cummings

Belt Rank: Purple

New Hampshire Jiu-Jitsu

http://newhampshirejiujitsu.wordpress.com/about/

phone: 603-748-2965

Robert Drysdale Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is offering a 2010 Pan American

TRAINING CAMP for the PAN AMERICAN OF JIU-JITSU! The camp will go from

the morning of Monday March 29th to the evening of Tuesday April 6th.

Additionally, we are hosting the first official Robert Drysdale

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Affiliate School meet up. This will also take place

during the dates between Monday March 29th to Tuesday April 6th.
This is an OPEN invitation to ANY school owners or Instructors that wish

to network and train in person with Robert Drysdale, his coaching staff,

and our affiliate professors and affiliate school students. If you are

currently involved in our affiliate program, please make an attempt to

come out here and represent your academy and train with our entire

group. If you are currently considering becoming affiliated with us this

is a wonderful opportunity to come out in person and experience all that

we have to offer. On Friday April 2nd there will be a special meeting

for all current and prospective affiliates. On Saturday April 3rd we are

having an official Belt Test at the academy. Belt testing is open to ALL

of our current students and affiliates. Belt testing DOES NOT mean that

you are guaranteed a belt or an increase in rank. All promotions are at the

sole discretion of Robert Drysdale and all advancements in rank MUST be

earned.

*All Skill Levels Welcome!
*Extensive coaching and daily training!
*World class strategy and techniques!
* Multiple Male & Female World Champion Black
Belt Professor’s on staff!

This camp will be a training opportunity of a lifetime! This is your

opportunity to TRAIN and PREPARE for the Pan-Ams with some of the BEST

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaches and athletes in the world.

This years teaching staff will include some of the following world class

coaches and competitors.

Robert Drysdale
Sonny Nohara
Keebo Robinson
Abmar Barbosa
Sean “strangler” Spangler
Lucas Leite
Marcelo “lapella” Mafra
Sophia McDermott

Dates:

The camp will go from the morning of Monday March 29th to the evening of

Tuesday April 6th. That represents 9 full days of training.

Camp Location:
Robert Drysdale Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
1234 S. Rainbow Blvd
Las Vegas NV 89146

The Camp will take place in Las Vegas at Robert Drysdale’s Las Vegas

Headquarters. There will be extensive live training and extensive

strategy and technique sessions. There will be multiple training

sessions per day. This package is for TRAINING only. We are not offering

ANY packages with accommodation or food or transportation. You are 100%

on your own with regards to getting here.

Our academy has 2000 square feet of premium 2 inch Dollamur wrestling

mats for you to train on.
This camp will be offer an opportunity for COMPLETE preparation.

We are currently expecting over 10 high level black belts for this camp.

You will be able to TRAIN and work technique from 8am to 9pm every

night. You can train as much as you like and train as hard as you want.

I am going to repeat this point again. there is going to be more high

level jiu-jitsu going on at this camp than most people will ever see or

experience in their life. There are guys that are going to be rolling 3x

per day. there are guys that are going to be on the mats for 5-6 hours a

day here… so just realize this going into the camp and know your

limits and come in shape! There will be NO SHORTAGE of training

partners. Several of the Black Belts attending are some of the BEST

tournament Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes on planet earth. Several of them

have REPEATDLY won mundials, world cup, and the Pan Americans, and ADCC.

A good portion of the people attending this camp will be competing in

the Pan Americans in California after the camp ends. you are welcome to

attend even if you are not competing in the Pan Americans. You are

welcome to attend for any amount of time you wish at $45 per day. you

are welcome to attend, pay the $45 and find your own place to stay. you

can train as much as you want or as little as you want. several of the

people are going to be renting cars and driving down to the Pan Ams in

California directly from Vegas. So if you want to arrange some car

pooling or ride sharing go ahead and maybe post your situation on either

the NHBGEAR.COM forum or on the www.mixedmartialarts.com forum. Also,

PLEASE tell your friends, spread the word, and help promote this camp.

Logistics:
Camp Location:
Robert Drysdale Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
1234 S. Rainbow Blvd
Las Vegas NV 89146

http://www.hertz.com/
CAR RENTAL

https://www.nationalcar.com/
CAR RENTAL

http://www.mccarran.com/
McCarran International Airport
(This is the main airport you will be flying into)

Las Vegas is one of the most tourist friendly cities in the world.
There are hotel accommodations and restaurants to meet the needs
of anybody.

http://www.travelzoo.com/
Cheap airfare and cheap hotels

http://www.priceline.com/
cheap airfare and cheap hotels

Our academy is located about 15-20 by car from the McCarran

international airport.
Its also about 15-20 from the Las Vegas “strip” where all of the main

casinos and clubs are located.

You can stay on the “strip” or you can try and stay at a casino that is

“off strip”

The closest option to the academy is a hotel called Arizona Charlie’s

http://www.arizonacharliesdecatur.com/.  It  is a low prices “off strip”

hotel casino. It is less than 10 minutes by car from our jiu-jitsu

school. It is about 15 minutes from the Vegas strip if you want to go

out sightseeing or partying on the strip. the hotel has several

restaurants inside of it.it is actually know for its inexpensive buffets

and is known for having decently priced good food. Food is available 24

hours per day from the casino. You can purchase breakfast $5-$6.

You can get lunch and dinner buffets for around $10.

Another inexpensive option is the Budget Suites

http://www.budgetsuites.com.
They have daily, weekly, and monthly rates and offer inexpensive rooms

with kitchens and refrigerators.

Budget Suites TROPICANA
4205 W. Tropicana Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89103
(702)

889-1700
(866) 877-2000

You can PAY ONLINE at:
http://store.drysdalejiujitsu.com/

The Cost of the Pan Am training camp is $350 for the entire 9 days of

unlimited training.
This Includes unlimited training, an official Robert Drysdale T-shirt,

and an official Robert Drysdale Kimono Patch.

If you want to prepay online at our website, we are offering a discount

to people that sign up early. If you sign up by march 20th, 2010 and pay

for the entire package you will get a $50 discount. This brings the

final discounted price to $300.

If you sign up after march 20th, 2010 the price will go back to $350.

If you are unable to make the entire event you can pay a daily mat fee

of $45 for each day that you train.

We can accept cash, credit cards, and checks in person if that works

better for you. We are going to set a cap on total attendees so book as

soon as you can so that we can make this as organized and well run as

possible.

The actual Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship tournament occurs on April 08th,

09th, 10th and 11th, and the competition is located in Irvine,

California. More information on the actual tournament is available at

http://www.ibjjf.org/. We are NOT affiliated with the actual tournament,

we are simply offering a training camp to help competitors prepare for

the camp.

*T-shirts, kimonos, patches, rashguards, and stickers will be for sale

at the camp.
*Private lessons can be arranged while you are out here with all of the

instructors.

Miguel is now training with Robert Drysdale here in Las Vegas, Nevada for his up-coming fight. He’s been practicing both brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA here @ Robert Drysdale’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu Academy. So come by and check out this jiu-jitsu/MMA Phenom at work. Miguel Torres holds a record of PRO MMA of 37-2.

Hope you enjoyed the photos; make sure to stop by. Maybe get a signature, a picture, or a signed shirt.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertdrysdalebrazilianjiujitsu/

Wanna know new updates about the gym or Robert? Master Drysdale has a Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter account.

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/robertdrysdale

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/drysdalejiujitsu

Twitter:

http://twitter.com/robertdrysdale

So go check it out!!!

He has been training for  14 years and got his black belt from Damian Maya in 2008.  Marcelo has been Joe “Daddy”  Stevenson’s committed jiu-jitsu coach for 1 year and 1/2. He trains Joe” Daddy” @ Kobra Kai. He teaches jiu-jitsu in VictorVill, California @ Upland jiu-jitsu. His last tournament was Grappler’s Quest World Series of Grappling here in Las Vegas; he took first place at 170 lbs.

Marcelo Has trained with Robert Drysdale since Robert was a purple belt and Marcelo was blue. But, has known Master Drysdale since 2003 (almost 7 years)

Marcelo’s greatest Accomplishments are:

• Mundgial’s 2nd place in 2007

• 4 time Sau Paulo international Champion

& Much More !

So don’t miss out on your chance to meet Marcelo Lapella ! He’ll be here at Robert Drysdale’s  jiu-jitsu Academy for 2 weeks (until Febuary 1st, 2010)

Now, is the best time to sign up your child because we are holding a deal of $99 per month if you sign up for 1 year contract.

Sonny “Sonny Boy” Nohara is the main instructor for the kid’s class. We do have black belt guests that teach the kid’s class. We have World Class black belts coming through all the time.

Kids class is taught Monday,Wednesday, and Friday. Monday’s class is a Kimono (Gi) Class as well as Wednesday’s class. Friday’s class is a No Kimono (No-Gi) Class.

There is a $25 mat fee if you train for 1 day, this is a 1 whole unlimited 24 hour pass. Unless, you are a Las Vegas Resident then that trial pass is free.

In the following pictures are some things that happen in the kids class and what the scene is like:

Marcelo Lapella (One of the top 5 black belts in his weight class)

Your child will be taught a techincal position and your child would have all freedom to ask questions.

First timer’s will always be guided through carefully.

He/she will work hard in a warm-up in the first part of class, following technique, then at least 5 minutes of free grappling.

Please feel free to come in and meet us all @ 1234 S. rainbow Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89145

Requirements for Robert Drysdale’s Academy Belt testing are:

Adults

• Show positions that Master Drysdale asks, depending on what belt you are testing for.
• You are judged on a scale from 1-10 and the score is averaged out.

• Then you are required to grapple for an hour straight, non-stop.

Kids/Teens

• Warm-up, or stretch how ever you please.
• Begin to grapple for one hour, non-stop.
• After that hour you are required to show positions that Master Drysdale asks, depending on what belt you are testing for.
• You are judged on a scale from 1-10 and the score is averaged out.

If you tested or helped in testing here are some photos:

Gui & Akeem

The Black Belts:

Another,

Promoted Belts:

Anthony

Destery

Akeem

Matt

Mike

Chad

Ryan

John

Sean

All the lucky guys that were promoted !

Here is the effort some of these guys put into the belt test !

And now, the whole class group that was helping/testing.

Last, but NOT least; the two judges for this event.

Diego Culoma & Robert Drysdale

Gil Martinez:

Tuesday’s 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Thursday’s 8:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.

Joey Varner

Monday’s 8:00 p.m.-9:oo p.m.

Wednesday’s 8:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.

Gil Martinez trains Randy Couture. Gil, also trains many UFC fighters and improves their technique in boxing including :Foot work, Power in your punch, timing, and countering punches.  Gil’s strengths are Boxing, Striking, Strength & Conditioning.

Joey Varner also use to teach at Xtreme Couture. Joey has had 2 professional MMA fights. Joey improves technique in: leg kicks, head kicks, countering, timing, knees, and punches. Joey’s strengths are Muay Thai, Strength & Conditioning.