Category Archives: General News

Coach Dan was promoted to black belt by Beniel Dariush yesterday. Congrats!

Our summer camp teaches trumpet, chess and Jiu-Jitsu! It starts next week and runs from 1-4 PM Monday-Friday from July 7th – July 18th. The cost is $250 and includes a trumpet rental, gi (uniform) rental and membership at Brea Jiu-Jitsu for a month. Only 2 spots remain. Call now or email [email protected] to reserve your spot!

Our after school program received a scholarship from the LA Jazz Society this past Sunday. We took a few of the kids and played “Jingle Bells” at Vibe Summit, a festival full of LA’s finest jazz vibraphonists. The scholarship will allow us to purchase more trumpets for the kids!

On 5/16 our after school program kids will begin doing their recorded chair auditions. To review and download the music, click the below link! The MIDI Audio files will allow the kids to listen what the exercises sound like.

Trumpet Chair Auditions – Music

Exercise 1 – MIDI Audio 

Exercise 2 – MIDI Audio

Exercise 3 – MIDI Audio

4 kids from our Kids Competition Team made it out this last weekend to test their skills in the Copa Pacifica tournament. Congrats to Nolan, Richard, Thing 1 and Thing 2!

Effective immediately, the kids competition program has been expanded into daily classes. With these new classes, it will allow more in depth and advanced topics to be covered while increasing sparring time. Focus will be on preparing the experienced student for elite levels of BJJ competition.

The adults program adds a intro class that will cover basic concepts of BJJ from a self defense perspective. Class instruction will be tailored for the raw beginner or those only interested in the self defense aspect of Jiu-Jitsu. First class will be April 26th.

White – Female – Under 120
1st – Michelle Tea – Higher Ground
2nd – Renee Suzette Loren – UCLA BJJ

White – Female – Under 145
1st – Kyanni Aguirre – M3
2nd – Stephanie Goznalez – UCLA BJJ

White – Male – Under 130
1st – Adolfo Mora – New Breed
2nd – Alexander Lara – CSULB BJJ

White – Male – Under 150
1st – Matt Lauster – Werdum Combat Team
2nd – Luis Lara – 5 Star
3rd – Scott Lee – M3
3rd – Matt Copperman

White – Male – Under 170
1st – Omar Gaitan – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
2nd – William Kwon – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
3rd – Charlie Burling – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
3rd – David Kim – MCBJJ

White – Male – Under 190
1st – Ryan Foong – M3
2nd – Alejandro Perales – Nevertap
3rd – Johnson Lay – UCLA BJJ
3rd – Doh Kim – CTC

White – Male – Under 210
1st – Raul Mendoza – Lightning MMA
2nd – Ty James – UCLA BJJ
3rd – Mikey Luminarias – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
3rd – Sergio Dantas – Cleber JJ

White – Male – Over 210
1st – Nate Ward – Robot BJJ
2nd – Alexis Mendoza
3rd – Michael Ausherman – M3
3rd – Stephen Easton

Blue – Male – Under 150
1st – Jimmy Le – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
2nd – Jaime Calderon – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
3rd – Ever Del Rosario – Brea Jiu-Jitsu/Ralph Gracie OC
3rd – Frank Liou – Robot BJJ

Blue – Male – Under 170
1st – Gene Ruebsamen – Cleber JJ
2nd – Arto Mercado
3rd – Scott Lowder – Tinguinha
3rd – Brandon Salce – Ralph Gracie Chino Hills

Blue – Male – Under 190
1st – Christopher Taylor – Robot BJJ
2nd – Eric Gutierrez – Atos

Blue – Male – Under 210
1st – Rick Hernandez – Brea Jiu-Jitsu/Ralph Gracie OC
2nd – Benjamin Bieker – Tinguinha
3rd – Clarence Chaney – New Breed
3rd – Phillip Moreno – Gracie Barra Whittier

Blue – Male – Over 210
1st – Ronnie Castro – Tsunami BJJ
2nd – Cody Lindblom – Ralph Gracie OC

Purple – Male – Under 150
1st – Eros Baluyot – Atos
2nd – Mico Kubeska – Ralph Gracie

Purple – Male – Under 170
1st – Michael Valencia – CIA Paulista Monrovia
2nd – Kevin Long – MCBJJ
3rd – Andrew Mcgregor – Ribeiro JJ

Purple – Male – Under 190
1st – Edmund Kim – AOJJ
2nd – Derek Gard – AOJJ
3rd – Luke DeRobbio – Robot BJJ
3rd – Javier Ramirez – CIA Paulista Monrovia

Purple – Male – Over 210
1st – Davey Morehead – Checkmat
2nd – Michael Rodriguez – Brea Jiu-Jitsu

Brea Jiu-Jitsu will be hosting a Keenan Cornelius seminar from Noon-3PM on April 6th. Keenan has reserved an hour of the seminar for rolling with as many attendees as possible!

Price:
$60 Brea Jiu-Jitsu members
$80 Non Members in advance
$100 Non Members at the door

For your convenience we accept Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and cash.

To reserve your spot please call 714-9-BREA-JJ. Spots will be given on a first come, first serve basis. Payment must be received to reserve a spot.

Brea Jiu-Jitsu had 2 medalists at this years Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championships. The Pans had over 3000 competitors in all! Jamie and Khiem took away the bronze and silver respectively. Nice job guys!

In a special 4 part podcast series, Dan Lukehart gives the evidence against commonly utilized performance enhancing drugs as a counter to the tone and example of an article posted on The Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood. To read the article, click here.

Click here to listen:
PED in Jiu-Jitsu: HGH (Part 2 of 4)