Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah

Extremely proud of my guys. Zaid, Jimmy and Grant went out to compete at the South Eastern Grappling event this weekend and came home with some gold and silver. More importantly things to refine and get better at. Congratulations all of you and thanks for representing Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah! #gjjsav #jiujitsulifestyle #jiujitsu #brazilianjiujitsu #bjj #pedrosauer #teampedrosauer #teamfinizio @zaid.rueda @jouleznuklear @gskos @pedro_sauer_ @pedrosauer_bjja

Extremely proud of my team yesterday. Second place overall. We had a small group of adults and a solid group of kids. The kids had an amazing showing yesterday with lots of great matches and wins. We only had a small group of adults and were still able to come within 2 points of 3rd place for the adult bracket! I was unable to be there to coach due to teaching in Atlanta, so a special thanks is in order to @jouleznuklear for coaching all day. Great job everyone I'm extremely proud. #bjj #bjjlifestyle #bjjsavannah #savannahbjj #brazilianjiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #newbreed

Just a reminder there will be no classes or open mat today due to the tournament! Thank you for understanding.Just a reminder there will be no classes or open mat today due to the tournament! Thank you for understanding.

Packed house tonight! So grateful to have the guy who showed me the way white to black belt teaching my students. Forever grateful.

Don't forget! My professor, Master Pedro Sauer will be teaching class tonight. Fundamentals and advanced class. Come through and learn from one of the most brilliant minds in Jiu-Jitsu.

We will be having regularly scheduled classes tomorrow for the adults. HOWEVER, these will be open mat style classes. Extra time to drill or roll! Come through and pregame with some jiu-jitsu. Happy St Patty's Day!

Great to have so many brown and black belts on the mats today for class and open mat. Everyone working on getting better one day at a time. Couldn't be more grateful for our community. #bjj #bjjlifestyle #bjjtraining #bjjsavannah #bjjfamily #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #savannahbjj #brazilianjiujitsu #openmat

Boxing Every Monday and Wednesday at 8:00 pm with Norman Jones! 15.00 Drop in and keep an eye out for us to add a full membership that you can take advantage of to save some money. Bring Gloves!

What a great week of training. Everyone put the work in. Techniques are great but mechanics that allow for timing and follow ups are timeless. Onward and upward. #bjj #bjjlifestyle #bjjtraining #bjjsavannah #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #graciejiujitsu #savannahbjj #bjjsavannah #teamfinizio #teampedrosauer @pedrosauer_bjja @pedro_sauer_

We will have open mat at noon today but nothing this evening! Then again tomorrow at 3pm!We will have open mat at noon today but nothing this evening! Then again tomorrow at 3pm!

So grateful for the environment we've created. It's been a rough ass year but without my squad I couldn't have made it. Literally and figuratively. Here's a great roll with me and one of my brown belts Paul. As the year comes to an end I'm thinking more and more how blessed I am and remembering to never take my situation or any moments for granted.

Happy Holidays to all! Just wanted to give a heads up on schedule changes for the week. Normal until Wednesday. We'll do an open mat at 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Wed. 12/23, Thursday 12/24 we'll have an open mat at 12:00 Noon (Maybe one at 6pm but I cannot be there) 12/25 Open mat at 3:00 pm. After That the weekend will be normal. I'll post about New Years Eve and New Years individually.

Couldn't be prouder of this guy. We don't focus on competition but always seem to do well. Mechanics over everything! I'm super hard on my bigger guys but Grant is a model student. He's attentive, consistent hard working and one of the best ambassadors to Jiu-Jitsu. It all paid off with a gold medal in IBJJF Orlando. Well done brother!

Thank goodness this guy had the skills to protect himself. Never voluntarily engage a weapon unless you have to. Without his skills in Jiu-Jitsu this situation could have ended much differently.

We're working Half Guard Escapes all week. If you're tired of being stuck on the bottom here come in and learn.

We will have no class tomorrow for Thanksgiving. We WILL do a 1pm turkey roll for all those wanting to get a sweat going before stuffing your face.

Couldn't be more grateful for my students. They show up put in the work and accept whatever lessons the day brings. Sweatbox.

My team showing up again. Today at newbreed Savannah we got first overall, first in adult and second in youth division. So proud to see everyone put the work in and succeed in so many ways. Gratefully to coach these amazing people.

So proud of my team yesterday. We brought group of about ten and majority got gold in their gi divisions. Lots of absolute wins and no gi medaling. Extremely happy with everyone's performance. So grateful for my squad and lucky to be able to teach the all the things Pedro Sauer taught me.

This is the type of story I've seen Jiu-Jitsu help with over and over again. Inspirational every time. So happy to see him take his life back and refocus his destiny.

We'll be doing Mount Retention in Fundamentals Followed by De La Riva Guard in Advanced! See you tonight.We'll be doing Mount Retention in Fundamentals Followed by De La Riva Guard in Advanced! See you tonight.

There will be no evening class tonight! Thursday 6/18 sorry for any inconveniences!There will be no evening class tonight! Thursday 6/18 sorry for any inconveniences!

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Here's a video I've taken a while to share, I've trained under Pedro Sauer since day one. I've been fortunate to be he uke in class and learn all the detailed mechanics of jiu-jitsu. On my birthday 2 years ago he showed me that he trusted me enough to roll with me for the first time as a black belt. Being a bigger guy this was a huge honor and such a compliment to what he had taught me. Needless to say if you want to see LASER sharp transitions and where I get my style from check out this video.

Everything worthwhile comes with some moments of struggle. February I poured all of my resources into a new beautiful space for my current and future students. This situation is a trial and I'm optimistic with the support my students have given, as well as the value I'm creating with our online classes that we will continue to thrive. We are a family and that means everything to me. If any of you guys have small business we can support amongst the gym group let me know and we'll put it out there. Also if you're struggling private message me and I'll find you some assistance whether that's financially, mentally and emotionally. Much love. #bjj #bjjsavannah #bjjlifestyle #bjj4life #brazilianjiujitsu #savannahbjj #savannahgeorgia #savannah #teamfinizio #teampedrosauer @pedro_sauer_

So it looks like we're under orders to close gyms. This is probably the hardest pill to swallow as I've literally put everything in my life into creating the best environment/community for you all. I'm not worried and I know the fortitude of the people in the group through the trials we put ourselves through on a daily bases. This will not shake us. This is what community is all about, if anyone needs anything or we have folks in here with small business lets do our best to s...upport what we can among each other. Lastly, we will have either one or two adult class videos available per day of scheduled classes. And the kids classes will have one class that will be filmed for the kids to follow along with. All of these classes will have elements you can follow along with solo at home as well as things you can take notes on, even ask me questions on things I'm teaching. Parents, the approach we will take to continue the value you might help you bond closer with your children as we're going to help teach YOU as well. You'll be able to be a training partner with your children to keep them moving and active during a time of solitude. We're all going to get stir crazy with this crap so PLEASE tune in to the streams daily, follow along, take notes and I'll include solo drills and activities that you can do to stay active and burn some nervous/sedentary energy. By the end of the weekend I will have the entire week's lesson planned out. Our production value is going to be great in regards to what value I can offer with the online classes. Being a gamer has it's advantages in my knowledge of what I can really do with an online stream haha. As a result of the poll I've attached it looks like the majority wants to go over side control escapes. I will be meticulously breaking down side control escapes, counter attacks and reversals over the week so if you want a deep dive into understand how to stop feeling stuck. Tune in. Lastly, depending on the severity of the situation I want to potentially put a plan in place where those of us that are staying TRUE to quarantine can have an opportunity to meet at the DOJO (not a gym ;) ) to get some grappling time in. I will disclose the specifics of that plan as I nail it all down. I'm grateful for all of you and on my Birthday today I am content that I have all of you in my life and we've creating a community that seems to attract all the right energy. Much love, stay safe and feel free to communicate with me with any needs you might have jiu-jitsu or otherwise related. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE GROUP CONTACT ME. See more