What a week here at Gracie Barra North Houston! Prof Robo made the week with a fun visit, finishing off with a huge television victory for Coach Alex Morono Friday night, and a nice Breakfast Roll on Saturday!
Dont forget the new modifications to Wednesday/Thursday's Woodlands adult classes go into effect this week. We will be starting off with Class A for this week.(check with the schedule section to see which classes are on Class A, and check with our Facebook page weekly to see if we are on class A week or class B week)
Also new video on our YouTube Channel (GBMagnolia), Fight Day With Coach Alex Morono. If you have not had a chance, to check it out, please view here:
Also upcoming in March we have another big competition month ahead of us.
Saturday March 3rd- Prof Todd has a No Gi Superfight against fellow Blackbelt Marcello Salazar at the San Antonio MatSharks tournament. That same night, our wrestling coach, Coach Kody Williams will be competing in his 2nd Amateur Fight at promoter Eric Williams Cage Combat in Humble Tx. See Coach Kody for ticket details or visit TXMMA.com.
For our Kids competition team we are sending the coaching staff( of at least Prof Gotay and Prof Todd) to the Barry center to coach the kids at the NAGA Houston tournament to be held MArch 17th! Kids interested in competing visit nagafighter.com to register and then also sign our competitor list at the front desk of our woodlands location, so that the coaching staff can keep an eye open for you that day.
Students! Big Surprise:Professor Robo is back in town for a visit!! He will be here Feb 20th to the 25th!!! Make plans to come by and get a roll in with Prof Robo!!!
February 11th and 12th Gracie Barra North Houston had a successful showing at the 3rd annual IBJJF Houston Open!
Notable competitors include Corey Bacek with a gold place showing, Bailey Boyd winning his 2nd Gold medal of the year, Matthew Macione who fought hard in his tournament debut, Kaiden Kenepperath who had an awesome showing along with his father Brandon who earned some valuable competition experience. Coach Carlos Martinez went home with 2 medals, winning gold in his division then going on to a strong 2nd place finish in the absolute division. Prof Todd competed in his first Black Belt match, Mike Pollard tested himself with some stiff purple belt competition, and Big Joel Allen defended his title and won the gold medal for the 3rd straight year!
In the team division, Gracie Barra was able to walk away with a 1st place showing and team trophy presented to Gracie Barra's Texas director Professor Draculino! Awesome job Gracie Barra competitors and we look forward to the next one!!!
This Saturday and Sunday Feb11th&12th the IBJJF comes to Houston for it's 3rd annual Houston Open tournament!
We have several competitors competing including last year's purple belt absolute Champion-Big Joel Allen returning to defend his title, Coach Carlos Martinez will put it on the line this weekend, BJJ Standout Corey Bacek will return to action, as will Mike Pollard, Matthew Macioce, and father son duo of Branden and Kaiden Knepprath!!
For more details and times of competition go to ibjjf.com, and good luck to all our Gracie Barra North Houston competitors!
Due to Coach Kody being sick, there will be no 6pm wrestling class for tonight, we encourage you to participate in the 6pm BJJ Fundamentals or the 7pm No Gi! C U on the mats students!