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Friday MAY 11th the Gracie Barra competition team brought their "A" game as we recorded 2 submission victories Friday night going 2-0 for the evening at Mick Maynard's LEgacy Fighting Championship on HdNet!

Marcus Dupar has since been putting his Professional Career back on track since joining the Gracie Barra team, controlling his foe and finishing with a signature guillotine choke in the 2nd round!

Professor Robo returned to Houston to make a statement! Here to represent our great team and spread the word of his cause- The Mighty Oaks foundation, Chad laid out a beautiful platform for himself that night getting much face time on national television and then had a story book finish to the night going out and completely dominating his adversary in just under a minute with a north/south choke!

 Check out our documentation of the day below, followed by Marcus's fight that kicked off the evening! Congrats Marcus and Chad for representing the team proudly!

For more info on Professor Robo's cause or make a donation to help him and PTSD Soldiers rehabilitate, visit www.mightyoaksfoundation.com

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:

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!!!

Cool Highlight of one of the best grappler's in the world to get you pumped for tomorrows tourney!!!

Gracie Barra North Houston was represented well this past Saturday November 19th at the latest World Grappling Circuit Tournament held by promoter Brett Boyce.

Representing our kids, Kendall and Ryu T. had some tough matches but came through with strong performances by each competitor.

Brandon Stryker had a tough 1st match in the no gi, narrowly loosing his match by 2 points, only to come back in the gi division to avenge his loss against the same opponent.  Winning via points.

Dusty Ford displayed the work he has been putting into his guard and scored nice sweep attempts in his 2 gi matches.

Elias Rodriguez had a hard fought day, competing in the purple belt gi division and then going on to the no gi Absolute division, loosing only by 2 points to one of the best competitors at the tournament.

Adam Jusaino showed heart going the distance in one his very first tournaments in the gi division white.  

Matthew Ignasiak had a strong run in his divisions competing in both the gi and no gi competitions placing in both and winning a come from behind exiting match via submission!

The GBNH Competitor of the day was big Scott Shelburne.  Scott had a busy day competing in 7 matches!!  He placed in all 3 divisions he signed up for and represented our team proudly, displaying true poise and competitive maturity by listening perfectly as he competed, doing everything he was intsructed to do during the course of his matches.

Congrats to all, I can not wait to see you all and the rest of our team compete in the near future!!

-Prof. Todd-

Gracie Barra North Houston's, Coach Matt Wald traveled to Oklahoma November 12th to go and win the C.E.C Muay Thai JrWelterweight Championship in a hard fought spilt decision victory!! Way to go Coach Matt!

November 19th promoter Brett Boyce will be hosting a BJJ tournament at the Legends Sports Complex.  Several of our teammates will be competing.  For more information visit worldgrapplingcircuit.com, and stop by and support your teammates.

Thanksgiving week, we will be closed Thursday November 24th, 25th and 26th.  Please plan accordingly and enjoy your Holiday week!

We had a great showing with several competitors stepping up to represent our team here at Gracie Barra North Houston this past Saturday October 1st!

Both Kids and Adults did us proud with strong showings from all.  The GBCompNet tournament was unique compared to the local tournaments in that it featured solely on one jiu jitsu team-the Gracie Barra extended family.  Gracie Barra competitors from all over the great state of Texas came by to support.  The atmosphere was very friendly amongst all the competitors and Coaches/Professors.

I would like to stress how pleased I was in not only our students, but all students from the Gracie Barra schools in the behavior they displayed Saturday.  There were a handful of referee calls that under circumstances of another tournament, an argument or fight of some kind would have came about.  The atmosphere was non hostile, and all the students maintained their dignity win or lose.  As I stated in class, it is easy to be a great sportsman when you win, but it takes true character to maintain your level of dignity through a loss.  "Man up" and take responsibility for your performance, win, lose or draw.

Several students placed, amongst those-Hayden Robichaux, Bryan Clarke, Carlos Martinez, & Corey Bacek were a few we had that walked away with the Championship gold.  All students who competed, please send me your name and placing to todd@mmathewoodlands.com so I can compile a complete listing of competitors Saturday.  Please send any pictures you have as well.  I will see you all on the mats.

-Professor Todd Moore-