Sampa Mixed Martial Arts October Newsletter

Sampa Mixed Martial Arts October Newsletter

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Sampa Mixed Martial Arts October Newsletter:

  • First of all, Sampa BJJ Academy partnered with Bright Pink to provide breast and ovarian cancer risk assessments. Bright Pink is focused on saving young women’s lives through the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer.
  • nother successful Sampa BJJ Graduation! We are so pleased that many had moved up in rank and improving daily in their journey.
  • On October 8, 2016 we had our family classes at Sampa BJJ Academy. Students had their chance to train BJJ with their kids, cousins, siblings, parents, and friends. Students also earned raffle tickets for bringing guests in this one of a kind event!
  • Stranger Danger Class at Sampa BJJ Academy. This event is open to all the community, friends, siblings and families. Students also earned raffle tickets for bringing guests in this event.
  • Thanks to Prof. Martin Guggi for this amazing workshop. Thanks for all the help in the academy and thanks to all the students who came out to support him.
  • Sampa Oktoberfest. Everyone including families and friends had a great time together!
  • Finally, we celebrated Halloween classes and costume contest at Sampa BJJ Academy and Sampa Fitness.

Halloween Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Camp

Halloween Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Camp

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Halloween Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Camp in Klagenfurt, Austria is organized by Prof. Renato Migliaccio and Prof. Martin. This event is a three (3) days intensive training. Our training’s location for the camp is only 10 minutes walking distance to the center of Klagenfurt.

All people who participated in this event is having a great time. There are over fifteen (15) black belts that are teaching the class for this BJJ camp. The coaches are alternating teaching the best on what they know regarding the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The main coaches for this event are Prof. Renato and Prof. Martin. Everyone is having a blast in this one of a kind Brazilian Jiu Jitsu camp.

Prof. Renato invited many of his friends and students also to come and participate in the event. They also had the chance to teach the things they know about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so event turned into a multi- instructor’s camp. And also, there are over 70 people on the mat and yesterday was eight (8) hours of training. We are looking forward to having another event like this in Big Bear specifically with Sampa students.

SAMPA BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU ACADEMY
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Sampa Mixed Martial Arts September Newsletter

Sampa Mixed Martial Arts September Newsletter

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Sampa Mixed Martial Arts September Newsletter:

  • First of all, Sampa BJJ Academy partnered with The Rescue Bank to help feed our furry friends. The Rescue Bank operates on a “food bank” model by collecting and redistributing donated pet food, supplies and donations to qualified animal welfare groups across America.
  • Also, we had a special workshop called “Italo Moura Berimbolo Master Class”. Italo Moura conducted the training – a young purple belt athlete who is winning everything in his division!
  • Focus for Better Grades Seminar was held at Sampa BJJ Academy. Over 50 kids took advantage of the free event that used martial arts techniques as a tool to help the kids become better listeners.
  • Sampa Spar-A-thon took place on September 24th at our Elwood location. It is a day that we celebrate together the coolest thing we have in our class which is “sparring”. In addition, Parents and kids train together and this is a one of the huge celebrations that we all look to participate!
  • Finally, we celebrated Sampa Olympics doing a night full of activities! From Judo Competition, Wrestling, Boxing, and Obstacle Course.  Medals, pizza, and refreshments were provided for those who participated.

Sampa Mixed Martial Arts August Newsletter

Sampa Mixed Martial Arts August Newsletter

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Sampa Mixed Martial Arts August Newsletter:

  • Prof. Renato doing a seminar at Sampa Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Ribeirao in Brazil. This is also his first school as a business owner. And also, special thanks to Prof. Nathan Basseto for continuing what Prof. Renato has started.
  • Prof. Renato doing his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar at Top Fusion Centro de Treinamento in Brazil.
  • The Sampa Brazilian Jiu Jitsu In-house tournament was held on August 21, 2016. All of the participants had their chance to showcase the discipline that they have learned from the mats. Thanks for the sportsmanship that each of the guys had shown and we are hoping to see you again to our next tournaments!
  • Team Sampa joins the Gladiator Rock N Run Event. Everyone in the team had their chance to tackle crazy obstacles until they reached the finish line and thank GOD because they finished the Gladiator Rock N Run Event safely.
  • Every day is an awesome day but this day was beyond that. Life again is telling us that we live in abundance. Thanks to our Sampa community including the students and staffs for making our 5th Year Anniversary a history. Let’s have more anniversaries to come!

Another Fight of Mine

Hello Friend,

I want to show you another fight of mine back in 2009.
Wow almost 10 years.
Your professor is getting old!!!
After that fight many things changed to me, Including being able to meet an Incredible
attorney in the audience that eventually helped me to get my green card and years later my citizenship.
That day I remember that I was super nervous, too much trash talk on the other guy’s end.
I hate this because it is not the Martial art Philosophy that I learned.
He was Knocking people out in that tournament and even said that would knock my head off because he was bigger than me.
It was M-1/affliction they did countries against countries (I was fighting for USA/East) five fighter for each team and at the end the team with more victories advances.
That man was from Finland Team and yes he had heavy hands…lol
We advanced to the finals in that season but we lost to Russia.
Good times that now are just memories that I really recommend any student of mine to have. Yes go compete, fight your nerves, know yourself, evolve.
Watch here the fight:
I hope you like it and next time it will be a fight of mine that I have lost.
Best Regards
Prof. Renato
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Why do You Pay for Jiu Jitsu?

My Judo Sensei from Brazil sent this to me. This is going viral there and I took a liberty to translate and share with you.  It is a story about two friends talking about spending money in Judo but again since I am involved with both I took the liberty to change the wording to BJJ.

One of My friends asked me: “how do you spend so much money in Jiu Jitsu Classes,
tournaments and not only that, you spend a lot of your time driving your son around?

I have to confess; I do not pay for my son’s Jiu Jitsu Classes.
So if I don’t pay for it what am I paying then?

I pay for those moments when my boy is so tired and thinking of giving up, but he doesn’t give up…
I pay for the opportunity my son has to make and maintain lifelong friendship.
I pay for the opportunity to face amazing instructors that will not only teach him how to punch,
kick, strangle or take someone down or the physiology behind an exercise, But instead they will teach that this martial art can translate/transcend to life.
I pay for it also so My child can learn how to be more disciplined.
I pay for it so My son learn how to take care of his body and health.
I pay for it so my son can learn how to work with others, how to share, to be gentile, to be respectful and a proud member of his Jiu Jitsu Team/Family.
I pay so my child can learn how to deal with failure, when he does not win or can’t take down an opponent or when he falls trying a movement/technique although he had already practiced that 1000 times but even though, he gets up and try it better next time.
I pay so he can learn how to set and achieve goals.
I pay for my son to learn that it takes hard work and time (years) to succeed in something or to become a champion so he does not think this happens overnight.
I Pay for my son to be on the mat instead of home playing video game or watching TV.

I could go on and on But:

To wrap it up, I don’t pay for his training, I pay for the opportunities Jiu Jitsu
can offer to my child develop all the tools that will help him face life adversities, Tools that will give him also the opportunity to help and respect others and their believes.

This is what have seen for years and years so I think it is a great investment, and legacy to my children and  to the society.

Martial arts,  Judo – Jiu Jitsu Covers many things that you are not aware of!

Translated By Prof. Renato Migliaccio