Saulo's New Blue belts!!

We traveled to Toledo/Ohio this weekend for 2 of our guys to be tested by Prof.Saulo Ribeiro.

Both Don and Nick did fantastic and received their promotions from Saulo!!

BLUE Belts:

Don DeManno-Blue belt

Nicholas Morabito-Blue belt

Nicely done!!, great way to represent SRJJA/Peloton M.A.C!!

Joslin's Tournament results

(7-10yr) Division
(7yr) Dominic Ferranti- 2nd Place,
Dom had some great matches, he fought a much larger 10 yr. old in his semifinal match, he was down by a takedown until he recovered and landed a beautiful single leg takedown of his own, landing in side control, then knee on belly and taking the mount, when his opponent bellied out he took the back for the win!!.
Great job!!

(14-17) Division
We had 3 competitors representing Peloton:
George Collichio-3rd Place Adv.Div
George caught his opponent in awesome triangle in his first match, lost his second to the eventual winner of the division. Great job!!

Chris Cohen-3rd Place Beg.
Double sessions for Chris on this day, he fought great after having a very important Hockey game earlier that day!, I'm sure we will see Chris in the NHL some day!!
Fantastic work!!

Mike Roman-4th Place
Also landing a beautiful triangle choke in his first match!, eventually getting paired up against a mammoth 265lb giant, Mike survived the many guard pass attempts, losing only by the initial takedown. Great job!!
Joslin's needs to add some weight divisions for the teens, Jeff make it happen!

Adult Divisions:

Women's Division-115-144.9
Lauren Lamb-1st-Gi and 1st No-Gi!!
Lauren showed off some awesome skills!! takedowns, crossbody, mounting, Knee on belly, taking the back, submissions, she really made us all very proud at Peloton!!, and only a year out from having baby Colton!!.

139 and under/Beg-Gi
Ryan Hill fought really well, dominated the entire round but got reversed in the final minutes of the match and lost by a slim margin.
Great showing!!


140-154.9lbs Beg-Gi
Nick Morabito-2nd Place
Nick's division was stacked, 37 competitors!!. Nick fought six matches, he dominated all six and finally got caught with an armlock in his final match.
I can't say enough about Morabito...aka "Meredith", he rocked the house!!
Excellent work kid!!


155-169.9 Beg/Gi and No-gi
Mike Montes- at 18yrs.old and 6'2 Mike is got huge potential in this division!!, he fought grown men that are definately not beginners, never the less did awesome!!.
Mikey really wanted to bring back the championship belt this year and trained really hard, he had a match-up in the No-Gi that made us all laugh, his opponent wore colored underwear for the match!!, even the officials had a chuckle!!.
Really nice job Mikey!!

Shaun Hahn- was at the bottom of this class as far as weigh-ins are concerned, he fought well winning his first match by triangle submission!!, his second match he drew a huge dude and just couldn't defend the strength advantage.
Shaun also suffered a bad eye injury, totally acidental by the way, we wish him a quick and smooth recovery. Great job Shaun!!

170-184.9lbs Int/Gi
Brandon Ince- lost his first match by 2 points, he fought great and showed some impressive skills.
Great job!!.

Josh Brongo- won his first match with a traingle choke, and lost his second match by 2 points. This was a questionable call since he initiated and got the takedown?, he got sweapt immediately after but it should have been tied 2-2.
Great job, Lawnmowerman!!

Collin Schrader- won his first match by triangle choke, his set-up was awesome!!. in his second match we saw at least 2 sweeps that were not scored!!, we were really dissapointed with the officiating a this point.
Great job, Mad scientist!!

185-204.9 Inter/Gi
"Doc" Evans flew out from Arizona to compete for his hometown team!!, he fought up a class!!. Doc lost his first match on points, but later told me " I wasn't gonna tap", you showed a huge heart Doc!!.
Nice job!!

205-224.9lbs Inter/Gi and NoGi
Casey Lamb aka the "JUGGERNUT", 1st place Gi/NoGi, Casey continues to smash the competition!!. He won all his matches by submission!!
He fought some great guys in his division, nice work Casey!!

Great showing for the Peloton Team yet again!!.
Big Congrats to all.
Paul and Bryan.

Peloton Promotions

Congratulations to all who received promotions this past monday!!

Kids:
James Kohler-1st degree White belt

Mateo Astudillo-2nd degree White belt

Marcello Astudillo-2nd degree White belt

Cassandra Astudillo-Yellow belt

Walter Schrader-Yellow 2nd degree

Micheal Schrader-Yellow 2nd degree

Alex Trippi- Yellow 2nd degree

Dominic Ferranti- Orange belt

Teens 13-18:
(16) George Collichio-Blue belt

(16) Sam Spinosa-Blue belt

Great job!!, we are very proud of you all.

Rodrigo'Comprido' Medeiros Seminar

We would like to thank Prof. Rodrigo 'Comprido' Medeiros for the awesome seminar this past weekend.

We had about 20 in attendance, he made everyone feel as though they were receiving a private.

He demonstrated some of his favorite techniques and showed some incredible details.

We hope to have him out again in the near future.

(The Gi portion pics of the seminar will be posted soon.)

SRJJA Annual Tournament 2007

Peloton made the trip out to Toledo-Ohio to visit all the association members and compete in the annual SRJJA this past weekend.
Saulo and Xande made everyone feel welcome and gave us the updates on the University of Jiu Jitsu in Cali.
The turnout was awesome, 16+ association schools, and tons of talented JJ players.
Amongst the attendees were current SH Mundial Champ-Rafael Lovato Jr., Regis Lebre, Shaun Bansfield, and Chris Blanke hosting the event.
Next year the event will move to a new and larger venue.
Results:

Don DeManno- 1st place 145lb/ 0-1yr.

Mike Montes- 4th place 155-165div/ 0-1yr.

JP Zengerle- 3rd place 155-165div/ 0-1yr.

Tsafi Harring- 3rd place 165-175 0-1yr.

Mark Stutzman-3rd place (Blue belt)- 200-210 lbs.

Collin Schrader- 2nd place (Blue belt) 175-185 lbs.

BadDog Fights:
Casey Lamb- 205-265 div.
Fought Tau Falualo from Hawaii, Casey won the fight in outstanding fashion, in 51 sec. of the first round.
Tau was taken down with a single leg takedown, had his guard passed to knee on belly, took a ton of damage from that position. Got mounted and received devastating strikes to the face at which point the ref. stopped the fight.
We will post the fight soon.

Huge congrats to everyone that participated in this weekends events!!, you all made us extremely proud!!
Thanks to Saulo, Xande, and Chris for hosting and making us feel welcome and part of the SRJJA family.

Evolution Tournament Results-PA

Team Peloton Results:

Kids division 7-10 yr
Dominic Ferranti- 2nd place

135-155 Inter/Div.
Nick Morabito-1st Gi/No-Gi
Ryan hill-3rd Gi/No-Gi

155-175 Beg/Inter.
Mike Montes- 2nd Place Gi/ 2nd place NoGi

155-175 Inter/Div.
Don DeManno-had a great showing against some big guys!!, he was the lightest in his division.

185-210+ Gi (Combined) Adv.Div.
Casey Lamb-1st Gi @235lbs.
Collin Schrader-2nd Gi @185lbs.

These 2 are the best of friends and training partners, they have wars at the academy!!

185 No-Gi Adv.
Collin Schrader-1st place, all his wins by submission.

210+ No-Gi Adv.
Casey Lamb-1st place, all wins by submission.

Danny thanks for putting on the tourny, our guys had lots of fun.


Peloton Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai
Rochester, New York
http://www.peloton-bjj.com/

Rochester Grappling Tournament

Results:
Blue belts
Collin Schrader- 1st Place in the Advanced Gi- 185lb class
Josh Brongo-3rd Place Adv Gi 185lb and 1st place 185 Adv/ NoGi
Mark Stuzman- 3rd Place Adv 205lb

Big congrats to these guys!!, they beat 2 game purple belts in the process!!.

White belts
Lauren Lamb- 1st Place Adv women's Gi, considering Lauren just had baby Colton 8 months ago!!, she hasn't missed a beat!!. Congrats on a great showing.
Bruce Clement-4th place beg. Gi 185lb
Scott George- 4th place beg. Gi 205lb
These two guys showed a ton of heart, being over 40 hasn't slowed these guys at all!!. Congrats!!
Tzafi Haring- 1st place/ Int/Gi 185. It's ni...ce....!!
Patrick Lamonica-4th place Gi/3rd NoGi 205lb Beg/Inter.
Patrick gets the award for toughness!!, he never gives up and hasn't let his illness stop him a bit!!. BIG...Congrats!!
Don DeManno-2nd place Gi/ NoGi 145lb Intermediate div.
Great job!!.
Kevin Steele-4rd place 165lb-beg/Gi
Ryan Steele- 3rd place 165lb-beg/Gi
Kevin and Ryan have under 2 months training, well done!!

Teen Division
Sam Spinosa- 1st place NoGi adv, 2nd place Gi adv-Heavy
Mike Roman- 3rd place Gi Beg/ Light wt
Mike Montes- 3rd place Gi and NoGi Beg/ Heavy

Peloton also won the Team award!!
Fantastic showing!!.

Marcelo Garcia Seminar

USA/ Peloton Martial Arts Center will be hosting Alliance BJJ superstar Marcelo Garcia.

Marcelo is a multiple world champion in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Submission Grappling, multiple Pan American and Mundial BJJ champion, and ADCC champion.

Date: May 19th-20th

Cost: $150- 2 days, $100- 1 day, checks payable to USA Jiu- Jitsu, Inc.

Times: 12noon-4pm, both days.

Contact- 2139 N.Union St.- Suite #7

Spencerport, NY, 14559

Phone: 585-349-9265

www.peloton-bjj.com