2nd Southern Philippines  Kamphuis - Fabricio BJJ Open

The 2nd Southern Philippines Kamphuis - Fabricio BJJ Open will be held in Davao, October 4-5, 2008. We expect to send a few competitors with Coach Stephen, and Coach Hiro who will assist in the running of the competition and the implimentation of the rules.

This will be followed up with seminars and a grading for selected students.

There are many new competitors and we wish everyone the best of luck on the day. 

Please register your interest early so we can arrange for cheap accomodation.

International Masters Seniors Competition & No Gi Worlds International Masters Seniors 

Congratulations to Coach Stephen for taking Silver and Bronze in the International Masters Seniors Competition in Brazil and for posting the same result at the No Gi Worlds International Masters Seniors in LA held late July and early August.

The gym is now open for training.

A special discount of 10% will apply to all existing and new members who introducve a friend for both the Makati and Wack Wack gyms.

Click on the image above for the vicinity map.  The school is located right in the heart of Makati. Just a 5 minute walk from Greenbelt and is very accessible to students from all over the metro. Parking on the street is free after 6.30pm.

The gym is equipped with new tatami mats, kickboxing and work out equipment and two showers      ( Hot and Cold ). We look forward to seeing everyone there.

School locations and Schedules:

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu , Muay Thai , Judo and Mixed Martial Arts classes are now underway. 

KMA - Makati  Schedule

Unit 17 -19 Ground Floor 

Rada Regency

De la Rosa Cnr Rada Street , Makati

Tel  / text : 09178142420

Click on the image above for the vicinity map.  

Coach Stephen with one talkative student, and  the other students of the Don Dosco Kamphuis - Fabricio Grappling Team.

A series of No Gi training classes will be held at Don Bosco Mandaluyong given by Coach over the next few months.
Students from Don Bosco will be trained by coach  Stephen in an effort to educate and introduce the students of Don Bosco Mandaluyong to benefits of Brazilian Jui Jitsu.
Coach Stephen would like to thank all the staff and students for a very enjoyable training session and making him feel very welcome at the school.
 

Daniel Otero fought for the title on Max Fights 4,  against Sam Thao
from Winsconsin / USA winning by  triangle submission  in round 3.
“ The fight was very hard, Sam is a warrior, a very tough guy “
I hope to fight on next Shooto Brasil for the belt again, I'm not sure
yet about the dates, but probably in October or November.

Following on from our interviews with the Head coaches of the BJJ Teams in the Asian region we would like to introduce Niko Han  from Synergy BJJ Indonesia.

 Thank you Niko being a part of these interviews.

Could you tell us about your background how and where did you start in
 BJJ.

I briefly studied Judo, Japanese jiu-jitsu and Kung Fu as teenager.  It was only much later when I watched the UFC and witnessed Royce Gracie that I became determined to learn the gentle Art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.  I started training with Rickson Gracie on October 28, 1996 in Los Angeles.

Can you tell us about your instructors, training partners and about your Team  

I really have a great group of students at Synergy Jiu-Jitsu, we are all good friends and share a passion for BJJ/MMA.  Synergy Jiu-Jitsu now has over 100 members.  There are no big ego in our team, we just train hard and constantly try to push each other to improve.  All the Synergy Jiu-Jitsu instructors are very experienced in BJJ/MMA competitions and a lot of them hold multiple championship titles. 

You recently received your Black belt can you tell us about this and about your Team Synergy BJJ based in Indonesia.

Following on from our interviews with the Head coaches of the BJJ Teams in the Asian region we would like to introduce Thomas Fan who many may know as being the Head Instructor of Kylin Bjj in Hong Kong.

Thank you Thomas for being a part of these interviews.

Thank you Steve, it’s my pleasure.

Could you tell us about your background?  How and where did you start in BJJ?