Long time members of the club remember Chris Stolzman. And even newer members should remember his brother, Matt, who helped out at the gym all summer. But as much as everyone loved Matt, this post is about Chris, because he just recently was promoted to Black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, in Palmdale, CA! Read more
KnuckleUp Fitness now carries the USA Jiu Jitsu badge
We are proud to announce that KnuckleUp Fitness Outer Banks has become the first USA Jiu Jitsu charter school in North Carolina.
USAJJ is a non-profit organization founded by some of the most respected and distinguished participants in Jiu Jitsu over the past 50 years.
USAJJ seeks to establish Jiu-Jitsu in the United States as an official amateur sport, to provide a governing body, to standardize rules for tournaments and set standards for promotions.
They also seek to provide guidance to individuals wishing to participate in the sport, either as operators of schools & academies or students just wanting to learn.
The organization helps foster relationships among those individuals and companies providing products and services to the Jiu-Jitsu community. The idea is to make the sport approachable and available to everyone.
According to KnuckleUp's GM Morrison Butler and USAJJ Membership Director Chris Stolzman, the benefits that current students of KnuckleUp will receive as part of the USAJJ organization include:
An added bonus for KnuckleUp Fitness’ membership is a $1 million dollar general liability insurance for the club, staff, and students.
The policy defends schools against claims of bodily injury liability, property damage liability and the litigation costs to defend against such claims. Coverage is provided up to $1,000,000.00 per occurrence with a general aggregate amount of $2,000,000.00. That just gives KnuckleUp members extra piece of mind while training at the gym.
We're always working to provide you with the best! We are excited by the opportunities presented by our membership, and we believe this will benefit both the staff and students at KnuckleUp.
We also look forward to helping to further the goals of USA Jiu Jitsu and promote and encourage people from all walks of life to participate and enjoy the sport of Jiu-Jitsu.
Also, if you're ever in Colorado, check out Jiu Jitsu in Littleton!
KnuckleUp Fighters Competing at Coastal Combat Circuit
This Saturday 30th, KnuckleUp Fitness Outer Banks is taking its A-Team to compete dominate the Coastal Combat Circuit grappling event in Elizabeth City.
The event, the first Grappling event in Northeastern NC, takes place at the old Elizabeth City Middle School gym and promises to bring the area's big names of MMA and Grappling.
The KnuckleUp team will be coached by Jeremiah Lancaster and General Manager Morrison Butler, who will also be competing.
The entire team has been training really hard, and for some of the fighters, this is their very 1st tournament. Coaches Jeremiah and Chris Stolzman want to invite everybody to come and support our group during the fights.
The competition will be grappling only - no punches or kicks. Fighters start standing up, and win points for dominant position acquisitions, takedowns, and reversals. Matches range from 3 minutes to 6 minutes, depending on the skill class, and of course, the ultimate goal is to catch the opponents in a choke, arm lock, leg lock, or any other submission.
For this event, fighters will wear only shorts and rash guard - no special garments (GI or Kimono), which makes the matches even more similar to wrestling - only the fight doesnt stop when the opponent has its back on the mat.
Because of the tournament, our BJJ classes have been taught without the Gi. We apologize for the inconvenience that may have caused to some of our more traditional members - regular classes start again on Monday at 6pm.
Yeah - because a majority of our BJJ students are competing, as well as both of the coaches, there will be NO SATURDAY MORNING BJJ CLASS. Instead, come support our team, study their matches, and you'll get hands-on teaching!
We'll see you there!
Chris Stolzman heading KnuckleUp Fitness Outer Banks Jiu Jitsu classes
Our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Head Instructor Chris Stolzman just uploaded 3 new BJJ videos to our Youtube Channel and I wanted to post them here so it's easier to find.
In case you dont know, Chris Stolzman was master Kazeka's student - and is know heading the Jiu Jitsu program at our gym here in Kitty Hawk.
You can check our BJJ class schedule online here.
On the first video, Master Kazeka Muniz shows the famous sitting sweep - a basic but powerful sweep from the guard:
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On the second video, Master Kazeka shows a very common submission from the guard - the Kimura Lock:
rss folks - watch the kimura from the guard video here
And continuing with the Kimura - the third video shows how to submit an opponent from the side mount using this powerful lock (also called Americana):
rss? watch the kimura from the side mount video here
The BJJ classes are getting more students every day - Yesterday we had a couple of new members joining us and the Jeremiah Lancaster finished the class with a great arm bar drill.
If you're interested, sign up on the form on the upper right of this page and we'll get you a full week pass for Jiu Jitsu!
We hope you enjoy our videos - leave your comments!
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Our new head instructor Chris Stolzman brought with him a ton of videos of his KnuckleUp Fitness' original instructor master Kazeka Muniz - and we're very proud to post them here.
The videos will be available free either here or on KnuckleUp OBX YouTube channel.
On the first video, master Kazeka shows a fundamental Brazilian Jiu Jitsu movement called the Grambi Roll:
On the second video, master Muniz demonstrates the famous Mata Leao choke (the rear naked choke):
We sincerely hope you enjoy the videos - they'll be here for everybody - members and non-members.
If you really like them, leave a comment. We always appreciate the feedback!
See you soon.
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