Finger Taping

After 20 years of practicing several 'grip' fighting sports like judo and BJJ,  I decided to offer some advice on how to tape your fingers for such sports. When you practice on a daily basis and prepare for competitions, you don't have the time to take breaks to let the inflammation go away, so prevention is better than cure.

Here are some tips that you can use, depending on the injury:

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BJJ for Kids classes starting from October 2014

New courses Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for KIDS, Ages 8-14 starting from October 2014!

We will teach your kids something new, a fresh way of thinking. We will teach them balance and movement coordination but most of all we will introduce them to a new world and a new mentality whose benefits will last a lifetime! ...

They will build confidence and self esteem and discover a great way to socialize and build friends for life!

(1st intro class starting from 29/9/14 @ 5:00pm)

21 new belts!

 

Aggelos receiving his Yellow belt from Instructor Panayiotis Melodias 



Panayiota Eustathiou receiving her Orange belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

Paris Kemanes receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

 

Anastasia Gerali receiving her Blue belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

Andreas Loucaides receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis



Giorgos Konstantinou receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Panayiotis Melodias

Louis Charalambous receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Panayiotis Melodias

Michalis Anastasiades receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

 

Phivos Iakovou receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

Thomas Magnitis receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Panayiotis Melodias

Sokratis receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Panayiotis Melodias

Spiros Siolas receiving his Blue belt from Instructor Panayiotis Melodias

Andreas Achilleos receiving his Purple belt from Professor Pantelis Panayides

Andreas Agelides receiving his Purple belt from Professor Pantelis Panayides

Andreas Prezas receiving his Purple belt from Professor Pantelis Panayides

Gianis Galanos receiving his Purple belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

Giorgos Hajilazarou receiving his Purple belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis



Gregoris Demetriou receiving his Purple belt from Professor Pantelis Panayides

Nikolas Mavromatis receiving his Purple belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

Panos Georgiades receiving his Purple belt from Professor Pantelis Panayides

Zacharias Aristidou receiving his Purple belt from Instructor Andreas Achniotis

Friday Open Mat nights

The idea of having open mat training one night a week is to bring our members closer. Not only from a training and team building perspective but also on a personal level. The guys have a chance to roll as much as they want, and practice new techniques learnt during the week, or practice their own game plan with any opponent in a roll or as drills. 

That's how we roll... On a Friday night!

A very big thank you to Kemanes Print Shop for sponsoring our new logo print.

Annual grading 2014

It's time for our annual grading again, to be followed by our summer beach party.

Feel free to invite family and friends to both days.

Annual Grading 2014 - Thursday 10 July:
ASPIDA TEAM RENZO GRACIE CYPRUS academy
18:00

Summer Beach party - Sunday 13 July:
@ KOT Beach, Larnaka
* bring beers and drinks, we'll cover the BBQ.

Woman's self defends srminar

 

With great success the first cycle of self-defense seminars for girls! The seminar took place on our new ATRG academy in the center of Nicosia and was presented by Prof. Alex Kallis.

   The aim of the seminars is to provide self-defense knowledge of Brazilian jiu jitsu. This martial art specialize in ground fight in which a weaker person can control a Bigger, stronger and heavier opponent.

 

Με μεγάλη επιτυχία ολοκληρωθηκε ο πρώτος κύκλος σεμιναρίων αυτοαμυνας για κοπέλες! Το σεμινάριο έλαβε χώρα στις καινουργιες εγκαταστάσεις της ATRG academy στην Λευκωσια και παρουσιάστηκε από τον Proffesor. Αλεξη Καλλή. 

 

  Στόχος των σεμιναρίων είναι η παρουσίαση αυτοαμυνας Brazilian jiu jitsu.  Η συγκεκριμένη πολεμική τέχνη ειδικευεται στη μάχη στο έδαφος στη οποία καποιος πιο αδύναμος μπορεί να ελέγξει και να επαιβληθει σε ένα μεγαλυτερο, δυνατοτερο και βαρυτερο αντίπαλο.

 

Igor Gracie Seminar

Igor Gracie Seminar

Last week I had the pleasure to host a 5 days seminar for Igor Gracie in Cyprus and Greece. The seminar took place at Aspida Team Renzo Gracie Cyprus and at MMA GYM Athens the main academy representing Renzo Gracie in Greece. Igor Gracie shared with us some of his favor techniques both in sport Jiu-Jitsu and in MMA. All participants had the chance to see his smooth and detailed technic. It was an honor to have such a high level Black Pelt visiting us from our main academy (Renzo Gracie New York). Hopefully we will have more Gracie’s coming over soon.

Thank you Igor