Thanks to everyone who created such a great turnout for Grandmaster Manoel’s seminar on June 30th. Manoel, a Helio Gracie coral belt and longtime mentor for Victor, showed lots of self-defense techniques and some great moves for sport jiu-jitsu. We look forward to seeing much more of Grandmaster Manoel in the future.
Manoel Tavares seminar
Victor is proud announce the new location of the Victor Huber Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Atlantic Beach! The facility has been in the works for a while now and is finally ready for primetime. With a 1,000 square feet of brand new Swain mats, we are ready to roll! The academy will now offer an expanded schedule of classes: M-W-F Gi at 7:15pm and Tuesday/Thursday No-Gi at 7:15pm. This is in addition to the current lunchtime classes. So come join us for our grand opening class at 7pm Wednesday April 18th!
45-A Donner Road (75 yards east of Mayport Rd. in Atlantic Beach)
Team Victor Huber brought home four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the 2012 Jacksonville BJJ Open on March 24th, 2012. Everyone competed well and represented this wonderful martial art that we love so much! Congratulations Rob, Cecilia, Tim, The Bus, Darren, Boogie and everyone else who came to support and coach the team. It’s a great start to the 2012 competition season.
A huge thanks to Royler Gracie for one of the best seminars that we can remember. Royler visited our St. Augustine branch at Ancient City Martial Arts. Royler showed an amazing array of self-defense techniques and very technical closed guard, open guard and butterfly guard passes. Thanks to Victor for bringing his master to St. Augustine and thanks to Michael for your awesome facility.
Victor is pleased to announce that his master, BJJ legend Royler Gracie, will return to teach a seminar at Victor Huber BJJ on February 11th from 10:30am-1:30pm. Royler will be teaching this 3 hour seminar at Ancient City Martial Arts in St. Augustine (located in the World Gym). Spots are limited so reserve your spot now by calling Victor Huber at 904-588-5903 or e-mail at victor_huber@hotmail.com.
Address:
1650 US 1 South (World Gym Building)
St. Augustine, FL 32085
Victor will hold the 2011 end-of-year promotion ceremony on Wednesday, December 21st at Casa Marina Hotel in Jacksonville Beach. The ceremony will begin around 8pm. Students from all three locations (Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Ormond Beach) will be there to celebrate another year of hard work. Friends and family are invited! Contact Victor for more information.
Promotions Ceremony 2011 at Casa Marina in Jax Beach
Victor and Grandmaster Manuel Tavares show us an oma plata from an armbar setup…simple and effective !! Thanks to my friend and great instructor!
Victor Huber(3rd degree black belt Royler Gracie-Gracie Humaita )
Manuel Tavares (6th degree black belt Gracie Humaita)
Master Manuel begins with a good grip to attack Victor's arm
Victor knows his arm is in trouble and begins to posture out of the submission attempt.
Victor manages to save his arm from the armbar attempt but has exposed his left arm to the oma plata.
Manuel figure-fours his legs to trap Victor's left arm and grabs Victor's belt to prevent him from rolling out of the submission.
Manuel grips Victor's collar and sits up to finish the oma plata submission!
Victor guides Cecilia through a BJJ sequence starting with a guard pass straight to knee on belly and finishing with an armbar:
Cecilia controls Paulo's legs from his open guard
Cecilia passes around Paulo's legs straight to knee-on-belly
Cecilia controls Paulo's arm at the tricep and pushes his face to the mat and begins to spin around towards Paulo's head.
She begins to pivot around, moving her left hand from Paulo's head to the mat so she can spin her hips under his arm.
Paulo tries to escape by rolling to his knees.
Cecilia counters by placing her left foot between Paulo's legs
She finishes the submission by hooking Paulo’s head with her right leg, controlling the wrist and driving her hips down.
Our fighters featured in local Rio de Janeiro newspaper
English Translation: Five fighters from the U.S. academies of Daniel Moraes and Victor Huber (Vitinho) won medals here in the Masters and Seniors Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The competition, held in July at the Tijuca Tennis Club, was organized by the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Confederation. Athletes gathered from various gyms around the country and from abroad.
Daniel and Vitinho decided to invite some of their best students from their academies in the city of Jacksonville, Florida. The result was highly positive. Black belt Charlie Matthews, 51, was runner-up in his category and third in absolute, while purple belt Michael LaBelle, 48, got two third places. Roy Phillipe, 36, won the runner-up in his category and Perry Brown, 43, was third. Brown belt Robert Corbin, 37, lost his fight, but according to Vitinho, gave a great performance on the mat.
According to Daniel Moraes, this exchange is critical for their students to acquire international experience and put into practice all the lessons learned during the training. Furthermore, they can do a self-assessment to know where they can improve further.