Andy Branson MCC Blog

Andy Branson is keeping a blog running up to his next pro MMA fight at MCC24 in Des Moines.
In the first post Andy talks about joining HBJJC, his relationship with the small Brazilian pants, and his (once) pudgy, (still) bald Muay Thai coach ;-)

Pedro Silveira (Pejor) vs Hudson Rocha (BTT)

Schedule for the next 3 weeks

Nov 30th-dec 5th
Monday 8:30PM GI
Tuesday 8:30PM No-Gi with Darys
Wednesday 8:30PM Gi with Rodrigo
Thursday 8:30PM TBA
Friday 8:00 PM No Gi take downs with Gabe
Saturday 11:30 AM open mat

Dec 7th-18th Schedule:
Publish Post
Monday 8:30PM GI
Tuesday 8:30PM No-Gi with Darys
Wednesday 8:30PM Gi
Thursday 8:30PM TBA
Friday 8:00 PM No Gi take downs with Gabe
Saturday 11:30 AM open mat

Shoot us an email @ hbjjclub@gmail.com if you aren't on the mailing list and would like to be.

Congratulations John Gutta C3 Blue Belt Absolute Champion

Today John Gutta represented the team up at the C3 tournament and won the blue belt Absolute category!

Sasquatch Open #5 (9/12/09) Results

Team Results

1st-Travis Tarpein-Next Generation- 40
2nd-Hawkeye BJJ- 34
3rd-MFS-17
Rochester MMA- 11
Rockus Mot Club- 9
St. Louis Training Circle- 9
10th Planet Omaha- 9
Team Conquest- 7
Gilbert Grappling- 5
Team Bruce Sheppard-5
OSE- 4
Elite Perfomance- 3
Klabel- 3
M Theory- 1
Sims Martial Arts- 1

Individual Results

Mens Gi

Beginner

155 lbs. and under:
1. Nate Hayes-Travis Tarpein
2. Justin Machnik- Hawkeye BJJ
3. Tanner McClure-Rockus Mot Club

185 lbs. and under :
1. Kwadwo Achampong- Hawkeye BJJ
2. Mark Grant- Travis Tarpein
3. Dalen Turcsak- Travis Tarpein

Intermediate

155 lbs. and under:
1. Mauricio Franca Lila- Team Bruce Sheppard
2. Hassan Al- Mabuk- MFS
3. Clayton Schuneman- Hawkeye BJJ

170 lbs. and under:
1. Ryan Sundermann- Hawkeye BJJ
2. Aaron Windenecht- MFS
3. Anthony Bedel- Hawkeye BJJ

185 lbs. and under:
1. Brandon Stenger- MFS
2. Casey Boland- St. Louis Training Circle
3. Nathan Fuller- Travis Tarpein

Kids No-Gi

Beginner

80 lbs. and under:
1. Nathan Horvath
2. Evan Senneff- Team Tarpein
3. Jakoby Tague- Team Conquest

120 lbs and over:
1. Kyle Domski- Gilbert Grappling
2. Gabriel Rangel- Team Tarpein

Womens No-Gi

Beginner

130 lbs and below:
1. Kelly Cox- Travis Tarpein
2. Maggie Bednarz- Klabel School
Mens No-Gi

Beginner

145 lbs. and under:
1. Nate Hayes- Travis Tarpein
2. Steven McPhail- 10th Planet BJJ Omaha
3. Mark Kilburg- Team Conquest

155 lbs. and under:
1. Aaron Bartels- MFS
2. Tanner Weisand- OSE
3. David DuBois- St. Louis Training Circle

170 lbs. and under:
1. Heath Wendill- Rochester MMA
2. Jared Fisher- 10th Planet BJJ Omaha
3. Dan Peterson-

185 lbs. and under:
1. Ryan Smith- St. Louis Training Circle
2. Ryan Hay- Elite Performance
3. Phonsamay Attanaphone- M Theory

205 lbs. and under:
1. Andrew Terronez- Team Conquest
2. Terry Sarver- Travis Tarpein
3. Steve Gordon- OSE

Intermediate

135 lbs. and under:
1. Justin Machnik- Hawkeye BJJ
2. Clayton Schuneman- Hawkeye BJJ
3. Eloy Rodriguez- Sims Martial Arts

145 lbs. and under:
1. Jared Chaney- Rochester MMA
2. David Paige-

155 lbs. and under:
1. Curtis Temple- Rockus Mot Club
2. Tanner McClure- Rockus Mot Club
3. Jared Chaney- Rochester MMA

170 lbs. and under:
1. Gabe Rodriguez- Travis Tarpein
2. Anthony Bedel- Hawkeye BJJ
3. Aaron Windenecht- MFS

185 lbs. and under:
1. Nate Fuller- Travis Tarpein
2. David Borron- 10th Planet BJJ Omaha
3. Ian Warlick-

Over 225 lbs.:
1. Lane Gries- Hawkeye BJJ
2. Scott Posipisil-Hawkeye BJJ
3. Ricardo Rangel- Travis Tarpein

BIGFOOT CHAMPION
Scott Posipisil-Hawkeye BJJ

Lock-Ness Tournament
First round:
John Gutta subs Joel Griffin
Nate Rodriguez subs Eric Wisely
Bruce Hoyer subs Jim Gray
Steve Patterson subs Mike Kelly

Semi-finals:
John Gutta subs Nate Rodriguez
Bruce Hoyer subs Steve Patterson

Finals:
Bruce Hoyer subs John Gutta

Lock-Ness Winner:
Bruce Hoyer

Class on Labor Day

There will be class on Monday 9/7/09. Use this
link as a general guide for whether or not we will have class:
http://www.recserv.uiowa.edu/geninfo/fh.htm As long as the field house
is open during our time slot we will have class unless otherwise
specified.

Fall Semester Schedule

We have a new schedule for the Fall Semester!

Monday- S511 8:30pm-10pm Gi Fundamentals
Tuesday- S507 8:30pm-10pm NoGi BJJ
Wednesday- S511 8:30pm-10pm Gi Fundamentals
Thursday- S507 8:30pm-10pm Gi Advanced w/ Rodrigo
Friday- S511 8:00pm-10pm NoGi Wrestling/ nogi takedowns
Saturday- S511 11:30am-1pm Gi Open Mat
Sunday- S511 4:30pm-6:00pm Gi Judo/ Gi takedowns

- We moved our wrestling day from Tuesday to Friday, and added a nogi
bjj day, and Judo day back into our schedule,

Fall Semester Updates

The patches are in! They are really sharp and we will only be charging
$10 per patch. I will have them with me every practice from now on. We
have a limited quantity so try and pick them up quickly.

Dues will be due Wednesday August 26. For members that are back in
town before that and were away for the summer feel free to start
coming to class before the new semester begins.

For the fall semester we plan on having Pedro in late October until
late November.

Our schedule for the Semester will look like this.

Monday- S511 8:30pm-10pm Gi Fundamentals
Tuesday- S507 8:30pm-10pm Advanced NoGi BJJ & Wrestling
Wednesday- S511 8:30pm-10pm Gi Fundamentals
Thursday- S507 8:30pm-10pm Gi Advanced w/ Rodrigo
Friday- S511 8:00pm-10pm Gi Open Mat
Saturday- S511 11:30am Gi Open Mat

As always members are welcome to come to as many or as few classes as they like.

See you on the mats,
John Gutta
HBJJC President

Academy Pejor - Jiu-Jitsu Camp 2009

Sasquatch Open 5

MCC21 Results

Andy Branson vs Elvis Mutapcic Winner: Branson, Split Decision, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29

For everyone that came out and made friday an unforgettable night thank you so much.
To everyone that couldn't make it the fight was a three round war that was a slug fest from start to finish. I'm nursing my wounds right now and working on lining up my next fight.
For anyone that didn't get a chance to check out the fight it will be airing on Mediacom channel 22 Monday July 6th at 10 p.m.
Thanks again for everyone's support and help with training. I look forward to hitting the mats with all of you this fall.

andy

Privates w/ Rodrigo & Club Patches

On Monday the club will be putting in an order for new patches. They
should arrive within 2 weeks. We will be getting 51 patches and we
will be selling them for $12. These will be large patches for the back
of your gi and feature the new HBJJC logo that Dave made for us.



Also Rodrigo will now be offering private lessons to HBJJC members.
The classes will be on Saturdays when the mats are available. The price will be $50 for one student or $75 split between two students. To schedule a private call Rodrigo at 563-554-7525 or shoot him an email at rodrigo.uzeda@gmail.com.

Thanks,
John Gutta

Andy Branson vs Elvis Mutapicic


Andy Branson vs Elvis Mutapicic
June 26th 6:30pm
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines, Iowa

From Andy -
"Hey just wanted to give everyone a heads up on my upcoming pro debut at the end of this month. If you don't get a chance to make it down to the fight you can catch it on mediacom or I'm told on HDnet.
Thanks for the support."

Summer Session News

I hope all of you are enjoying your summer. We had originally said that dues would be due this Monday May 25th. But the Fieldhouse will only be open from 10:30 am to 1:30pm in observance of Memorial Day. So our regular Monday class is canceled and dues will be due on Wednesday May 27th.

Tomorrow, Sunday May 24th Emily Katy and Andy will all be fighting MMA at 7pm at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. Last time it was a lot of fun, and I encourage everyone to check it out.

This summer, a lot of us are trying to get in more than one class per day. We usually go from around 11:00am - 1 once or twice a week. If you are interested in joining us feel free to shoot me an email at john-gutta@uiowa.edu with your phone number so that I can put you on the text message list for the extra training.

Thanks,
John Gutta

Schedule for the rest of finals week

We will be having competition matches during this Wednesday's class.
We plan on video taping the matches to look for mistakes and positions to work work on until NAGA. We will not have Rodrigo's gi class on Thursday because of finals week, instead we will have a nogi class.
Rodrigo's class will start again next Thursday 5/21.

John Gutta
HBJJC President

NAGA and Summer Session

The end of the semester is quickly approaching. We will be having
classes throughout finals week, keep in mind that the attendance might
be sparse. The summer session will begin and dues will be due Monday,
May 25. Dues will be $70 for students and $90 for non UI students with
no additional fees throughout the semester. We plan on doing patches
and t shirts this summer.



Also, Naga is less than 4 weeks away. I want to get a good group of
people and commit to training hard.
Here is a link to the weight divisions and skill levels:
http://nagafighter.com/index.php?module=eventinformationpage/120#
It seems that they have a less than 6 months divisions, which can be a
great opportunity for our new guys to dominate. Also, the less than 2
years division in no gi can be really good for all the 4 stripe white
belts. The gi divisions go by belt, which can also work to our
advantage.

If you plan on competing let me know so we can start to get
travel/hotel stuff together and train extra hard.

Thanks,
John Gutta
HBJJC President

Schedule Change

Starting tonight our nogi takedowns class will be on Tuesdays instead
of Thursdays. This is a really fun class I hope everyone gets a chance
to check it out.

This Thursday 3/12/09 Emily K. will have her second mma fight. Look
here http://www.revcombat.com/ if you have any questions. We will not
have our nogi class on Thursday.



Thanks,
John Gutta

Good luck Emily!

Promotions Wed 3/4

Just wanted to let everyone know that BJJ promotions will be this
Wednesday 3/4/09. I hope everyone can make it!

-John Gutta

Reschedule for Pedro

Pedro was sick yesterday and couldn't teach, but he wanted to
reschedule his class for Friday. So the schedule for the rest of the
week is as follows:

Wednesday 8:30PM Gi with Pedro
Thursday 8:30 PM No-Gi with Pedro
Friday 8:00 PM Gi with Pedro
Saturday 11:00AM Open Mat for club members

After that the schedule will be right back to our regularly scheduled
days with Pedro. Enjoy the rest the week, and good training to you.

Respectfully,

Your officers

Pedro Silveira Jiu-Jitsu Camp (Pejor Academy)

Attached is a link to a poster advertising Pedro's BJJ Camp in Brazil.
The idea behind the camp is to offer to jiu-jitsu students high level
training coupled with immersion in Brazilian culture. The camp will
last ten days and will start the first week of June. In order to offer
the best quality of training and reception, only 6 students will take
part in each Camp. The camp will consist of two training session per
day at Pejor Academy, Conditioning practices on the beach and in the
forest, a tour to Cristo Redentor (the big Jesus statue), and visits
to beach and famous night time hang outs.Students will be staying in
an apartment in front of the beach. There will be transportation to
all the events including to and from the airport. The cost is $1200.
The price 2 daily meals but the plane ticket is not included in the
package.

If you have any Questions email me at john-gutta@uiowa.edu

-John Gutta

P.S. anyone interested in privates please call Pedro at (312) 315-3679

Updated Schedule for Pedro's Classes

Pedro has arrived in Iowa City and will be teaching class for the next
four weeks. He will take over classes Mon-Thurs. There will only be
two minor changes in our schedule when Pedro is here. Tuesday will be
a gi class, and Thursday will be a nogi BJJ class not our wrestling
class. Our schedule will go back to normal starting 03/09/09.

Here is the Schedule

Monday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S511
Tuesday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S507
Wednesday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S511
Thursday - NoGi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S507
Friday - Gi & NoGi Open Mat 8:00pm - 9:30pm Room S511
Saturday - Gi & NoGi Open Mat 11:30am-1:00pm
Sunday - Gi Takedowns/Judo 4:00pm-5:30pm

See you on the mats,
John Gutta

Feb 2 Update

Hi Everyone,

Pedro will start teaching class next Monday, February 9th. He will
teach class Monday- Thursday until 03/05/09.

Due to low membership we are canceling Rodrigo's Friday class until
further notice. We have had a significant drop in new and returning
members and do not have the funds to keep having the Friday class.
Hopefully we will get some new members in and will be able to resume
Rodrigo's Friday class later in the semester.

The club will no longer allow any kind of drop in fee to attend our
classes. To attend an HBJJC practice you must have paid your dues for
the semester. Drop in fees are very difficult logistically for the
club officers to handle and they are unfair to members who pay their
dues and cannot attend very many classes.

See you on the mats,
Your Officers

Semester Schedule and Updates

Spring 2009 Updates
Monday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S511
Tuesday - NoGi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S507
Wednesday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S511
Thursday - NoGi/Wrestling 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S507
Friday - Gi 8:00pm - 9:30pm Room S511 With BJJ Blackbelt Rodrigo Uzeda
Saturday - Gi & NoGi Open Mat 11:30am-1:00pm
Sunday - Gi Takedowns/Judo 4:00pm-5:30pm


As you can see we have added new classes. Our Thursday class will now
focus on nogi takedowns and wrestling. The Saturday open mat will be a
time to roll or work on whatever you would like to work on. The Sunday
class will focus on gi takedowns and throws. This practice will be
taught by high level judo players(most likely Judo Jon and Judo Joe)
and will be open to the members of the BJJ club and the Judo club.

We will start having Rodrigo teach class next Friday January 30th.
Tonight, 1/23/09, will be a gi open mat at the usual class time.

Barring any complications Pedro should be here to teach starting 2/1/2009

Youngster rescues girl from dog

During jiujitsu lessons Tuesday evening, instructor Matt Baker asked 9-year-old Drew Heredia what he would do if put in a certain position he was teaching.
"I'd get on my back and do a choke hold," he said.
It's the same thing Drew did last week when he saved a 12-year-old girl from being mauled by a pit bull. Using a tactic he learned in class, he put the attacking dog in a choke hold and held it for at least 20 minutes until help arrived.
The chokehold Drew learned, called a rear naked chokehold, was taught only briefly, instructor Matt Baker said. Drew had practiced, including at home on his mother, she said.

"It's a move we use with caution, and the reason is because it works," Baker said.

New Semester

The new semester is getting ready to start so we hope you had a good break.
As most of you know Pedro will be in town right away in February to kick off what we hope will be a great semester.
Due to how quick the turn-around will be in getting ready for Pedro we are going to need to charge Pedro's extra fee the same time dues are collected. Dues will be $70 for University of Iowa students only and $90 for non UI students. Pedro's fee will be $30.
For old members dues are to be collected by Wednesday January 21st (please feel free to pay dues before the deadline if you want).
We apologize for any inconvenience this causes but we need to be able to pay for our black belt instruction.
Have a great rest of the week and we hope to see everyone back and ready for what is sure to be a great semester of training.

Respectfully,
Your Officers

Treino de Jiu-Jitsu (Pedro Silveira, Anderson Silverio e Ronaldo "Jacaré")

Klinefelter takes on new challenge

The Press-Citizen ran an article featuring Emily and her MMA debut this weekend.
I know I'll be there. Get out & support!

Klinefelter, who has been boxing for about eight years, said she has spent the last several months learning a new discipline to prepare for the move to MMA.

"I've been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to get ready for fighting on the ground," Klinefelter said. "I think I'm ready. I'm hoping to do well."

Emily K at NAGA

Aaron W pointed out this great pic of Emily from NAGA last month. Killer!
Check out the guy's gallery, there's a ton of great pics.

Thanksgiving Schedule & Officer Elections

Because of Thanksgiving break we will have to adjust our schedule.
We will have class Monday -Wednesday at the regular time and place.
Our Thursday and Friday classes will be canceled in observance of Thanksgiving.

The Wednesday after Thanksgiving break the club will have its annual officer elections.
The clubs three positions will be voted on (pres, vice pres, and treasurer)

-John Gutta

"In light of recent events HBJJC would like to reiterate its commitment to safe practicing environment. The club has a record of little or no injuries in its 3 years of existence at the University of Iowa. The person mentioned (in the Daily Iowan) is not in any way an active member or affiliated to the HBJJC. HBJJC members are conscious of their training partners well being at all times. Rough or violent behavior is not tolerated under any circumstances in or out of practice."

Thanks,
John

Updated Schedule 10/7/08

Monday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S511 With BJJ Blackbelt Pedro Silveira
Tuesday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S507 With BJJ Blackbelt Pedro Silveira
Wednesday - Gi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S511 With BJJ Blackbelt Pedro Silveira
Thursday - NoGi 8:30pm-10:00pm Room S507 With BJJ Blackbelt Pedro Silveira
Friday - Gi 8:00pm - 9:00pm Room S511 With BJJ Blackbelt Rodrigo Uzeda
Saturday - No Class
Sunday - No Class

Updates

Hi Everyone,

On Wednesday, October 1 the Hawkeye Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club voted to
become affiliated with Pedro Silveira. Only a few things are going to
change as result of this vote. The club is working on a new logo that
will have Pedro's name in it. Dave Simon has been working very hard on
a new logo and so far it looks awesome. Now that we are affiliated we
also ask that when club members visit other schools or compete that
they let Pedro know (via email/facebook). Pedro can't be with us all
the time and he really likes to be kept in the loop as to what we are
doing, and how everything is going for us.

For the month that Pedro is with us, we will be changing our Tuesday
class to a gi class (the room and time are the same). Starting
tonight 10/07.

Due to the lack of attendance of our Saturday morning class we will be
canceling it until further notice.

Brandon Schroeder has started an affiliate BJJ school in Marion, this
weekend Pedro will be conducting an MMA and NoGi seminar at Brandon's
new school. It is from 1pm-4pm. The regular cost is $50, but current
Hawkeye BJJ Club members get a 50% discount ($25). Everyone is
encouraged to check it out. (carpooling is available)

-John Gutta
HBJJC President

couple of announcements

This Wednesday 10/1 we will be having a club vote regarding
affiliation. The last time we voted we went from Gracie Barra to
unaffiliated and now we will vote between no affiliation and Pedro's
association. To be eligible to vote you must be a current member (have
fall dues paid), and have been a member of the club for at least one
semester from a previous session. We will discuss and vote in the
beginning of class. Feel free to stop in to vote, even if you can't
stay for class.

Friday and Saturday's classes are canceled. Once a year the aikido
club has a seminar and takes both of the rooms for two days.

To cover the cost of Pedro and Rodrigo for the rest of the semester we
are going to charge a one time fee of $25. This will be due at the
beginning of Pedro's second week here (Monday, October 6). We will
start accepting the drop in fee tomorrow night. No one will be allowed
on the mats without paying this drop in fee after 10/6.

-John Gutta