About 1 year ago I started looking for a space to train in because I was injured and wanted to teach people the art of BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU… 2 months later I found a spot and on August 24th taught my first seminar there. It was a 3 hour seminar on the basics of Brazilian [...]
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BROOKLYN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU
Posted: 19th June 2011 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, BOOTCAMP, Brazilian jiu jitsu, Brooklyn, MMA
Self Defense in Brooklyn
Posted: 19th June 2011 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Brazilian jiu jitsu, Brooklyn, martial arts, MMA, self defense
People start training for many reasons… Some to get in shape, Some to learn a skill, some because they want to compete, but ever since I opened up this gym I noticed that many people want to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and mixed martial arts for the purpose of self defense. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu not [...]
Brooklyns own!
Posted: 30th January 2011 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, Brooklyn, MMA, Muay Thai
Finally I got what I always wanted… My own program to teach people what I love to learn myself. Its been 6 months now since I have been open, and the group is growing with amazing new individuals everyday! The guys and girls love the training, and they all see changes in their fitness and [...]
Torn Ligament
Posted: 8th August 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Grappling, rehab, Rome Za, secrets of rehab, Torn shoulder ligament
About a month and a half ago I got an injury during training and I knew right away it felt serious. My range of motion was severely impacted and swelling was ridiculous. So right away I took off of training and started feeling down on myself. I mean it was the beginning of the summer [...]
Summer school ended with a bang. Even though I missed the whole first week, I managed to rally and pull up a B+ for the final grade… Woo Hoo Go me! As soon as school was over I started training. I was going hard for 2 days and on the 3rd day in a row, [...]
End Goals
Posted: 9th June 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Goals, Gym, Nursing, plans, Rome Za, students
I realized that I have been just breezing through and not determining my end game. Where do I want to be? I have been training a lot but I haven’t figured out what I really want to accomplish from this training and competing. With BJJ I want to get my Black Belt and have a [...]
Supplements
Posted: 9th June 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, cayenne pepper, Rome Za, supplements, Training, zinc
Today with the help of a good friend, I added 2 new supplements to my list… Zinc and Cayenne pepper both in hopes of picking up my immune system so I can train harder. Every time I start training hard, my immune system breaks down and I get sick. My supplements include: Zinc for immune [...]
Injuries Be Gone
Posted: 8th June 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Injuries, Rome Za, Training
I started training really hard last few weeks and the day after promotions while rolling, I hurt my shoulder. So I took 2 days off and then got a heat stroke while going to the beach and working out outside. After all these occurrences I thought I was in the clear and then my hands [...]
Summer is Here
Posted: 2nd June 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Brazilian jiu jitsu, Grappling, Rome Za, School
As soon as sumer came, I was already with an awkward predicament with school. Summer school was starting on the 28th of May and I was determined to ace this class so I can move onto my clinicals. So I come in May 28th which is a Thursday, and I am the only guy in [...]
Setting Myself Straight
Posted: 21st May 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Goals, Grappling
Past 2 years and some odd months, I have been contemplating about my future, and I know that I want to do BJJ for the rest of my life. As soon as I finish my nursing degree and get the education that I want to get, if all goes well, I will probably have my [...]