Ryan Morgan, lead guitarist of Misery Signals, was promoted to blue belt under Alliance BJJ Black Belt, Mitch Coats. “Ryan is a hard worker with a unique BJJ game. He is dedicated to BJJ and shows up for every class when he’s not traveling with his band” said Mitch. Misery Signals is signed to Warner Brothers Records and performs all over the world.
Check them out,
http://www.myspace.com/miserysignals
Congratulations to our Professor: Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva!
The Professor competed in the International Master & Senior Jiu-Jitsu Championship this past weekend in Rio De Janeiro – Brazil; in the Médio (Middleweight) Senior 2 Division.
Alexandre Paiva finished BOTH of his oppenents by submission to win the division.
Parabéns Professor!
Tarsis founds Alliance Miami:
Tarsis Humphreys will be in Boise August 28th for a jiu-jitsu seminar and training session. Tarsis is just coming off of his win at the Mundials where he took the Gold Medal. Tarsis has had multiple Gold Medal victories in a variety of competitions. Some of his wins include: Absolute Brazilian Nationals, Absolute Abu Dhabi Pro, and is the current reigning World Campion!
Come join Alliance Jiu-Jitsu, Boise and get your chance to learn from and train with one of the best BJJ fighters in the world!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsis_Humphreys
To pre-register for this seminar, contact: Mitch Coats at mitch@jiujitsuboise.com
Cost: Pre-register for $50.00 / Day of: $65.00 at the door.
If you’re not following Alliance Jiu Jitsu of Boise on Facebook, you should be! We just added a great section of student testimonials…
http://www.facebook.com/jiujitsuboise?v=app_4949752878
If you’re a current student and would like to tell the world about your success with jiu jitsu or share a training experience you’ve had with Mitch, contact us today!
Train hard and we look forward to seeing you on the mat.
“I would just like to leave a comment about my recent private lesson with Mitch while vacationing in Boise. My name is Don Mouser, I have been training BJJ since 1999 and am currently a four stripe Brown Belt. I was thoroughly impressed by Mitch’s ability to teach and roll. He is one of the best teachers I have personally ever trained with. His willingness to take the time to break down the details of each move was impressive to say least. Equally as impressive was his willingness to share his BJJ game as if he were an ‘open book’. I would certainly recommend that anyone fortunate enough to live in the Boise area train with Mitch. I would also recommend that anyone traveling or vacationing in Boise take a private with him, believe me, you won’t regret it.”
Don Mouser
Thanks Don!!!!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion Achieves Highest Teaching Certification
(Boise, Idaho) Alliance Jiu Jitsu, the number one ranked Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) team in the world for the last three years running, is proud to announce Mitch Coats Professor and Brazilian Black Belt and top ranked American team leader, has successfully achieved his certification in advanced studies to further his teaching within the international Alliance organization.
Along with Co-founders Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva, Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti, and Fabio “the General” Gurgel, Mitch and his team have taken a bold step towards unifying and documenting the system of the most effective sport in all martial arts. This worldwide system will standardize and globalize the BJJ curriculum for all students and allow every student to set specific goals with achievable results proven to work worldwide. The unification of the curriculum and teaching techniques will increase the abilities for training and competing abroad for all students. Gigi has awarded only 60 black belts in his long career and Mitch is the only American to receive one from him.
About Mitch Coats:
Mitch Coats was born in Iowa in 1981. Prior to achieving his Brazilian black belt in 2009, he was Pacific Northwest Teen Bodybuilding champion, an undefeated MMA fighter, a High School Varsity wrestler and a champion bareback bronc rider.
Mitch has won Jiu Jitsu titles at the 7th, 9th and 11th annual Grapplers Quest West Coast Championships, 2nd annual Pacific Northwest BJJ Championships, 2007 Grapplers Quest U.S. Nationals, and the Ultimate Submission Experience. 2008 NAGA Vegas 3rd in the Brown/Black belt middle weight. 2009 NAGA Vegas 1st in the Brown/Black belt middle weight and competed in Brazil 4 times.
Knowing his passion for excellence and desire to teach others how to achieve their goals, in 2003, after training in Brazil the prior two years one month at a time, he relocated to Brazil to study BJJ full time. Mitch’s main goal was to ultimately achieve his black belt and bring back the lessons he learned overseas to America to build a world class team of martial artists, top ranked competitors and create a safe and positive environment to help nurture future leaders who subscribe to the belief of competition and world-class training. Mitch, a 13-year Boise resident, along with his wife Stephanie, maintains his conveniently located headquarters on Orchard Street, one block north of I-84.
Contact:
Troy McClain
troy@troymcclain.com
208-246-8601
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http://www.graciemag.com/en/2010/07/master-jacare-received-in-rio/
“The year couldn’t be better for Master Romero Jacaré. The leader of Alliance and producer of countless black belts saw his team win the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship and was even promoted to red-and-black belt by the IBJJF.
The master left Atlanta, Georgia, for a brief visit to his Alliance branches in Brazil. This Wednesday Jacaré was at Alliance Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro, where he made a speech and was applauded by the students of Alexandre Paiva.”
http://www.graciemag.com/en/2010/07/mysterious-gigi-ready-for-international-as-is-all-of-alliance/
Our Professor speaks with GracieMag about the up coming Masters Championship in Brazil.
“When I compete I always go in to win, there’s no other way. But there’s something different about the International Masters: being able to see a gang that’s been competing for a long time. So there’s nostalgia to it. There’s still the desire to compete and win, but we see folks who had disappeared competing again and that’s really cool. And folks go there to watch those people,” he remarks to GRACIEMAG.com.