Sunday 18 November 2012

$6.5 million BullyStop®

Why do instructors believe BullyStop is worth $6.5m?
 Olivia Cooley and Royce Gracie


Master Jodi Brown recently wrote that our BullyStop® Program was worth $6.5m to the kids that attended her class in Victoria.

She says well what it the value a child being made safer, having confidence, being able to say NO, being able to ask questions, and being able to use simple real life self defence the Gracie way to save themselves or others?

You know all these things culminate into a well adjusted child that can go to school and learn and not be bullied.

So i ask you what is the value of a child that becomes a person of influence and change in society to the child that seldom ventures out of their comfort zone?

For it is those ones that venture out and create value that become successful in so many ways.

We believe the difference could equate to $6.5million, thats only part of the value we put on our BullyStop® program


www.bullystop.com.au

Only days away until i pick up  Prof Clark Gracie from Sydney airport and bring him down the coast to our school. It is going to be a action packed last 2 months of the year.



Welcome the World Jiu Jitsu Champion Clark Gracie.

What an Amazing year for the only licenced Gracie Family Jiu Jitsu school in the Illwarra/South Coast under Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu Banner. We get our Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu fix from the source graded by the source.

We have had:

Prof Royce Gracie,
Prof Rodrigo Gracie,
Prof Royler Gracie (in Syd)
Prof Clark Gracie (after Friday)
Prof Luke Beston (Gracie by Marriage)
Prof Chris Traish (Gracie Barra)

and maybe one more surprise for you guys...........



RIP Rullivan Gracie (lost his life last Sunday in Brazil in a tragic Car accident.)


Sunday 30 September 2012

Professor Royce Gracie 
(UFC Champion, Hall of Fame and Most revolutionary Fighter) 
said of Master Robert Cooley 7th Dan

"I highly recommend training Gracie Jiu Jitsu with my student Robert Cooley to anyone who is in the Wollongong /Illawarra area. Robert is very passionate about learning and teaching my fathers Gracie Jiu Jitsu. I really enjoy coming to Shellharbour, it is a pleasure to visit and teach there. I hope to see you at FiveStar next time I am in Australia teaching Robert and his students." 
Sincerely
Royce Gracie UFC Champion







"Master Rob is a Martial Artist who I have a lot of respect for. His passion & dedication to Gracie Jiu Jitsu as both a student and instructor is always evident both on and off the mat. I highly reccomend training with him and his students to anyone who has the opportunity" 

Prof Luke Beston RGJJN Australian Rep.

Tuesday 20 March 2012

simple maths

Are all nightly fees cheaper in the long run?

Some people advertise only $12 a lesson pay as you go. Sounds cheap .....hmm maybe it is not.

lets see $12x 2 night wk x 4 = $96 mth x 12 = $1152 per year.....

Or what we do is unlimited training upto 6 days/week $88 per month x 12 = $1056 per year..... cheaper and more lessons. When you add the significant cost for more lessons without the $12 a session it get extraordinarily cheaper! You will save loads enough for a family holiday.

Here is the important thing most schools that you train maybe twice a week at how long does it take to get a blackbelt? 2 years? I think not more like maybe 4 years..... so 4 x $1152 = $4608....

Training at our school usually will take most people upto 3 yrs x $1056 = $3168... save $1500 on training fees alone and get a accredited authorised blackbelt by an accredited international examiner 7th Dan 
# 05069269 WTF.

Do the sums it can be way more expensive and what do you get at the end of the day?

Tuesday 28 February 2012

Keeping it Real with Royce Gracie UFC Champion and Hall of Famer

Wow what a weekend!
Chilling and rolling with Prof Royce Gracie and Prof Luke Beston.
These moments validate my choice to leave Taekwondo competition behind and glad i did
after all Australia is doing terribly with athletes being beaten by unto 10 points or more and many not going past first round unless they got a bye.

Being around such a honest, funny, caring, and successful athlete that belongs to the family that changed the martial arts world forever was life changing. Prof Royce Gracie is one of the small amount of champion that are champion people as well. I have been fortunate to be around a few of these type. Thankyou Prof Royce for the time you gave my family and the intrinsic things you gave to us.

It was such an honour and the start of a wonderful journey in the Jiu Jitsu world. If you ever get the chance don't miss training with Prof Royce.

I knew straight away that the fit and friendship with Luke Beston and Angela Gracie was a good fit and the weekend validated that, so thank you guys onwards and upwards fro all of us.! Oss

Master Rob 7th Dan TKD, Bluebelt Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu  and Prof Royce rolling

Prof Royce promotion @Shellharbour Royce Gracie Jiu JItsu


IF you hang with those that promise and continually fail to deliver and make poor excuses, it is like treading water with lead weights on your ankles you have to cut the ropes and swim.

Sunday 29 January 2012

3 yrs today

3 years today since Prof Helio Gracie passed. We thank him for the legacy he has left behind and honour hi m in the way we train. I am thankful for discovering Gracie Jiu Jitsu and my new Martial Arts Family.

RIP knowing your legacy is in safe hands with your family


Oss

Sunday 15 January 2012

Wow today it is

25 yrs...

I worked on the railways for a long time and many old guys had much more service. But it is what i fitted in to those years. Some had 30 yrs but only ever worked in one location and never extended themselves. I did a great deal more in 13 yrs.

In 25 yrs of Taekwondo  and Martial Arts i have achieved a bit;
7th Dan unbroken true service to WTF training teaching coaching mentoring
A blackbelt in Kyusho Jitsu
Blackbelt level in MMA Combat style
Olympic Selector
Australian Champion NSW and VIC too
Coach to many champions, International Medallists.
4 times to Korea
Australian Youth Olympic Festival Head of Team, Manager, Media Liaison to AOC
NSW Sports Director, Australian Chair Sport Board
NSW Coach
PostGradDipAppSc SPort Coach
Grading over 150 Blackbelts
Trained with International icons and Olympians
Taught since 1990
Blackbelt since 1987, were you born then ???
Some say i was teaching when some hobby instructors were still in nappies how funny
Too much to write about you will have to read about it in my book due out soon. Then i can add author.

It is the quality not just teaching out of a school or community hall without growth

My biggest achievement may be getting Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu Blackbelt one day, what an honour it would be

Taekwon Osss