Check back for the latest Zingano BJJ News

5/04/08
Congrats to all of you promoted yeasterday! Matt Simms, Robert Henry and Hans Thompson to purple belt and Matt Calhoon, Adam Romero, Chaz Hernandez, Jason Bruce, James Eisenhower, Jay Tafoya, Jeremiah Dumright and Jason Burnworth.

You all did a great job guys!
Professor Zingano

4/15/08
Hey guys, Luiz will be back on April 22nd, anyone that wants privates let me know ASAP. Also, he'll do another one day seminar on Saturday the 26th, 3 hours for $90.00

For those who came to the last seminar you can come again for HALF OFF!!!!! $45.00

04/12/08
Congrats to Matt Simms and Cat Albert on their victories at the "Battlequest 8" Last night.

Matt won by rear naked choke at 1:06 of the first round and Cat won at :51 of the first round by armbar.

Good job guys!!!

4/11/08
There will be no class tonight because everyone will be at the Sports Pavilion in Denver for Cat Albert's and Matt Simms MMA fight in Battlequest 8. But we will still have the kids class tonight.

4/09/08
Cat Albert Interview and MMA Fight "BATTLEQUEST 8"
April 11th - Softball Country Sports Pavilion
http://coloradofightevents.com/

04/02/08
Congrats to all of you who competed at the Pan American tournament! Everyone had a great showing and we had Joe place 3rd, heather 3rd and Jason 2nd.

Good job everyone!


3/18/08
Professor Luiz will be in town next month for another awesome seminar!

Seminar will take place at our school on Saturday April 5th, 12pm to 3pm and Sunday 11am to 2pm. Saturday will be gi and Sunday no-gi.

Cost for the seminar is $90 for one day and $130 for two days. Professor Luiz will also be in the week after the seminar until Thrusday and will be avaiable for private classes.

$150 per hour up to 2 people, $50 each additional person up to 4 total.

3/13/08
RMBJJF Colorado State Jiu Jitsu Cnampionships tournament.
New Kids Division***
Click on image for more details


3/7/08
Congrats to Jason Bruce on taking 1st place on the gi divison and 3rd on the no gi at the "Arnold Classic" tournament in Ohio.

Also congrats to Professor Zingano and Cat Albert on the 1st place win at the "Rio de Janeiro State tournament" in Brazil.

2/11/08
New class schedules starting this monday.

1/15/08
Congrats to Matt Simms on his impressive MMA win this weekend! Matt had a great fight and finished his opponent at 1:27 of the first round via Rear Naked Choke!!!

1/03/08
Dont miss Matt Simms fight on January 12th at the Paladium in Denver, off 76th and Pecos. Tickets for sale at the academy.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

Holliday Schedule: Dec. 24th and 25th - Closed Dec 31st and January 1st - Closed

11/22/07
Holliday Hours
Thursday - Closed
Friday - Open Mat 11am to 12:00 & 7pm to 8:30pm
Saturday - Open Mat 11am to 1:00pm

11/19/07
Cats Fight Poster- click on poster for full size
             

11/19/07
Congrats to our team mate Mike Aruchuletta on taking 1st place in the Rolls Gracie Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yeasterday!

Great job Mike! Less than a month as a blue belt and already taking names down in Brazil!

11/15/07
Tickets for the Ring of Fire available at the academy. Saturday, December 1st starting at 6:30pm. Cat Albert will be fighting Nikki Garcia out of Jackson's academy in New Mexico.

11/13/07
Two Time BJJ World Champion Luiz Claudio Seminar.
Don't miss the opportunity to train and learn from one of the best black belts in the world! Luiz has a amazing dynamic and innovating game that all of you can learn from, he was one of my first instructors when I started training at Rickson's academy back in 93.

I highly recommend the seminar, ask around the school about the last seminar, the people who participated can tell you how much they learned. It was fantastic!!!

Space will be limited, so reserve your spot NOW! I'll be taking deposits (cash only) to reserve your spot starting tonight. Deposits are $30.00 (non-refundable) and space is limited!!!

The seminar will be on Saturday December 8th 3pm to 6pm (gi) and Sunday December 9th 3pm to 6pm (no gi), 3 hours each day.

Pre Paid by 12/06 - Thursday
1 day - $90.00
2 days - $130.00

Paid on 12/07 - Friday or on the day off the seminar
1 day - $110.00
2 days - $150.00

10/27/07
Big Congrats to Cat Albert on her MMA fight! She won last night by TKO at 1:43 in the first round!!!

10/23/07
There will be no class this Friday night, Oct 26th due to the fights. We still have tickets available at the academy until Thursday morning, pick one up ASAP if you haven't yet.

Also, don't forget to wear your Zingano BJJ t shirt at the fights.

9/11/07
Hey everyone, cast your vote for Zingano BJJ at ABC's & A List! Follow this link to vote for our school and tell everyone why our school is the best in Denver!!!

8/30/07
We will be closed Monday for Labor Day.

8/28/07
Congrats to all that competed in the 2007 Worlds Jiu Jitsu Championships; probably the most prestigious BJJ tournament in the World!!!

Heather Schmitz took 3rd place in her division and also absolutes

Cat Albert took 1st place in her division

Jason Spallek took 2nd in his division

8/14/07
Congrats to Mike Mendel and Jason Dorn on their new belts!

Mike has been working super hard for the past three years and coming to class four to five days a week, it was a pleasure to award him with his purple belt!

Jason has been really consistent and making a lot of improvement as well, the new blue belt looks good on him.

Also big congrats to all the white belts that got their stripes!!! Good job everyone.

8/6/07
Congrats to Nate on his new blue belt!!!

07/25/07
Congrats to Jordan Goodwin on receiving his blue belt last night!!!

7/20/07
There will be no classes tonight, just open mat from 6 - 7:30 pm.

7/19/07
No Classes Sat July 21st due to the RMBJJF Tournament.

7/2/07
We will be closed Wed July 4th.

06/19/07
Congrats to Long, Doree, Adrian and Rob on their blue belts!!! Also to all the other students who got their stripes!

5/27/07
Professor Zingano finish in 3rd place in the open weight division at the prestigius Brazilian National Jiu Jitsu championships.

5/22/07
Monday May 28th the school will be closed for Memorial Day!

5/22/07
Congrats to all of all competitors for a job well done! Zingano BJJ came in 1st Place in the team results for last weekends "Top of the Rockies Grappling Championships"!

Team Results
1st - Zingano BJJ/CBJJ - 56 points
2nd - Easton (Boulder/Denver) - 33 points 3rd - Santa Fe BJJ - 19 points

5/4/07
Heather is heading out ot compete in the worlds biggest grappling tournament tomorrow!!!

Due to a last minute drop out, Heather got picked to enter the Abu Dhabi tournament this weekend in New Jersey. She'll be fighting in the 145lbs weight division. Our friend Cassandra who was in town this last week training for the tournament will be fighting in the 132lbs weight class! Good luck to Heather and Cassandra, I'm sure they will represent our team well!

Mauricio

5/4/07
Congrats to Sherrie Pasko & Thomas Pagett on their blue belts!

4/27/07
Luis Claudio "Preto" Seminar -starts at 12:00 noon -3:00 pm on Sat, 28th. and Sun 29th.

4/22/07
Luis Claudio "Preto" Seminar

Our friend Luis will be in town for a teach a seminar on April 28th and 29th. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from the dynamic style of a two time black belt world champion! Book your stop now, space is limited! The seminar will cover no gi grappling (Saturday) and gi (Sunday).

4/5/07
Big congrats to all you guys that fought in the Pan Am's this past week, especially Justin and Heather who placed 3rd and 2nd on their divisions!

3/26/07
RMBJJF Events now Rated!




Top of the Rockies Grappling Championships
May 20th 2007

Grappling Tournament - Double Elimination

We are excited to say that this event will be the first Rated Event in Denver Colorado. For more information, please check out grapplingleague.com, our event is now posted.

03/06/07
Congrat to all the students that received new stripes this past weekend, specially Chance Weber who received his orange belt!

2/25/07
2007 Feb. US National Cup Results

Team standings:
1st- Total 59 Zingano BJJ / Colorado BJJ
2nd- Total 35 Easton / McMahon
3rd- Total 29 Inyodo

The Zingano BJJ Team does it again!
Congrats to all the participants, you all did great.

2/15/07
Everyone is ready to go for the tournament this weekend! Let's make 2007 another undefeated year in Colorado for Zingano BJJ, the number 1 competition team in the state!

1/25/06
The next ROF event will be at the Broomfield event center, February 16. I'll be having ticket's for sale at our school for $25.00 for those interested in going to watch it. don't forget to wear your Zingano BJJ shirt

Take care,
Mauricio

1/08/06
Hey all, you don't want to miss this! Dave Ruiz, Black Belt Instructor from Colorado BJJ and Mauricio Zingano will be trading places this Thursday night 1/11/06. So be sure to come out and check out Dave's class this Thursday night at ZBJJ Academy.

1/05/06
Up Coming RMBJJF Tournament
U.S. National Cup
February, 18th- starting at 10:00 am
New age division added!
Master Division - 35 years old and above.

1/04/06
Looking for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a self defense for your kid, our new Zingano BJJ Kids site is up!
http://www.zinganobjjkids.com/  

1/2/06
We have the winners of the Halloween poll. We have decided to honor the win on the first set of polls as well as the winner of the Tie Breaker Poll.

The first set winner we have Garret Phipps.
The Tie Breaker Poll winner we have Joe Pasko.

Please contact Mauricio to arrange your private. Congratulations!

12/29/06
Forget about the news mentioning that we are going to open this monday, sorry for the goof, we are closed for the New Years Day.

12/29/06 - Yeah!
We have checked our parking lot and it has been plowed so we will have open mat tomorrow from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Christmas Party is happening! Parking may be limited so we will be taxing people from Walgreens to the party. Please contact us for more information.

12/29/06 Christmas Party Updates
Party is still going on for this Sat night featuring the Tito and Chuck UFC fight, however if the conditions are bad we will be postponing the party till next Sat. We will see how tomorrow is after the worst of the storm, etc. Please check back on the party updates.

12/29/06 Class Updates
Due to the weather there will be no class this weekend. We'll be back to normal schedule this Monday.

12/28/06 Christmas Party Updates
Party is still going on for this Sat, however if the conditions are bad we will be postponing the party till next Sat. Please check back on the party updates.

12/28/06 Class Updates
Due to the weather there will be no class tonight, Thurs. We should have classes tomorrow but check back for class updates before driving down.

12/22/06 Class Updates
There will be class tonight but please check back before driving down as we will be keeping this current on whether there is class or not.

12/21/06 Class Updates
There will be no class tonight, hopefully tomorrow. Please check back on class updates.

12/20/06 Class Updates
Due to the weather there will be no class tonight ( wed) and also Thurs morning. Check back for class updates.

12/20/06
We are closed for Christmas day and also New Years Day.
Happy Holidays!

12/02/06
Professor Zingano placed 3rd in the South American Championships

10/09/06
World Champion Luiz Claudio Seminar

Wed. Oct. 11th
6 to 10pm
$60 Cash per person

We will not be having regular class that evening.
No spectators please.

10/07/06
Gongrats to Garrett Phipps on the new blue belt! Well deserved!

10/01/06
Congrats to all the students that received new stripes this past Saturday and to the new blue belts, Chris Goettsch, Luis Orozco, Nigel Wallace, Matt Simms, Ryan Ware and Byron Elliott.

Great job everyone!
Mauricio

9/30/06
2006 Colorado State Champion! Results

The Zingano BJJ Team does it again!
Congrats to all the participants, you guys did great.

9/22/06
Congrats to Jason Spallek on new purple belt! Now he is ready to win more and more titles at a new level!

Saturday, September 23rd the academy will be closed due to the Colorado State Jiu Jitsu Championships.

8/18/06
Up-coming Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament this Saturday Sept 23rd
For more info RMBJJF



8/8/06
Congrats to Steve De Vogel on the new blue belt!

7/26/06
New Women's Self Defense Classes! Starting August 2nd
at 6:00pm. Classes every Wednesday and Friday's at 6:00pm.

New Class Schedule Starting
in August. Make sure to check
out the new schedule.

6/26/06
Congrats to Joe Pasko and Ilan Heller on getting their blue belts! Job well done guys.

6/25/06
Congratulations to Mike Nickels for winning his UFC debut on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 3 Finale last night, against Wes Combs, LIVE on Spike TV. Mike won via Rear Naked choke in the first round.

6/12/06
Grand Opening Party

5/26/06
We will be closed on Sat. 27th, this Memorial
Day weekend. Normal class times for Fri. 26th and Mon. 29th. Happy Memorial Day!

5/24/06
Special thanks to all the participants and coaches for making this tournament possible!

Here are the team standings:

1st - Zingano BJJ/CBJJ (Mauricio Zingano/Dave Ruiz)
2nd - Easton BJJ/Tri-Town (Amal Easton/Irwin Lopez)
3rd - High Altitude (Nathan Marquadt)

It was great to see Mauricio Zingano, Dave Ruiz, Nathan Marquadt, Amal Easton and John Crouch all present at the event, working and coaching their teams!

This weekend was another great step towards making Brazilian Jiu Jitsu bigger and better in Colorado.

Also, big thanks to Stars, Tool Shed, The Kai, Mile High BJJ, LA Boxing, Behring BJJ, Grapplers Edge, Santos Academy, Santa Fe BJJ and Loveland MA for their participation on our event!!!

5/22/06
Congrats to our competitors
this weekend!
Once again we won the competition on the team standings!
Way to go guys!!!

5/12/06
Classes at our new location will begin Monday, May 15th! We'll no longer be at 9053 Harlan! The new location is at :
2790 Industrial Ln.
Broomfield, CO 80020
New Direction and map
A new schedule will be in effect also, so please check with us.

04/20/06
We'll be moving soon!!!
Our new location will be at
2790 Industrial Ln.
Broomfield, CO 80020

We'll have one of the biggest and
better equipped martial arts schools in country
with over 1,500sq feet of mat space, boxing ring
,Muay Thai area, weight room, pro-shop and more!

Stay tuned for the announcement of our opening day!

04/15/06
Congrats to Kevin Masar and Jens Frase on
their blue belts!
Also to congrats to all the beginner students that received
stripes this past promotion ceremony. Good job!!!

4/11/06
Congrats to Anthony Gutierrez on his 3rd place finish at the Pan Am's this past weekend.
Also props to the rest of the group that competed at the event.

4/6/06
Top of the Rockies Grappling Championships
Sunday, May 21st 2006.
More info at www.rmbjjf.com


3/08/06
1st OxiClean US National Cup Feb. 26th 2006 Tournament Results
results

2/2/06
Sad News on Carlson Gracie

2/2/06

Mike Rose BJJ Seminar
02/25/06
2pm to 4pm - $30.00
(pre paid)
Space is limited, no
reserve now!



US National Cup
Sunday, Feb. 26th @ 8am
Northglenn Rec Center
More info: www.rmbjjf.com

Print Event Poster

12/19/05

Congrats to all students promoted on Dec. 10th!!!

Van McConnon - Purple belt
Jason Spallek - 4 Stripe blue
Mike Mendel - 1 Stripe blue
Joe Mares - 1 Stripe blue
Brian Hurley - Blue belt
Dan Boxley - Blue belt
Cat Moris - 4 Stripe white
Rubem Morgan - 3 Stripe
white
Joe Pasko - 3 Stripe white
Justin Griffis - 3 Stripe white
Ernesto Gutierrez - 3 Stripe
white
Kevin Masar - 3 Stripe white
Joe Bloom - 3 Stripe white
Stephan Powell - 2 Stripe
white
Chris Martinez - 2 Stripe
white
Sean Parker - 1 Stripe white
Garret Phipps - 1 Stripe
white
Jason Verret - 1 Stripe white
Chris Goettsch - 1 Stripe
white
Luis Orozco - 1 Stripe white
Matthew Simms - 1 Stripe
white
Joyce Choo - 1 Stripe White

1/18/06
US National Cup
Sunday, Feb. 26th @ 8am
Northglenn Rec Center
More info: www.rmbjjf.com

12/17/05
Zingano Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Halloween Costume party Polls are in and will continue on votes till Jan 1st. Poll links are also located on the events page.

11/16/05

Wrestling class is back on
Fridays at 6:00 pm .

11/16/05

Huge congrats to our guys on last weekends "Grapplers Quest" tournament!

Jason Spallek took 1st on the Heavy Weight Gi
division and 2nd on the Heavy Weight No-Gi
division.

In the Feather Weight Gi division Anthony Gutierrez
Finished all his opponents in under two minutes all
the way to the finals were he faced a VERY game
opponent. Anthony finished 2nd in a very exiting fight.

Miah had to endure 15 HOURS sitting around waiting for his match to get started!!! After submitting his first opponent he was given less than 2 minutes to rest before fighting
a fresh opponent. He made a great effort to fight a hard as he could but the "no rest" period he was given between fights was to much and he ended up loosing his quarter finals
match.

As usual all of our guys fought their harts out and made our school proud of them.

Also, we'll like to thank Michael Selinfreund, "Gi Joe" Pasko and Van for their support to get our boys out to Vegas!!!

10/31/05
Mauricio Zingano's interview with Green Whale Production

10/10/05
Zingano Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Halloween Costume party
on Sat. Oct 22nd.
Please talk to instructor for information and flyer.

10/10/05
Zingano Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Tournament.
Congratulations to all the participants. Click here for
the tournament results.

09/28/05
A few more students were promoted this week. Congrats to all you guys and keep up the good work.

Brian Hurley, Justin Griffis, Van McConnon, Joe Schroeter and Joe Pasko all received new stripes today!!!

09/25/05
US Nationals News!!!
Mauricio Zingano placed 2nd place on the Light Heavy Weight division losing in the finals against Damian Maia, who took first on the weight class and open division.

Jeramiah Guiterrez took first place in his division and put on a "show" at the US Nationals. He won his first match by submission after getting a 17 point lead on his opponent. In his second match he won it by points 18- 0 and in the final match he won by a score of 3 - 0!
After this BIG accomplishment he came home to receive another suprise, he was awarded his Blue Belt last night!!! Congrats Miah, you worked hard for it;)

09/22/05
Congrats to Joe Orndoff on his 3rd stripe;)

09/16/05
Congrats to Chris Chiavonne on achiving the rank of Purple Belt! Chris has work long and hard for it trully deserves it ;)

Also, keep in mind we are having our 1st Invitational tournament coming up on Oct. 8th.
For more info call us at
1 888 Tap U Out!

08/31/05
Zingano BJJ welcomes Duane Ludwig as our new Muay Thai instructor. Check our schedule for our new Muay Thai classes.

New kids program.
Starting this August 31st we are introducing a new kids program. Check our schedule for current kids classes. Please call for more information. Soon to come, Zingano BJJ kids website.

08/09/05
Congrats to Melissa Pescatore on her new stripes!

07/20/05
Big congrats to Mike Mendell, our newest blue belt!!! Mike has always
been very consistent and worked very hard to get to the next level!
Keep up the good work Mike!

07/17/05
We will not be having
wrestling classes on
saturday's until September.
A new class will be schedule
until we resume this class
at its regular time
in September.

07/06/05
Congrats to Joe Pasko, Joe Schroeter, Gareth Mitchell, Cat & Damon for their new stripes!!!

07/01/05
Congrats to Jens Fraze in another good performance. Jens took 2nd place at the "South Bay Open" in Los Angeles , CA this past weekend.
Congrats Jens, you always make all of us proud;)

06/22/05
We'll have a special guest at the school this week: Mike Rose is a Black Belt under Professor Caique and a very accomplished MMA fighter and BJJ competitor. Don't miss a this chance to train with one of the best Black Belts in America! He'll be in Denver until Saturday June 25th.

06/22/05
Congrats to all the students who recently received stripes, Miah Gutierrez, Dan Boxley, Laura Duncan, Allen Fujimoto, Jens Frase and Mike Mendel! Keep up the good work guys!

06/06/05
2nd In House Tournament Results:

LightWeight:
1st Place - Jens Fraze (Jens submited all of his 3 opponents by triangle choke)
2nd Place - Jeramiah Gutierrez
3rd Place - Mike Mendel

HeavyWeight:
1st Place - Robert Henry
2nd Place - Van McConnon
3rd Place - Kevin Snow

06/01/05
Congrats to Chance Weber on his yellow belt.
Congrats to Louis Cisneros and Laura Duncan on their
first stripe.

05/17/05
2nd In House tournament. Staurday, June 4th at 11am.

05/17/05
Congrats to Kevin Masar and Joe Orndoff on their 2nd stripes!!!

05/03/05
Congrats to our newest Blue Belt, Robert Henry!
Robert was our first student at Zingano Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and after a year of hard work and dedication it was a pleasure to promote him and he has definitely earned it!
Congratulations Rob!!!!

Also wanted to congratulate Mike Mendel and Chris Schiavone on their new stripes;) Keep up the good work guys!

04/23/05
Our 1st in house tournament was a hit!
We saw great displays of technique and heart!
Congrats to all the participants, you were all winners today!

Results:
Lightweight Division:
1st Place - Mike Mendel
2nd Place - Anthony "Baixinho" Gutierrez
3rd Place - Adam Morin

Heavyweight Division:
1st Place - Van McConnon
2nd Place - Joseph "The Crusher" Orndoff
3rd Place - Brian Hurley

The best fight of the day award goes to Jens Frase and Mitch "Out Back" Evans! This two guys went to WAR on a back and forth battle where Mitch came SO CLOSE to the submission several times, but Jens showed a lot of heart fighting his way to a 1 point lead and getting the win!

Great performances by Kevin "The Sandman" Masar and Robert "Sponge Bob" Henry! Robert showed great determination as usual and Kevin displayed very good technique and nerves of steel almost pulling a victory over second place finisher Anthony Gutierrez in the opening match of the tournament!

04/19/05
Good job Chris, Kate and
Dan on their new stripes!