Many parents are trying to find the best martial arts for their 4-year-old child or even find out if they should be starting martial arts at all. So, with a variety of different opinions out there, how can you know ...
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On July 15, in San Clemente, Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s Kids Martial Arts Demonstration Team and our Senseis, Paulo Guillobel and Andre Pontes, were about to show their self-defense techniques at the Ocean Festival event. The crowd gathered around as soon ...
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When people think about kids martial art classes, they think about self-defense and self-discipline, but at Guillobel Academy in San Clemente we teach a lot more than that. In our Dojo, kids martial art program is a way to improve ...
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Amongst all martial arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the most efficient form of self-defense for women. But let me tell you why. Recently, Saddleback College TV interviewed me on the subject of martial arts for women. The hostess asked me ...
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Las Vegas, September 26. It was the final day of the World Master Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2015, where all the black belts and brown belts were fighting their final matches. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Masters is a tournament for martial artists ...
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On August 12, 2015, at my Martial Arts studio in San Clemente, I had the honor to get a visit from the 5 Time World champion and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Hall of Fame, Saulo Ribeiro. The reason of this visit was ...
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Every year, SC Times, which is our San Clemente local magazine, publishes what they call, The Best of San Clemente People’s Choice Ole Awards”. The magazine runs a vote on all business and recreational categories, and the community of San ...
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The other day, I was showing Haley (My girlfriend’s daughter) the movie ‘Karate Kid’, since it is a martial arts classic and she has never seen it before. I will confess that I was a little concerned she would decide ...
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At Guillobel Brazilian Jujitsu Martial Arts Studio in San Clemente, one of the things we emphasize in our Kids Martial Arts Program is goal setting. One wise man once said, ”Our plans miscarry if they have no aim. When a man ...
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