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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu It is often claimed that BJJ is a development of traditional Japanese jujutsu, and that Maeda was a jujutsuka. However, Maeda never trained in jujutsu. He first trained in sumo as a teenager, and after the interest generated by stories about the success of judo at contests between judo and jujutsu that were occurring at the time, he changed from sumo to judo, becoming a student of Kano's Kodokan judo. He was promoted to 7th dan in Kodokan judo the day before he died in 1941. Many people believe that Gracie holds a Judo rank of 6th dan including Masahiko Kimura. However the Kodokan has no record that Hélio Gracie has held any dan grade in Judo.
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Since its inception, judo was separated from jujutsu in its goals, philosophy, and training regime. Although there was great rivalry among jujutsu teachers, this was more than just Kano's ambition to clearly individualize his art. To Kano, judo wasn't solely a martial art: it was also a sport, a method for promoting physical fitness and building character in young people, and, ultimately, a way (Do) of life. To a very large extent, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has also encompassed these philosophies.
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu The art began with Mitsuyo Maeda (aka Conde Koma, or Count Coma in English), an expert Japanese judoka and member of the Kodokan. Maeda was one of five of the Kodokan's top groundwork experts that Judo's founder Kano Jigoro sent overseas to spread his art to the world. Maeda left Japan in 1904 and visited a number of countries giving "jiu-do" demonstrations and accepting challenges from wrestlers, boxers, savate fighters and various other martial artists before eventually arriving in Brazil on November 14, 1914.
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Megaton Wellington "Megaton" Dias is an official black belt representative of the Royler Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Association. He resides in Phoenix where he directs the Megaton Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, the #1 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in Arizona. Megaton has had over 30 years of training in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo.
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Rio Open and International Master and Senior Championship

Mackenzie Dern has won another 2 gold medals as Purple belt.  She won the 2010 Rio Open International for her division. 2 fights, 2 armbars. The final against the 2009 champion was won by armbar in 25 seconds.  She has also won the Open division.

 

 Megaton has won the Gold Medal at the 2010 International Master & Senior for his weight and won the silver for the open division.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mackenzie Dern wins CBJJE World Championships

Mackenzie Dern has won the 2010 World Championship( CBJJE) in Sao Paulo for her division with a submission with only 49 seconds of the fight.  Mackenzie also won the open division.  This is Mackenzie's first tournament as a purple belt and won 2 gold medals.

 

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2010 AZ State BJJ Championshipts

Congratulations to all competitors.  The results for Team Megaton:

 

                Kids: 
                        Ashlyn          Gold 
                        Dylan           Silver 
                        Christian       Bronze 
                        Anthony         Bronze 
                        Nick            Bronze 
                        Rhyan           Bronze 
                        Sean            Bronze 
                        Jaden           Bronze 
 
                Adults: 
                        Dale Kersting           Gold 
                        Jesse McGaughey Gold 
                        Keelin Burch            Gold 
                        Justin York             Gold 
                        Isaac Doederlien        Silver 
                        John Vieira             Silver 
                        Lincoln Green           Silver 
                        March Davis             Silver 
                        Joey Davis              Silver 
                        Andrew Brackin          Bronze 
                        Ray Torralba            Bronze 
                        Mike Zavala             Bronze 
                        Dallas McGaughey        Bronze
                        Chuck Smith        Bronze 
 

 

 

2010 World Championships

 

 The 2010 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship took place in Long Beach, CA from June 3rd to the 6th. The tournament gathered 2000 competitors from all over the globe, who are pursuing the most prestigious Jiu-Jitsu title in the world. Arizona was able to capture 7 medals! The standout of AZ was Mackenzie Dern (Megaton), who won the blue belt featherweight, and took 2nd in the Open Weight, having a total of 10 matches in two days! Mackenzie received her purple after the tournament.

Luka Dias - 3rd place (Black)
Isaac Doederlein – 1st place (Blue/Light Feather)
Mackenzie Dern – 1st place (Blue/Female/Feather) and 2nd place (Blue/Open)

 

   

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