Battle at the Shore-Sat. Oct. 24
Congratulations to Team MFC and Team MFC/Cabeca for an outstanding
performance in Full Contact Stick Fighting, No-Gi Grappling and Kickboxing.
Competitors from New York, North Jersey, Pa. and South Jersey all fought very
hard.

BJJ Testing with Fernando "Cabeca" Sarmento Sept. 19. '09
Congratulations to all the students that tested. Belt promotions were awarded to
Will Palenica (Blue Belt) and Sifu Parker (Purple Belt).

Congratulations Team MFC/Cabeca
The Team won 3 Gold and 2 Bronze Medals at the New Jersey Brazilian State
Federation Tournament held Aug. 8, '09. Renzo Gracie Team and others
participated in a highly competitive Tournament.

SGM "Cacoy" Canete Seminar and Tournament-July 18 & 19, '09
SGM "Cacoy" Canete conducted a seminar July 18 to 38 participants from as far
away as Virginia, Hershey, Pa.and New York. SGM "Cacoy" amazed everyone
with one technique after another, celebrating his 90th birthday Aug.8.
The Battle at the Shore/SGM "Cacoy" Championship Stick Fighting Tournament
held at the Spontaneous Sports Center was a huge success. Many of the best
Stick Fighters in the Northeast participated.

MFC Student Wins US National Grappling Championship
Brian Cox swept his division to take 1st Place at the Good Fight US National
Grappling Championships at LynchBurg VA.,Sat. April 15. Brian either submitted
his opponents to win or dominated them with points to bring home the Gold in
the Gi-Division. To make things even better he finished 3rd Place in the
Absolute Division. His hard work, traveling to Brazil and positive attitude has
paid off.Special thanks to Fernando "Cabeca" for sharing his winning
techniques.Brain has a Muay Thai Fight scheduled for this summer and is
planning his entrance into the MMA Arena with Team MFC/Cabeca.

Knife vs. Knife Workshop
The Workshop was a huge success. Guro Joe Parker taught a workshop Sat.,
March 28, 2009 to participants from as far away as New York and Delaware.
Everyone had a great time.

Competition Results
Devon Larkins got 1st place in his division and 1st in the absolute division
at the NJBJJ Federation Tournament Feb.28, '09. Jesse Parker finished 2nd
and Roy Parker finished 3rd against tough competition. Teams from the PA and
New York BJJ Federations and others competed, with
only Black Belts from
Brazil judging the event.

Congratulations
Our BJJ Instructor, Fernando "Cabeca", has been promoted to 3rd degree
BB. He's back from Brazil with an assistant instructor (Brown Belt), charged up
and ready to go for '09. We now have a 3rd Deg. BB and a Brown Belt from
Brazil at our Academy!

Back From Brazil
Two of our students, Brian Cox and Chris Whitehurst, returned from a week-long
Summer Training Camp (Dec.7-14, 2008) at  the Nilton Ferrara Academy
(Gracie-Barra Affiliate) with lots of training tips and techniques. Start planning
now for the Dec.'09 Training Camp. Train at our affiliate Academy packed with
Black Belt Champion Competitors. Experience Brazil. When it's winter here, it's
summer down there!