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| God Bless the "One - OH - DEUCE" |
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| Our new training surface has arrived. Swain/Dollamur Flexiroll |
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| Manny Ramos was recently promoted to Blue Belt. Please Join us in Congratulating him!! |
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| On July 18th 2010 members from our sister school in Queens Village, NY visited & trained with us at Hartford Dojo. It was a great time!! Thanks to Rob, Michelle & the rest of the gang. Next time we coming to NYC!! |
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Henry Perez became Hartford Dojo's first blue belt under the Combatives program. He received his blue belt from Rener Gracie on
Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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On Sunday, June 14th Henry Perez and I visited our sister school (RM Karate) in Queens Village, NY. Rob & Michelle were great hosts and we spent 2 hours on the mat working on the Fight Simulation part of the Blue Belt test. It was a great time!!
Rob & Michelle will be visiting Hartford Dojo this coming Sunday (Fathers Day).
Hope to see you guys on the mat soon.!
All the best,
Rick Torres
Hartford Dojo
PS. Next road-trip Norfolk, VA July 22nd for Training with Rener at Bill Odom's school |
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| Family and local Police Officers show their support for SSG Allahna Torres and the 192nd Military Police Company during send-off ceremony. The 192nd MP Company is scheduled to deploy to Iraq for a year of duty. Mom & Dad love you Allahna!! GODSPEED. |
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On Tuesday morning, Grand Master Helio Gracie was tanning at his ranch in Brazil, and on Thursday morning at 9:15 he passed on due to natural causes. His legacy will survive forever in all members of the Gracie Family, jiu-jitsu practitioners around the world, and all those who have benefited from the revolution he began.
In his final years, the creator of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu often spoke of his satisfaction with his life’s work. He openly stated that he had accomplished everything he had set out to do, displaying his preparedness for the transition into the afterlife.
The Grand Master believed that such a transition should be seen as a positive step in one's spiritual evolution. In a recent interview he declared: “I’ve already told my sons that when I die I want there to be a party. No drinking, no debauchery.” |
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In one of his final magazine interviews the Grand Master expresses his concern for the future of Jiu-Jitsu:
“The Jiu-Jitsu that I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong. It was so successful that they decided to create a sportive version of it. I would like to make it clear that of course I am in favor of the sportive practice and technical refinement of all athletes, whatever their specialty may be, as well as good nutrition, sexual control, avoidance of addictions and unhealthy habits. The problem lies in the creation of a sport-oriented Jiu-Jitsu, based on rules and time limits, which benefits the heavier, stronger, and more athletic individuals. The primary objective of Jiu-Jitsu is to empower the weak who, for not having the physical attributes, are often intimidated. My Jiu-Jitsu is an art of self-defense in which rules and time limits are unacceptable. These are the reasons for which I can’t support events that reflect an anti Jiu-Jitsu.”
Grand Master Helio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009)
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| My daughter Allahna is now home from her deployment to Baumholder Germany with the 643rd Military Police Company of the Connecticut National Guard. WELCOME HOME!! |
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| My son Richard has returned home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan. I would like to thank all of you for your kind words of support and prayer. Please don't forget there are many other young soldiers out there serving and defending our way of life. |
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| My daughter Allahna is also to return home soon from her tour of duty in Germany. |
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This page is dedicated to FREEDOM and to those who are still willing to defend it. Before you stand my daughter Allahna, and son Richard. They have chosen to stand for FREEDOM and our way of life. Keep in mind there are many more soldiers like them, but to me these two are, and always will be the most special.
Allahna is currently in Germany serving the 643rd Military Police Company. Richard is in Afghanistan serving with the 1-102 Infantry. They will be away on deployment for a year and a half. Keep them and ALL of our troops in your prayers.
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This past year was a very good year for us at Hartford Dojo. During the summer months we had our friend Josef Manuel of Cutting Edge Jiu Jitsu visit us. Josef presented two workshops full of great techniques and training drills. In September our brother, US Army Captain Jorge Rodriguez returned home from military service in Iraq. Welcome back Jorge!!
October gave us a visit from Ryron Gracie. Ryron presented three seminars that were attended by our BJJ friends from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Connecticut. During his October visit Ryron promoted our brother Nathan " Nate" Swaim to blue belt. Congratulations Nate!!
October also brought with it some challenges as I underwent some major surgery. Thanks to all of you for being so understanding and supportive during my illness and recovery. Special thanks go out to Jimmy Fontanez and Abel Mendez for keeping the dojo open.
November saw Hartford Dojo travel to Queens, NY for the New York State. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation Tournament. Hartford Dojo was very well represented by: Joe Santangelo, Jimmy Fontanez, Mario Santiago, and Abel Mendez. God willing 2006 will bring Hartford Dojo:
The return of H.l.T. training & Goju Ryu Karate New mats by Resilite
Seminar with Gracie Academy Black Belt BJJ workshops with guest instructors NAGA Tournament (Summer '06) NYSBJJF Tournament (Winter '06)
I want to extend my thanks to all of you who continue to support Hartford Dojo. Together we will continue to make Hartford Dojo a very special and unique place to train martial arts. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!!
Rick Torres: Train safe but. TRAIN!"
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