We want to congratulate our coaches Yanessa, Alex and Giann  who competed this past weekend at the “2014 Sunshine Classic Games”.  They did a phenomenal job! Yanessa took 1st place at the women’s scaled division, Alex took 15th and Giann 24th out 57 competitors!   😉 What a great way of starting the first week of the new year!

We also want to congratulate our member Chris Van Smith who ran a marathon this past weekend in 3 hours and 23 seconds :-).That is Rock Star time!

Back to the first full week of the year 😉 Perfect time to put your goals into action. Schedule your workouts for the week, plan your meals, prioritize what you want to accomplish this week and let’s get it done!

We are never as happy as when everyone is getting along at home, work or school is seeing positive results and we get a good strenuous sweat going while spending time with quality people who share the same passion. All I can guarantee is one of those three.

You have the key to living the kind of life you’ve always wanted. Put your shoes on and drive over to the academy at least three times a week.We will be  looking forward to saying goodbye to you each night knowing you are much happier and healthier on the inside on your way out of the academy then when you walked in those doors.

THE RGTC TEAM 😀

There were a lot of promotions this past weekend for the BJJ members.  Congratulations to all of you.  The hard work pays off!  😉

Remember, we are like the ancient swords of Japan.  In order to make make them battle strong, they must be folded, beaten, tempered and weathered hundreds of times until they can cut through almost anything.  Only then can they withstand the ferociousness of battle.

This weekend several of our CrossFit members are participating at the blue print games in Miami, they have been putting in extra training for this competition and getting extra attention by coming in for our Competitors Class.

We wish them the best of luck and we are confident they will have a great time while doing their best 😉

We are excited to welcome our new Muay Thai/Kickboxing instructor here in the Training Center. We are always looking to add new members to our team that can help us make our facility the best it can possibly be.  His name is Bobby Dias.  Since Coach Alex will be taking on instructing more CrossFit classes, Bobby will now be teaching the adults and some of the Juniors Muay Thai classes.

Bobby has a wealth of experience.  Besides starting the martial arts at age 12, he began his Muay Thai and Boxing training in earnest at aged 18.  He is a pioneer of MMA in New England and has fought 16 times.  He has also corned and coached approximately 200 pro and amateur Muay Thai and MMa fights.

Everyone who has already taken a class from him has been very excited with his knowledge 😀

Giann Moramarco, Alex Luna, Yanessa Ayra, Lauren Herzog and Joe Berrones went out to Miami and threw down!

 This was the first competition they have done at the academy where they had athletes sign up as individuals, rather than as a team. WE KILLED IT.

There was 5 diferent WODS they had to do over the weekend. The Final Standings:

Yanessa Ayra – 1st place in womens scaled division.

Joseph Berrones – 27th in mens Rx division.

Lauren Herzog – 9th place in womens scaled division.

Alex Luna – 32nd in the mens scaled division.

Giann Moramarco – 40th in the mens scaled division.

What an amazing seminar given by RENZO this past weekend. Something all of us will remember forever. Besides the legendary RENZO on the mat there were also world bjj champions and Olympians as well.

Our coach juan also received his brown belt that he has undoubtedly earned.

We were surprised Friday night by UFC fighter and team mate Ricardo Almeida stopping by unannounced along with a former Olympian Judo player and vice president of  World Series of Fighting  Ali Abdel-Aziz, training with us in our no gi class, more good news came the next day.  Master  Renzo Gracie said he is coming  down this coming weekend!

He agreed to do a seminar for us on Saturday, November 2nd from 12-2pm. Come one, come all.  If you haven’t had the chance to meet Renzo and learn from him, it’s an experience you’ll never forget and for sure repeat the stories of that day many times in your life.

Make sure you let us know if you would like us to reserve a spot for you.  The cost is just $85.