Komar Jiu Jitsu

Seminar at Wise Wellness Center

Rich — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:17:47 +0000

Komar Jiu Jitsu had the opportunity to attend a seminar taught by Vincente Junior at Wise Wellness Center in Rio Grande NJ. He is a 3rd degree black belt under the legendary Ricardo De La Riva. As you can guess he covered the De La Riva Guard. VJ’s ability to teach made learning simple.

In the Photo are from left to right; Myself, Vincente Junior, and Diego Ramos.

Eagle Scout

Rich — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:20:14 +0000

On 3-18-2012 Komar Jiu Jitsu had the pleasure of watching one of our students who earned Eagle Scout be awarded his status. Jason Belfi has been training with us since 2006, he has gone through every childs rank and when he turned 16 was awarded his much deserved Blue Belt. Jason is a wonderful student and a great representitive of Scouting and Jiu Jitsu. I am very proud to have him train at our school.
Congradulation on making Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 99.

Seminar with Eric Silver 2-18-12

Rich — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:58:33 +0000

On 2-18-2012 we had the pleasure of hosting a seminar featuring Rickson Gracie Black Belt Eric Silver. Eric is just one of 8 Americans who earned their Black Belts directly from Rickson. Eric had Bob Hillis a black belt under him accompany him to our school.

Having spent almost 20 years studing under Rickson, Eric has a detailed understanding of Rickson’s Invisible Jiu Jitsu Technigues and he wasn’t shy about sharing them. He worked the group through every position and explained the details of connecting to your opponent and maintaining your base. It was truly an eye opening and very detailed lesson.

I can’t wait to review my 4 pages of notes and get started practicing the drills and adding the details to my Jiu Jitsu game that where taught.

I’d like to thank everyone who came out and supported the seminar. Also I want to thank to Eric and Bob for sharing their knowledge and spending an extra 2 1/2 hours teaching at no extra charge. Both are excellent teachers and representives of Rickson Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

NAGA Grappling Championships 2-4-12

Rich — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:26 +0000

On February 4th 2012 Komar Jiu Jitsu sent 2 competitors to the NAGA Grappling Championships in Philadelpia Pa.
Sherry who has only been training for 3 months, won a Gold Medal in her Gi Division and a Gold Medal in her No-Gi Division. Sherry has been training very hard and it showed in her matches.
Jose who has been training a little more than 2 years and has been with Komar Jiu Jitsu for about a year won Gold in his Gi Division and Silver in his No-Gi Division. This was the first time Jose competed wearing his new Blue Belt which was awarded to him in December.
Congratulations go out to both of these competitors from the whole team.

Womens’ self defense class in the Hometown section of the Atlantic City Press

Rich — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:54:46 +0000

Press of Atlantic City came into Komar Jiu Jitsu during one of our womens’ self defense classes and took several pictures and wrote a nice article.

By DAVID SIMPSON, Staff Writer pressofAtlanticCity.com | 0 comments

Komar Jiu Jitsu is halfway through a six-week session of free women’s self-defense classes.

The class, which meets at 3330 Bargaintown Road in Egg Harbor Township, is called Easy Escape. Instructor and owner Richard Komar offers identical classes on Monday and Wednesday nights.

“The goal is to survive a confrontation and escape,” he said. “My goal isn’t to teach them how to beat up somebody who might confront them. The goal is to survive it and get away: If you get knocked down, how to get back to your feet. If someone grabs you, how to get away. How not to get punched in the face if someone throws a punch at you.”

Last Monday, more than two dozen women came out to learn how to defend themselves.

Diana Campbell enjoyed the first lesson so much that she brought her friend, Ruth Quinn, to the second. The Cardiff women practiced avoiding, and lessening the blow of, each other’s punches.

“It’s good exercise, and it’s good because, god forbid something ever happened, I’d know how to not to die,” Campbell said, laughing. “I thought it was great. I’m going to keep up with. I encourage women to do it.”

Komar, who was a member of the Galloway Township Police Department for 25 years, said self-defense is an important skill regardless of where you live.

“Most women that are victimized, it’s domestic-related,” he said. “Or it’s someone they know. It’s a boyfriend. It’s a girlfriend’s brother. Some people think, ‘Hey, I live in this nice neighborhood. Nothing’s ever going to happen to me.’ It happens in every corner of society. Everywhere. We’re all a potential victim for someone who sees an opportunity to take advantage of us. The idea is to give you a chance to defend yourself against that opportunistic person.”

Komar broke the class into pairs and showed them how to best escape if they are knocked to the ground. He was serious about teaching but kept the class light and comfortable by explaining everything in simple terms.

“It can be a little intimidating walking into a martial arts school for women,” Komar said. “I try to keep it as a friendly, educational environment. You’re not walking into my school to get into a fight. You’re walking into my school to learn a martial art, and how to defend yourself, and how to take care of yourself, and build confidence and self-esteem, and maybe get a workout at the same time.”

Contact David Simpson:

609-272-7204

Saturday Open Mat

Rich — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:55:09 +0000

Komar Jiu Jitsu has added an open mat session on Saturday, it is being run by Casper and Carlos. It’s been a huge success the last 2 weeks. Hope to start seeing more people stopping in. They are doing both gi and no-gi training followed by MMA for anyone who wishes to work on their striking. We’ve been fortunate enough to have Killer Kevin Watts former NABF Middlewieght Champion stopping by and working hands with some of the guys.

Free womens’ self defense class

Rich — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:30:41 +0000

On January 9,2012 Komar Jiu Jitsu will be conducting a FREE womens’ self defense class. This class will run for 6 weeks and meet on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7:15pm. The only thing you need to bring is a positive attitude and an eagerness to learn. You should wear comfortable clothing such as workout clothes. NO SHOES are permitted on the mat.
Komar Jiu Jitsu is located at 3330 Bargaintown Rd in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. We share space with Crossfit OTG. This class is geared to the beginners. Advanced Jiu Jitsu players are more than welcome and will probably learn a new trick or two.

Beginners get ready for lots more self defense

Rich — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:34:48 +0000

We will be working on our Gracie self defense. Check out Phil Migliarese’s tribute to Helio Gracie. This will be the theme for our basic class for the next month or two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeg926nPCGQ

January will be survival month

Rich — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:03:14 +0000

We will be working on survival and defense all month. The more Komar Jiu Jitsu works on defense the better all our students will get at surviving. I look forward to improving everyone’s defense and in turn this will make our attacks better and smoother. If you haven’t worked on defending arm-bars, chokes, leg locks, and various other attacks you will enjoy this months training. Get you equipment clean, our break is soon over, I’ll see you on the mat.

Brand New BJJ Black Belts Bill Myers and Joe Schmidt

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:21:46 +0000

On October 8th 2011, Bill Myers and Joe Schmidt were awarded their Black Belts from Phil Migliarese and Rich Komar. Bill has been training for 11 years and Joe for 15. They both train at Komar Jiu Jitsu and assist in teaching when Rich is unavailable. We are all very proud of their commitment and are honored to have them training and teaching at our school.