Staunton, VA
Blackbelt Dennis Hayes of HYBRID paid us a visit Oct. 15 for a stellar seminar on street self-defense. We wrapped up with a friendly roll.
More seminars like this, exclusively for Total Defense Martial Arts students, are coming in the future. Stay tuned!
Dennis is the founder and head Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo instructor at HYBRID. Dennis recieved his black belt in Judo from local martial arts legend Gus Carper and recieved his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt from Pedro Sauer. He is one of the first 30 black belts promoted by Pedro. He is also an official representative of Pedro’s association.
Here is his impressive competition record:
Mixed Martial Arts record 7-2
-Excalibur-Extreme Fighting LW Champion
-Spring Kickfest LW champion
-Tennessee Shootfighting Championships- LW Champion
-Elite Vale Tudo 4-man LW tournament champion
-Elite Combat Challenge MW champion.
-2-time Ruckus in the Cage LW champion
(Awarded fighter of the night 10/07)
-Ruckus in the cage LW title winner
Grappling tournaments
-Commonwealth Games multi-time Judo champion
-Carolinas American Judo Assn.-’97 LW tournament -2nd place
-Va State Judo Championships.-’05 Black belt division LW 3rd place of 20.
– International Pro-Am of Grappling ’00- Blue belt LW 3rd place of 20
-Grapplers Quest ’02-LW advanced division Champion
-Grapplers Quest ’02 LW masters division Champion
-Hayastan Grappling ’04-2nd place advanced division
-Hayastan Grappling ’04-2nd place open division
(awarded most technical grappler)
-Bud World Cup ’04- PRO division LW 4th place
-Bud World Cup-’04- Purple belt LW 2nd place
-Budweiser Nationals ’05-advanced division Champion
-Budweiser-UMW- ’05 Brown belt LW 2nd place
-Pendergrass Invitational-’05-LW brown belt Champion
-Bud World Cup ’06-LW advanced division Champion
-Bud World Cup ’06-masters division Champion
-U.S. Grappling Championships-’06-LW brown belt BJJ invitational 2nd place
-U.S. grappling ’07- FW. invitational-Brownbelt-4th place
-Bud World Cup ’08-No-GI masters Advanced div. Champion
-Bud World Cup ’07- LW Brown belt Champion
-U.S. Grappling ‘09-LW Black belt invitational
Submission only tournament winner
We’ve made some changes to our class schedule, starting Monday, September 12. Please check it out, and see you next week!
The school will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day.
Keep an eye on our schedule page for a few changes coming soon!
As we enter September, we’ll be studying the mount position in BJJ — how to achieve it, maintain it, submit and escape from it.
October’s concentration will be on the closed guard.
Junior Grappling Association Presents
East Coast Challenge
Kids/Teens Only Ages 4-14 Years
September 10, 2016
Freedom High School
15201 Neabsco Mills Rd.
Woodbridge, VA
Pre-register before 9/3/16 at jrgrappling.com.
Welcome to our new website! Staunton Total Defense Martial Arts, owned by Brian Rose, started for business in September 2016, after acquiring Valley Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Please contact us for more information or to sign up!