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2010 IBJJF No-Gi World Championships

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Monday, November 08, 2010

This past weekend in Long Beach, CA a group of the Lovato Jiu Jitsu team (http://okbjj.com/WhatWeOffer.htm) competed in the 2010 No-Gi World Championships (http://www.lovatojr.com/2010/11/final-thoughts-leading-into-the-no-gi-worlds.html). The team has been training very hard leading up to this tou read more »

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James Head is headed to Las Vegas for TUF tryouts

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Thursday, November 04, 2010

James Head (http://facebook.com/thejameshead) is currently in Las Vegas at the tryouts for the reality television show "The Ultimate FIghter (http://www.ultimatefighter.com/)" produced by the UFC (http://www.ufc.com). The UFC is the top organization in Mixed Martial Arts (http://okbjj.com/MMA.htm)an read more »

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October Belt Promotions at Lovato's

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Sunday, October 31, 2010

This past week saw a lot of students (http://okbjj.com/ContactUs.htm) earn new belts at Lovato's. After a long hard day of testing, Abby Dressler, Dalton Loafman, Austin Shroyer, Kevin Turcios, Long Nguyen, Robert Bebout, Brad Trent, and Brandon Crumm all earned their blue belts. All of these stu read more »

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James Head victorious at Bricktown Brawl (MMA) Video

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Sunday, October 31, 2010

Here is a video of Lovato Jiu Jitsu purple belt and striking (http://okbjj.com/Boxing.htm) instructor, James Head (http://okbjj.com/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=1159942) at his last fight. This mixed martial arts (http://okbjj.com/MMA.htm) bout was held on June 25th, 2010 at the Bricktown Braw read more »

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Saulo Ribeiro in Oklahoma City at Lovato Jiu Jitsu

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Thursday, October 21, 2010

Rafael Lovato Jr. Interviews 6X Black Belt World Champion Saulo Ribeiro. While visiting Oklahoma City for the annual Ribeiro Jiu JItsu Association Tournament, Saulo took a little time out of training and teaching to talk about the training in Oklahoma City, what is going on with the Ribeiro Jiu read more »

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Rafael Lovato Jr talks about how stacked the mats can get in Oklahoma City

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Monday, October 18, 2010

Here Rafael Lovato Jr shows you what the mats look like at Lovato Jiu Jitsu in Oklahoma City when people drop in to visit. Included in this video are Saulo Ribeiro, Matt Jubera, Brian Picklo and Justin Rader. With such high level competitors dropping in all the time our mats are always filled. read more »

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Ben Baxter talks about why he travels to Oklahoma City

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Sunday, October 17, 2010

Brazilian Jiu JItsu Black Belt Ben Baxter talks about why he makes the trip from Oregon to Oklahoma City to train at Lovato's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; Academy of the 2007 Black Belt World Champion Rafael Lovato Jr. Find us on the web: http://www.okbjj.com http://face read more »

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Full Write-Up and Results from the 12th RJJA Tournament

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Wednesday, October 13, 2010

On October 9th, 2010 Lovato Jiu Jitsu was pleased to host the 12th Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu Association Tournament in Oklahoma City, OK. Leading up to that day, Lovato's welcomed many visitors of the RJJA to the school to train, get to know each other and exchange ideas. Throughout the week we were gr read more »

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12TH ANNUAL RIBEIRO JIU JITSU REUNION

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

From the University of Jiu Jitsu's (http://www.unijj.com) Website: (http://www.unijj.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/instructor-promotions.jpg) The 12th Annual reunion of Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu affiliates was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this year under the guidance of Rafael Lovato Jr. read more »

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Rafael Lovato Jr Omoplata Highlight / Commercial for Instructional App

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Friday, October 08, 2010

The 2nd American to win the Mundials and 1st American to win the Brasiliero as a Black Belt, Rafael Lovato Jr. Omoplata highlight. This highlight is just a preview to the first instructional series done by Rafael, which will be an App detailing Rafael's Omoplata game. Look for this to be released so read more »

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