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Amazing Weekend for Team Lovato

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Thursday, March 01, 2012

This past weekend was an insane weekend of action for Team Lovato! Team Lovato was in full effect making their presence known in 4 different cities across the US! Here is the breakdown: New York City, NY - Professor Justin Rader competed in what was the most stacked lightweight no-gi read more »

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Rafael visits Oregon and hands out new belts

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Monday, November 15, 2010

Rafael Lovato Jr has been in Oregon since the No-Gi World Championships on Nov. 7th. He started his week by visiting the team in Oregon; James Puopolo (http://okbjj.com/_blog/News_and_Announcements/post/Amercian_Nationals_Results/), Ben Baxter (http://okbjj.com/_blog/News_and_Announcements/post/Ben read more »

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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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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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Team Lovato Oregon wins at the Oregon Open

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu - Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Seaside BJJ instructor Zach Adamson won his purple belt division at the Oregon Open with a submission in the finals and tough blue belt, Jesse Vaughn, won his division with 3 submissions in 4 matches. Great job guys! Read more on the Seaside Jiu Jitsu Academy's Blog (http://www.orbjj.com/blo 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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Amercian Nationals Results

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Several of Team Lovato’s top competitors went to battle at one of the country’s biggest tournaments, the American Nationals. Team Lovato did very well winning six medals with eight competitors. Highlights of the day were James Puopolo and Zach Adamson each winning two medals! James Puopo read more »

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Congratulations to James Popoulo!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Monday, July 12, 2010

One of the standouts from the Lovato Oregon Team, James Popoulo, is having a great competition year. In his first year as a brown belt, James won the silver medal at the Pan-Ams and two bronze medals at the World Championships. James recently visited Oklahoma City for some training before he took of read more »

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