In the beginning of March our BJJ instructor, Marcelo Nunes, took a one week vacation to visit family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. While there he taught a special seminar at Robert Drysdale's BJJ Academy in Itu, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The…
On Friday evening Marcelo Nunes promoted 3 BJJ students to the rank of purple belt and one to the rank of blue belt. The four candidates met with Marcelo individually earlier in the week to demonstrate their technical knowledge of…
Head BJJ Instructor and BJJ Black Belt, Marcelo Nunes tested 7 students for their blue belt Saturday. Each candidate was tested individually on techniques followed by a 60 minute, non-stop, grappling test. Congratulations to the new blue belts: Carey Vanier…
Cellar brought 4 jiu jitsu competitors to the NAGA Illinois Grappling Championships this past weekend and the team came home with 3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver medals, and one Championship Belt! Brandon Buchholz (2nd place no-gi expert, lightweight division) Marcelo…
We are very proud to introduce The Cellar’s newest addition to our very talented staff; BJJ Black Belt, Marcelo Nunes. Marcelo has joined The Cellar to help build our BJJ and MMA programs and he plans to get right to work by…
On Sunday afternoon The Cellar hosted BJJ Black Belt, Tom Schmitz for a special seminar. Tom taught techniques, answered questions, evaluated students and held mini in-house tournaments. At the completion of the event Tom promoted several of our students in rank…
Dorian, Ryan, and Chris on medal stand Members from The Cellar’s Jiu Jitsu team competed on Saturday at the St. Croix Valley Grappling Games in Hudson, WI. The Cellar team placed 4th overall and several Cellar students medaled in their…
Congratulations to Rob Klink for becoming The Cellar’s newest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt on Thursday night. Rob started training in Jiu Jitsu at The Cellar in August of 2008 and has 2 First Places finishes at the Midwest Submission…
Congratulations goes out to The Cellar’s Chris Dachel. On Tuesday June 8th, Chris was promoted to the rank of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt under Tom Schmitz. Chris has taken his training to a new level over the past year…
Congratulations to AJ Stuyvenberg for becoming The Cellar’s newest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt. AJ was promoted by The Cellar’s head Jiu Jitsu instructor and Pedro Sauer Black Belt, Tom Schmitz. Congratulations AJ!