Seminars :: Camps :: Retreats :: Fly-In Training :: ICC

October 20-25, 2011

Details:

Double occupancy: Five nights at the resort, transportation to and from the airport, all food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks at five on site restaurants!), all alcohol or drinks (3 on site bars, including one in the pool!), and four days of training = 790. Person *(that is just over 150. a day for all the training, food, and accommodations in this spectacular resort!) * Non training spouse rate, 490.

Single occupancy: five nights at the resort, transportation to and from he airport, all food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks at five on site restaurants!), all alcohol or drinks (3 on site bars, including one in the pool!), and four days of training = 990.

Coaches will include: Matt Thornton, Karl Tanswell, Gunnar Nelson and Travis Davison; along with many more of SBG’s top coaches who are planning on attending.

Training sessions include: breaking down your BJJ curriculum to it’s core, guard passing, striking for MMA, and a session on cornering for MMA, sweeps, escapes from bottom, and an individual evaluation of attendees overall games!

There will also be: Yoga for camp members & their spouses, scuba diving, kayaking, water volleyball, swimming in the resorts multiple pools, lounging on the private beach, group dinners, and activities for children.
The resort includes: Five restaurants, four swimming pools, three bars, two open air Jacuzzis, kids club, daily & nightly shows, 24 hour medical care, and concierge service.

To book your space now contact Beth toll free at: 1-800-313-8839 or by email: bethstravel@comcast.net

Spring Camp 2009

Location: New Portland Gym, Portland, Oregon

Dates: Fri March 20th, and all day March 21st & 22nd

So far we have the following instructors scheduled:

• Brian Walsh - teaching a coaches clinic on how to better work with fighters on the mitts.
• Matt Thornton - BJJ gi and no gi
• Eric Hemphill - Submission underground, sneaky BJJ
• Travis Davison - BJJ gi and no-gi
• Karl Tanswell - MMA, coaches clinc on cornering fighters, gi BJJ
• Cane Prevost - Gi BJJ and a coaches clinic on 'I' method drilling for submissions
• Christian Montes - How not to puke during an ironman :)

Fall Camp 2008!

The time for fall camp 2008 is upon us. Don't miss this gathering of the SBGi family. Beginners, advanced, coaches or otherwise, this camp will benefit everyone!

When: Oct 24th (Friday) through the 26th (Sunday evening)

Where: SBG International East Coast Regional Headquarters
14 Kendrick Road, Wareham, MA 02571 -
Tel - 508.295.5427

Fly in suggestions: fly into T.F. Greene in Providence, RI (PVD) or Logan in Boston (BOS). Providence is small and easy, 45 mins away, but doesn't have as many flight options. Logan is much larger and about an hour or so away, but has direct flight options.

Times: Classes will begin officially Friday evening at 6pm. Although many coaches will have arrived previously. They will also run Sat and Sunday from 10am to 6pm.

Spring Camp 2008

Where: Portland, Oregon (at the newly remodeled SBGi Gym)

When: Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 (additonal class to be held on Friday the 21st)

We will have a list of Coaches, themes and classes listed soon. As well as local hotel info, and an online sign up form.

We already have several great sections planned! Including an extensive striking section planned with SBGi Boxing coach Brian Walsh. Brian will be coaching some of the most creative drills, and fun training methods for learning functional stand up that we have ever seen. This will be a must attend course. Also scheduled is a Coaching class that will be offered by SBGi Instructor and BJJ brown belt Lily Pagle, for our Berekely Gym.

SBGi's 11th Annual Spring Camp 2006 Review
(by Matt Thornton)

"SBGi's 11th Spring Camp was a blast!

Awesome -Awesome - Awesome Camp!

First off, we all missed Luis very much. He got very sick on the way to the plane.

But that said, I probably picked up more things from this Camp myself, then any other previously. Eric Jetton's wrestling clinic was amazing... tons of little details that had an immediate impact on my game.

Karl, as always, rocked with his clinch and BJJ sections. His brown belt was overdue, and well earned.

Eric Hemphill showed why he is SBGi's newest black belt with some amazing Jits techs, his game is unique, and dangerous.

And Whittier?! He taught the flip side of the 3 zones of death defense we all work that Kav taught last spring. Fantastic fundamentals for the guy in top guard for MMA... and the side training between Steve Whittier and and Hemphill gave us a whole new MMA guard bottom game to play with. As always, simple and effective.

Also big thanks to Rebecca for some very cool warm ups, as well as to everyone who showed up from around the world. I really appreciate the guests we had from Canada, Scotland, London, etc.

One of the individuals present, who has not really been around the scene before wrote me this:

"I was completely blown away by the vibe and energy of all the SBG players... amazing. That is what i call authenticity."

I couldn't say it better myself. Thanks everyone... now I am going to sleep for a few days ; )"

SBGi - Fall Camp 05 Review:
(by Luis Guiterrez)

WHEN: October 28th, 29th & 30th, 2005
WHERE: Pembroke Pines, FL

(note: Pembroke Pines was "ground zero" for Hurricane Wilma which hit the area only days before camp!)

"Huuuuuge thanks to everyone who hung in there and made it through the storm to attend! Nothing got in the way from making camp an awesome experience. We rolled for about four hours straight on Friday since we barely had light off of a small generator, no a.c. and no running water. I then taught some material on taking the back for about an hour before we headed to the beach. The matches where an amazing thing to see. So many varied games and everyone rolling with everyone and then, regardless of outcomes, sharing insights on the roll. I am sure everyone was getting all sorts of new information that day. I sure did.

Our power was restored just before Saturday's sessions and from then on the coaches were able to get their material out just fine. Leo and John kicked things off with the Z-guard with Leo showing its basic structure and applications. From there he went to submission options and drilling. John closed the session off with a cycle of sweeps and x-guard options off the z-guard.

After lunch, Matt brought out his Guard Surfing material and I was blown away with it and how quickly it transferred over results to the participants. It was immediately a keeper for me and will now be what we use for coaching and training passes. He has to get this out on DVD asap!

Next day started with some material off of So Flo 2 and I added a few more options and details on getting the back from cross side drags. I was impressed with how quickly the material was used later on during open mat sessions. Christian G was all over the place with cross-dragging to the back and ninja mounting his training partners. ;)

After Sunday's lunch, Karl got everyone going with his "keep it standing" session. As always, his innovations are inspiring to watch! He went right into distance and footwork then added strikes and set up everyone for his material. That material was taking the CM or shelling cover and learning to keep it through the clinch and then out of it. Suffice to say that it has to be seen but he blended in pummeling and shelling into something unique and more efficient.

Both Saturday and Sunday sessions were followed by Matt's coaching for performance sessions which had everyone participating in small groups and working on specific aspects of the gym as a whole. These small groups then came together to share, discuss, debate and play with many ideas on training, coaching, actual techniques and styles of teaching and gym management.

Sunday night concluded with outdoor patio dining (awning got blown away by the storm) at a local Mexican restaurant where 30 SBGIers witnessed a rap off between the Icelandic Viking and So Flo's own T3. Iceland 1 / So Flo 0. But... he used Runic Rap and this style truly took everyone by surprise. Something about, "Lo, here I stand before you blah blah blah..." but it rocked! Runic Rap will surely be heard again at SBGi gatherings. The Icelandic Viking is being managed by Karl in case anyone wants to book him for a wedding, parties, etc.

Another Sunday night dining event was John Kavanagh's traditional and ritual MMA match. This time it was with Canada's own unsuspecting Jeff Duarte. I can't tell you the actual details of the bout as the concrete pillars got in the way as they tripped behind them and the table umbrella landed upon them. I think it was a draw by ref stoppage, as they both got up quite staggered.

John Kavanagh did take a loss on the all involved hoodie ninja basketball game where unbeknownst to Christian Graugart, his hoodie was chosen as the net.

I'll let others explain the rest. My last vision of that night was of Karl attacking Matt from outside the passenger side window with some type of eagle claw adam's apple attack of sorts that made Matt laugh at him between threats to let go.

As to Monday through today, all those who stayed on a few extra days trained throughout the day or trips to the beach. Thanks to Mike and Rebecca for working out with the boys on Monday and to Christian G. for training with Niko, helping him prepare for his MMA debut in December. Also special thanks to Jonathan for being the night life tour guide for the youngins.

All those whose flights were cancelled and couldn't make camp were truly missed. Thank you all so much for making the attempt. I know some of you even tried booking again the day prior." - Luis

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