UNIVERSAL COMBAT ACADEMY PTY LTD

 

 

We specialize in Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, Pankration, Grappling and Vale Tudo

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Latest News

 

Carlos Machado Seminar 17th May 2013

 

End of Year Grading

Congrats to all that participated in the end of year grading on the 17th December. In all 24 new grades were handed out. A special mention must go out to Paul & Joey receiving brown belts in MMA after demonstrating very high level technique & some very professional sparring.

Also to Michael Brown on receiving his blue belt in BJJ, Michael has been training with us for approx 5-6 years from the young age of 10 & both himself & his father have put in a huge commitment to be crowned (possibly equal with Ara) our youngest ever senior blue belt. Also worthy of note is the fact that Michael has always trained with & had to go through an extremely rigorous grading with all the adults, great effort on his behalf.

 

A big thank you to Mark Smith for hosting our club Christmas party this year & to Agasi as usual for his skill on the BBQ, also to Ona (Abdul's mate), with a little help from me for providing the on grass entertainment, check out the photo below & see if you can work out what happened, only at a Jiu-Jitsu party! I would also like to thank Rob, Ara & Luke for their ongoing expertise on the mat through out the year & all of you that make the effort to turn up to training, I know it's not always easy but that's what makes the difference. I believe our mat is a great place due to the great people that turn up & I look forward to seeing everyone for a great 2013.

 

 

GOKOR SEMINAR SATURDAY 08/12/2012

 

 

Kids Grading Friday 2nd November 2012

Well done to all sixteen kids that took part in last nights grading. The night ran very smoothly & a great time was had by all. Your new ranks have been updated on the website.

Simon Receives 1st degree on Black Belt from Rigan Machado

Another highlight of the weekend was being awarded 1st degree black belt by Rigan Machado and my coach Anthony Lange being awarded 3rd degree black belt.

Competition Results
For full results from the recent events comp. visit www.eventsbjj.com.au
Everyone of our fine athletes managed to win or place, a special mention must go out to Lorando Thompson, who is taking to the tournament scene like a duck to water at the moment, submitting seven of his nine opponents at Events on his way to winning both gi & no gi divisions.

Today was the ISKA CCP Australian Open, once again all our athletes competed in fantastic style displaying some great Jiu-Jitsu & I received many compliments even from refferees in regards to our technical ability. Lleyton Smith, Jake Farnsworth & Lorando Thompson all won their division in dominant fashion. Ara, Frank, Thomas &
Kirk also put in strong performances & should all be very proud of themselves.

Also worthy of mention are my friends Andris & Adam Eglesz from Langes MMA both winning their divisions.

 

National Results

We took eight athletes and must of had the best strike rate in the comp, six golds and two silvers. A truely stunning performance. Rob, Ara, Daniel, Zakky, Bobbey and Ibrahim all getting gold, Andrew and Jake silver.

Jake: Silver	Ibrahim : Gold
Zakki : Gold	Bobby : Gold
	Daniel : Gold
	Another great Seminar by Rigan Machado

 

 

JJ Machado Seminar

New Blue Belt

Monday night I had the great pleasure of awarding Leigh McWhirter with his BJJ blue belt. Leigh has grown into an exceptionally good grappler in a relatively short time & is a perfect example of a true martial artist, respectful, humble etc & yet can put you to sleep in a matter of seconds. Great work Leigh, I look forward to seeing you continue to grow on our mat.

Jean Jacques Machado

Ten keen students from our club will be attending a 5 hour seminar with the legendary BJJ
master JJ Machado tomorrow. Jean Jacques hasn't been to Sydney for a long time, from memory I think it was 1999/2000, of which I was in attendance. It's going to be a great day, bring on tomorrow, I cant wait.

Rob Fights Pro in the States

As most of you know by now, Robert Sabaruddin had his first pro fight in the States last weekend. From what I'm told, Rob put in a fantastic performance taking the fight to his very experienced (12 amateur & 16 pro fights) opponent from the opening round with a series of devastating striking combinations. Even though the fight didn't go Rob's way with a Refs stoppage at 3:28 in the third round, he certainly put his name out there with his usual take no prisoners style of fighting. It's a huge step up from his last fight in OZ nearly a year ago to the pro ranks in America & as usual all your mates at BJJ Castle Hill are very proud of you Rob. When you Rob like I do after all those years being pounded by him in training, you just know he's going to hit the mats even harder & come out of the experience & even better fighter.

On the local scene, we had a bunch of our kids & adult white belts compete at the Gracie
state title this weekend. Unfortunately due to race commitments I could not be there to coach. I understand that all in attendance put in a great showing & there's going to be plenty of hard training in the coming months to right any of the wrongs that competition
inevitably surfaces. Of special note are Zakky Azimi taking 1st place & Tyson Sangalang taking 2nd place.

 

Competion Results

A great day of competion was had by our club at todays ISKA tournament. With eight athletes across all divisions, gi, no gi & mma. The technical level of our athletes was simply amazing & the results speak for themselves.

Results are as follows: Jake Brown 1st
Daniel Mitchell 1st
Michael Brown 1st
Peter Shua 1st gi, 1st no gi
Frank Gehret 1st gi, 2nd no gi
Lorando Thompson 2nd gi, 2nd no gi
Dave Ward 3rd no gi
Joey Agostino win via kneebar MMA, loss points 2nd match

Some of the highlights of the day were Michael's dominance, Dave's last second victory for 3rd place, Lorando's flying armbar, Daniel's armbar from guard, Frank's triangle & Pete's technical brilliance, his superb Jiu-Jitsu is an absolute pleasure to watch.

Joey had an awesome MMA match. Scoring an early takedown, he went to work on the ground in dominant fashion finishing the match with a perfectly executed kneebar from guard.
In great spirit Joey stepped up for a second match against a highly skilled fresh opponent. Although clearly fatigued he put up a great fight, narrowly missing two submission attempts & just went down on points.

All competitors competed with great skill & sportsmanship & did our club proud.

 

Rob & Ara Compete @ Worlds

2012 Worlds
Well done to Ara & Rob for competing at the recent 2012 BJJ world championships in LA. Both guy's did themselves & their coaches proud at the highest level in their respective purple belt divisions, going down on points to some very technical opponents. Keep up the good work guy's, all your mates at castle hill are barracking for you.

http://youtu.be/2_eYfD8ACXQ

10th Plant with Eddie Bravo

Ara & Rob lapping it up

Ara & Rob are loving there time in America. Both are training hard & gearing up for there first MMA fights next weekend. I'm very proud of there progress & wish them all the best for the fights.

Check out this photo, taken after a hard session with grappling legend Eddie Bravo.
You can see the pleasure & pain in there faces. Keep up the good work guy's.

Kids Grading Results 07-05-2012
We have now completed our two day grading examination with nineteen kids receiving new ranks. All that participated put in a great effort with some very nice technique &
as usual with our kids some very high level grappling was on display.
Keep up the good work kids & wear your new belts with pride.

I also had the pleasure of awarding Peter Shua with his BJJ blue belt. Pete is an
exceptionally talented competitor with an unrivaled thirst for knowledge. Well done Pete,
now the journey begins.

 

 

ISJA Competion Results

A great day of competion was had by our club at todays ISKA tournament. With eight athletes across all divisions, gi, no gi & mma. The technical level of our athletes was simply amazing & the results speak for themselves.

Results are as follows: Jake Brown 1st
Daniel Mitchell 1st
Michael Brown 1st
Peter Shua 1st gi, 1st no gi
Frank Gehret 1st gi, 2nd no gi
Lorando Thompson 2nd gi, 2nd no gi
Dave Ward 3rd no gi
Joey Agostino win via kneebar MMA, loss points 2nd match

Some of the highlights of the day were Michael's dominance, Dave's last second victory for 3rd place, Lorando's flying armbar, Daniel's armbar from guard, Frank's triangle & Pete's technical brilliance, his superb Jiu-Jitsu is an absolute pleasure to watch.

Joey had an awesome MMA match. Scoring an early takedown, he went to work on the ground in dominant fashion finishing the match with a perfectly executed kneebar from guard.
In great spirit Joey stepped up for a second match against a highly skilled fresh opponent. Although clearly fatigued he put up a great fight, narrowly missing two submission attempts & just went down on points.

All competitors competed with great skill & sportsmanship & did our club proud.

 

JOHN WILL SEMINAR

John has reduced his busy schedule this year, but I have luckily managed to book him for two seminars at our club in 2012.
So please make an effort & lock in your place as it's not othen a master grappler is dropped at your door step.

Date: Saturday April 21st

Time: 12-2pm

Adress: Horticulture Pavilion
Doran Drive Castle Hill

Cost: $60

Contact: Simon 0409 911 945 simonfarns@optusnet.com.au

 

ISJA Results
Well done to all that competed in the ISJA comp on the weekend.
The kids division was a mixed bag with very uneven match ups. Results are
Zakky Azimi 1st, Ebrahim Azimi 2nd, Jake Farnsworth & Bobey Azimi unplaced.

All the adults showed plenty of skill with some great results. Peter Shu 1st gi, 2nd no gi & 1st no gi Absolute. Leigh Mcwhirter 1st gi, Thomas Zarzecki 3rd open blue belt gi.

Joey Agostino entered the amatuer MMA last minute with no training & put in a good
performance against a heavier opponent. Just going down by 2 points.

A great effort coming off the club being closed for the previous two weeks.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Dave Ward receives MMA BLACK BELT.

I was delighted to promote Dave to Black Belt in MMA Monday 19th December. Dave is one of the clubs 40 something & proud of it members. But let me tell you , has the go of someone half his age. He has an extensive knowledge of both striking & grappling arts & more importantly has the rare understanding of how to blend it altogether.
I could go on & on about what Dave has to offer on the mat, but more important are his attributes in life. A great family man & an exceptional human being. Well done Dave you are a cherished friend & integral part of our club.

Well done to all that participated in the recent end of year grading. On the night several white & blue belts received stripes on their belts after displaying some exceptional technique & showing that the club has some highly skilled future colour belts.

After an awesome display of Jiu-Jitsu technique & an almost brutal 25 minutes of sparring two new proud Blue Belts emerged. Joey Agostino stamped his name as one of the clubs top up & coming grapplers with an absolutely perfect grading.
Abdul Aboss capped off an awesome year of competion & takes out the clubs most improved this year. Well done guy's, now the journey begins.

Andre Powell & Dave Ward, without a dout two of the clubs most dedicated & motivated members topped off the night with a superb demonstration of Jiu-Jitsu & some very high level wrestling against the clubs hierarchy. I was very proud to promote both Andre & Dave to Purple Belt in BJJ.

Also a big congrats to Paul Roditis & Joey Agostino on their new MMA grades.
Special thanks to Agassi for expertise on the bbq & everyone in attendance for making
such a great night

 

 

 

 

End of Year Dates
BJJ grading: Monday 19/12/11 6:15pm

MMA grading: Wednesday 21/12/11 6:30pm

Kids grading: Friday 16/12/11 5:00pm

Club will be closed from Saturday 24/12/11 to 03/01/12 & re-opening Wednesday 04/01/12

 

Rob & Ara Training in the US

Last week we said goodbye to our good friends & training partners Robert Sabaruddin & Ara Aroutiounian as they set off for nine months full time training & competing in the USA.
Rob, 22 & Ara, 18 have been training with me for four years & in that time I've seen them transition not only into elite level atheletes but maybe even more importantly into mature well balanced human beings.
It's been a pleasure having them on our mat & I wish them all the best on their training endeavours abroad & can't wait to see them upon return.
Keep an eye on the website as we track their progress via Rob's blog

http://www.ucaustraining.blogspot.com/

Abdul takes SILVER

Well done to Abdul Aboss taking 2nd place at the IBJJF International in Melbourne last weekend. Abdul has continued to set the standard in the white belt heavyweight division
this year with some outstanding 1st & 2nd places. Clearly Abdul is ready to make the step
to the next level. Keep an eye out on the next grading.

Ara Turns PURPLE

Last night I was privileged to award Ara Aroutiounian with his BJJ purple belt. Ara has had a stand out twelve months, starting with winning the teens blue belt division at last years nationals. Backed up with some excellent performances in the adults divisions as a 17 year old.
Since then a short training trip to the States & an 18th birthday, Ara has come on in leaps & bounds, winning this years Nationals in the adult blue belt division & more recently totally dominating the gi & no gi divisions at the ISJA world cup with an extraordinary display of technical grappling.
I've had the pleasure of teaching Ara for the past four years since he walked into the gym as a shy yet eager 14 year old & have watched him turn into not only a high level competitor but also a humble & respectable young man. I'm proud to have helped guide him on his grappling journey & cherish his & his Dads (Agasi's) friendship.
Wear your new belt with pride Ara you thoroughly deserve it.

ISJA World Cup Champions

The ISJA, aka ISKA, is done & dusted for another three years & our club featured prominently in the winners circle.
Saturday was the kids comp. & first to be crowned ISJA world cup champion was Zakky Azimi with a very dominant points win in his division. Zakky has been training really hard this year & thoroughly deserves his success.
Llyten Smith had a hard fought match against the eventual winner of his division going down in a close match by only one advantage.
Jake Farnsworth was next to take the title of ISJA world cup champion with an assertive
thirty eight second submission to wrap up the title. It was great to see Jake finally get a match against someone close to his weight, (only 2kgs heavier).
Bobby Azimi was unable to compete in BJJ due to age restrictions so decided to have a go at Sumo but finished unplaced.

Sunday was the adults comp. & Peter Shua wasted no time taking the title demonstrating all the techniques we have been working in class lately & submitting both his opponents with relative ease.
Shuan Galardi & Thomas Zarzecki both took second place after two action packed matches. Both narrowly losing on points to some very experienced blue belts.
Without a doubt the standout competitor of the day was Ara Aroutiounian taking out the Gi & no Gi championships. Submitting four opponents & winning one on points on his way to winning both divisions

 

Zakky Makes the Papers

 

 

Nine competitors, nine medals

What a fantastic weekend we had, an awesome result from our club. Nine competitors, 5 golds, 3 silvers, 1 bronze.
In the kids divisions all our competitors had to fight up weight divisions due to lack of numbers. Although I understand this sometimes has to happen, at their age it can be quite a disadvantage. But it didn't stop our young athletes achieving some great results. Bobby Azimi in his usual form submitted his way through his opponents & took the gold medal, Zakky Azimi put on a dominating performance & showed that he is now a force to be reckoned with on the competition scene & won a much deserved gold medal. Jake Farnsworth got the fastest submission in the kids divisions, rear naked choke in 13 seconds, but had his back against the wall in the final against an opponent almost 2 years older & 15kg heavier, he hung in there for the duration of the match to receive a silver medal. Antonio Maujalli, new to our club. took bronze in teens division.

In the adults divisions, Allen Robida, also new to our club, put in 5 hard weeks competition training with us & achieved a silver medal. Ara Aroutiounian step up to the Adults this year after winning the teens title last year & backed it up with fine display of grappling to clinch the gold medal. Andre Powell inspired the whole arena, down on points, choking out his opponent from underneath to advance into the final & take a silver medal. Andre also received a standing ovation when John Will awarded him with the encouragement award at the presentation, a prouder moment I can't imagine. Robert Sabaruddin in only his second purple belt comp. showed the sort of composure that makes him such a great athlete as he executed his game plan with precision on his way to winning the gold medal. Andrew Fu dealt out a lesson to his opponents on the technical side of Jiu-Jitsu that as a referee I have rarely seen performed in competition on his way to taking the gold medal in the purple belt masters.

The following day Rigan held an awesome seminar & it was great to be on the mat with 67 other grappling addicts. It was also fantastic to spend some time with my great friends Anthony, Nicky & Rohan Lange, Peter King & of coarse my wonderful wife who tirelessly puts up with & mostly organisers my many obsessions.

Many thanks to John & Melissa Will, Rigan Machado & all that make this such a wonderful event.

 

Kids Grading 10/06/2011

Congrats to Max, Connor, Thomas, Matthew & Kai on achieving their new colour belts in the Kids class on Friday night. All of you performed very well & displayed some great spirited wrestling

JOHN WILL SEMINAR

John Will is coming for his first round of 2011 seminars. As usual he will be presenting the latest cutting edge techniques in a format unmatched anywhere in the world. If you are serious about improving your game
then this is a must do seminar.
Contact Simon for bookings 0409 911 945 or simon@kingsdeneautomotive.com

Date: 16/04/2011
Time: 12-2pm
Location: Horticulture Pavilion
Doran Drive
Castle Hill

Cost: $60

 

 

 

UCA'S first MMA BLACK BELTS crowned

At the end of year grading I had the pleasure of crowning our first MMA black belts. After a grading that went for several weeks and included taking classes, sparring, street wise self defence and demonstrating a sound knowledge of all the elements of MMA ranging from striking, clinch fighting, wrestling, ground work and more importantly how to blend it all together. I was elated to award Luke Farnsworth and Robert Sabaruddin with their Black Belts.

Luke, forever the fitness fanatic, has been training in various styles since the early eighties and brings a vast array of knowledge and experience to our mat. A top competitor in his day, Luke has won and placed in many Jiu-Jitsu competitions and fought in sports Ju-Jitsu. Luke can be found on our mat regularly as both student and instructor and after many years of training still shows great enthusiasm and has a never ending thirst for self improvement.

Rob, the young gun, is a fierce competitor and always a force to be reckoned with. His natural athleticism and extreme work rate are simply amazing. Over the last few years he has stacked up a very impressive resume, including, amateur and pro MMA fights, state and national Pankration titles, national BJJ gi and no gi titles and winning nearly all his BJJ matches in the last two years via submission. A stunning performance from a highly skilled athlete, Rob is truly inspirational.