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Blacklist L.L.C. will be holding the first ever, Blacklist Cup. It will be an all Gi BJJ tournament. We expect 150-200 fighters. Every fighter will get a T-shirt, with your logo on the back!!!! We will also be thanking our supporters through out the tournament.

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Blacklist News, July 2009

Blacklist News
July 8, 2009

Featured ProductKids BJJ Dark T-Shirt$21.99

In This Issue:
Belt Promotions
Blacklist at NAGA
Houma Summer Camp
Summer Fun Kids Day 2009
Gulf Cost Classic

1. Belt Promotions
Blue - Shawn Rook Green - Joey Ezell & Brent Autin Green 1 - Kayne Collins Yellow 1 - Brett Naqiun, Dominic Guidry & Melvin Guidry
Link: http://blacklistbjj.blogspot.com/

2. Blacklist at NAGA
Cy Landry - 1st No-Gi & 2nd Gi Paygan Lafont - 1st Gi & 1st No-Gi Brenden Weaver - 1st Gi & 1st NO-GI Issic Weaver - 1st Gi & No-GI
Link: http://nagafighter.com/index.php?module=homepage

3. Houma Summer Camp
2009 SUMMER CAMP!!! Mixed Martial Arts skills & Fitness Open to the public, Ages 6 through 12 10:00 am to 3:00pm (early droop off and late pickup available) Kids will Learn Life long skills in; Crossfit, Judo, Sambo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, Muay Thai Kickboxing, vision boards & mat chats They will also enjoy fun, coordination games Pack a sack, lunch. Pizza party on Fridays! Healthy Snacks and drinks will be provided Rank advancement for Blacklist students Houma Camp; July 13th to 17th Only 25 students per camp, Call today!! $150.00 per camp (5 days) Houma; 985-851-2911 campblacklist.blogspot.com/
Link: http://campblacklist.blogspot.com/

4. Summer Fun Kids Day 2009
Blacklist will have a booth at the 2009 Houma Civic center's Kids Day. Please come out and visit us. Also please wear your Blacklist gear!!!!
Link: http://www.houmaciviccenter.com/html/kids_day.html

5. Gulf Cost Classic
Welcome to the Gulf Coast Classic! Tournament Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Join us for the Annual Gulf Coast Classic Submission Wrestling Tournament Adult Divisions: Beginner (0-1yr) Intermediate (1-3yrs.) Advanced (3yrs & up) Children's Gi Division Only Location: Barbe High School Gymnasium 2200 West McNeese St. Lake Charles, LA 70605 If additional information is needed, please call 337.540.6900
Link: http://www.labjj.com/gulf-coast-classic.php

More things to come!! Blacklist HOuma, moving next door to OTM! ADCC! Womens self defence! La & Ms. NOGI State Champ! Youth In-house! Blacklist Cup! Kickboxing Smoker! We also plan to have a very special guest come down. Please let us know who you would like to see come teach at Blacklist. Thanks for everyones support and God Bless!!
Derrick J. Breaux

2009 Summer Camp

2009 SUMMER CAMP!!!
Mixed Martial Arts skills & Fitness

Open to the public, Ages 6 through 12
10:00 am to 3:00pm (early droop off and late pickup available)

Kids will Learn Life long skills in;

Crossfit, Judo, Sambo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, Muay Thai Kickboxing, vision boards & mat chats

They will also enjoy fun, coordination games

Pack a sack, lunch. Pizza party on Fridays!

Healthy Snacks and drinks will be provided

Rank advancement for Blacklist students

Houma Camp; July 13th to 17th

Only 25 students per camp, Call today!!

$150.00 per camp (5 days)

Houma; 985-851-2911

http://campblacklist.blogspot.com/

Team Blacklist News!!!

-Gabe earned his brown belt at ATT

-Word of the month, "Resillience".

-Student of the month, Kayne Collins .

-July 13th through July 17th, Camp Blacklist! (Houma)

-July 18th - Gulf Cost Classic

-July 25th - ADCC

-Aug. 29th - No-Gi State Champs

-Sep. 7th - Labor Day, Gyms closed

-Sep. 12th Ms. No-Gi state Championship

-Sep. 26th - Youth In-House Tourniment

-Oct. 10th - Blacklist Cup

-Nov. 14th - La open

-Nov. 21st - Kickboxing smoker

-Nov. 26th & 27th - Gyms closed, Thanksgiving

-Dec. 24th - Lunch class only

-Dec. 25th - 26th. Gyms closed, Christmas

Contact & Information

Blacklist Houma
656 Corporate Dr.
Houma, la 70364
amderrick@aol.com
985-851-2911

Blacklist Raceland
4882 Hwy 1, unit 8
Raceland, La 70394
985-532-8348

INSTRUCTORS

Head BJJ & MMA Instructor: Tim Credeur
Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jiutsu under World Champion Rodrigo Medeiros and Carlson Gracie
Black Belt in Judo
10 years experience in Muay Thai Kickboxing and Boxing
Amateur MMA Record: 18-0; Professional MMA Record: 12-4
Veteran of The Ultimate Fighter & UFC


Blacklist Head Instructor & Owner- Derrick Breaux
*Crossfit Level 1 & Crossfit nutrition
*Kickboxing, under the instrution of "Crazy" Tim & Steve Miller
*Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Grappling 2000 – Present
-3rd Place Dungal fighting championship 2001
-Draw Vs Eric Thompson Pit-bull Productions
-3rd Place Battle of H-Town
-Attained BJJ Blue Belt in 2005 from Eric Williams
-2nd Place Gladiator Games Submission Tournament weight
-2nd Place Gladiator Games Submission Tournament Absolute
-Win by Americana, 2nd round Nightmare at the Centroplex 2006
-Attained BJJ Purple Belt in 2007 from Tim Credeur
-3rd Place Gulf Coast Classic 2007
-1st Place Louisiana Open weight 2007
-3rd Place Louisiana Open absolute 2007
-2nd Place 1st Louisiana State Championship weight 2008
-2nd Place Nola cup, weight 2008
-2ns Place Nola Cup, absolute 2008
-1st Place Louisisana State No Gi Championship, advaced weight 2008
-BJJ Worlds Vet 2008
-1st purple med. heavy LA state Championship, 2009
*Am & Pro Mixed Marital Arts 2007-2008 3-1 overall
-Fighter of the night by Rear Necked Choke, 1st round UGC Krew of Gladiators Feb. 24th 2007
-Fight of the night Win by TKO, 1ST round Battle Zone, Sept. 15th 2007
-Win by TKO, 2nd round Battle Zone, Oct. 18th 2008


Adult BJJ Instructor- Gabe Barahona
American Top Team BROWN belt under Ricardo Liborio
Multiple State champion, Pan Am, ADDC and No Gi World metalist.
Am & Pro MMA
Bachelor's from Loyola University
-2009 La & Mississippi state Purple belt Absolute champion
-2009 La Purple Super Heavy, 2nd


Adult BJJ & No-Gi - Buddy Kiff
4 stripe BJJ Blue belt
Karate Brown belt
-2009 La State Championship;
-2nd Blue Super Heavy, 3rd No-Gi Adv Open & 3rd No-Gi Adv Super Heavy


Youth & Adult BJJ- Joshua Guidry
BJJ Nov. 2006 to current
4 Stripe BJJ blue
White Blet;
-3rd Med. Heavy, Gladiator Games 2007
-2nd Heavy, Blacklist Independence day 2007
-Blacklist 2007; 1st Heavy, 2nd open, 1st open No-Gi & 2nd Heavy No-Gi
Blacklist 2006; 3rd Heavy, 3rd Open & 2nd Heavy No-Gi
Blue belt;
-La open 2007; 3rd Med. Heavy, 3rd Open & 2nd Middle NOGI
-Kajun Kumite; 1st Open, 1st Open NOGI, 1st Med. Heavy & 1st Med. Heavy NOGI
-1st Med. Heavy, Gulf Coast Classic 2008
-1st Middleweight, La State 2008
-La State NOGI; 3rd Med. Heavy & 3rd Open Intermediate
-La Open; 3rd Med. Heavy & 3rd Advanced Open
-La State Champ 2009; 2nd Middleweight & 3rd Med. Heavy Advanced NOGI


BJJ, Kickboxing & Crossfit - Cy Landry
4 stripe BJJ Blue belt
2008 Intermediate La state champ, no gi 1st
2009 Blue belt Super Feather, La state champ 1st
2009 No-Gi Advanced Super Feather La state champ, 2nd
1st NOGI & 2nd Gi, NAGA July 4th 2009
Am MMA
Crossfit Level 1

Blacklist Schedule & info

Blacklist Mathews
Monday - Open at 3:00pm - 8:00pm.
Crossfit - 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Crossfit 101 - 7:00pm (Must Preregister)

Cardio Kickboxing - 6:00pm

Tuesday - Open 3:00pm - 9:00pm.
Crossfit - 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Mui Thai Kickboxing - 5:30pm

Youth BJJ - 6:30pm
Adult No-Gi - 6:30pm
Adult BJJ - 7:30pm

Wednesday - Open 3:00pm - 8:00pm.
Crossfit - 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Crossfit 101 - 7:00pm (Must preregister)

Cardio Kickboxing - 6:00pm.

Thursday - Open 3:00pm - 9:00pm

Crossfit - 3:00pm - 8:00pm
Mui Thai Kickboxing - 5:30pm
Youth BJJ - 6:30pm

Adult No-Gi - 6:30pm

Adult BJJ - 7:30pm

Friday - Open at 12:00pm- 6:00pm

Adult BJJ - 12:00 noon

Adult No-Gi - 1:00pm

Cardio Kickboxing - 5:00pm

Saturday - Open 9:00am - 12:00noon
Open mat - 10:00am

Blacklist Houma
Monday - Open 4:00pm - 9:00pm
Crossfit - 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Mui Thai Kickboxing - 5:30pm
Adult Beginners BJJ Technique - 6:15pm
Youth BJJ - 6:30pm
Adult BJJ - 7:30pm

Tuesday - Open 12:00pm - 2:00pm.

Lunch BJJ - Noon

Wednesday - Open 4:00pm - 9:00pm
Crossfit - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Mui Thai Kickboxing - 5:30pm
Adult Beginners BJJ Technique - 6:15pm
Youth BJJ - 6:30pm
Adult BJJ - 7:30pm

Thursday - Open 12:00pm - 2:00pm.

Lunch BJJ - Noon

Blacklist Class details;

Crossfit - Comprehensive fitness program, that addresses all aspects of fitness. Crossfit utilizes Olympic lifting, gymnastics & cardio. All fitness levels welcome.
Mui Thai Kickboxing; Ages 13 & up. High levels of cardiovascular, stamina and physical conditioning. Utilizing the quick hand work of western boxing and elbow, knee & leg striking of Thai & Dutch style kickboxing. This class uses jump ropes, med. Balls, Thai bags & mitt training in a 3-5 min round format. All fitness and Technique levels welcome. Blacklist T-shirt, hand wraps and gloves required. Head gear, mouth guard, shin pads and 16oz gloves required for sparring. Sparring is not a requirement!

Beginners BJJ; Ages 12 & up. Perfect for those just starting off or those needing to brush up on the basics. Basic Brazilian Jiu-jitsu techniques. Low cardio and physical impact. All fitness and technique levels welcome. Clean white, blue or black BJJ gi required.Adult BJJ ; Ages 13 & older. Great cardio! This class covers all the basics of Judo, submission wrestling and goes into great detail about Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu has proven itself as the most effective and dynamic ground fighting art in the world. Students will learn how to use leverage to submit or escape from larger attackers. Class begins with drills, then technique, followed by Sparring or “rolling”. Sparring is not required, but recommended. Clean white, blue or black BJJ Gi required.

NO-GI Submission wrestling; Ages 13 & older. Basic Wrestling & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu submissions, with modified no-gi grips. You will learn takedowns, positioning & finishes.

Lil Warriors; Ages 4-12. This program is great for those seeking discipline, courage & physical fitness. Students will learn the basics of Judo, Submission wrestling & Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. They also have the opportunity to train in stranger danger & the striking art of kickboxing. This is by far the most comprehensive youth martial arts program around. Students are divided up by age groups of 4-6, 7-9 & 10-12 years of age. Students earn belt promotions through grades, hard work, tournaments, student of the month, sparring & evaluations. Clean white, blue or black Gi is required.
Youth Kickboxing - ages 7-13. This program is offered to our Lil Warriors to round off there overall martial arts skills. The UFC has proven that BJJ, wrestling & Kickboxing are the best tools for real world protection. Blacklist T-shirt & gloves required. Sparring not required.

Cardio kickboxing; ages 12 & up. This class is perfect for those seeking high levels of Cardiovascular & fitness training. Taught by a MMA fighter, this class also teaches practical striking techniques and utilizes Crossfit for the best in all around fun fitness. All fitness levels welcome, but students must work on improving the overall fitness to keep up.

Open mat- All ages. This is a time to drill, spar and ask questions. There is no format and students have the opportunity to work on whatever they need help with.

Am and Pro MMA - Please speak with Derrick. Must be enrolled in our other programs.

Local papers writes about Blacklist L.L.C.

Duo prepares for world championships
Perry PitreSports Correspondent
Published: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 10:56 a.m.

Perry Pitre/Correspondent
Gabe Barahona (left) and Derrick Breaux practice their grappling move in preperation for the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, which begins Thursday in California.

LOCKPORT -- It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday in a small hot building on Main Street. Seven pairs of men and boys, paired off by size, eye each other warily. Derrick Breaux and Gabe Barahona, look around, and give the signal. And everyone begins to grapple.
At Blacklist Mixed Martial Arts, it’s just another day, as the students grasp each other, jockeying for position, leverage, anything to put their opponent on the ground. Elbows hook under knees. Forearms are pushed into opponents’ faces. Sweat rolls profusely.
A buzzer sounds, and the exhausted grapplers relax, panting, as Breaux and Barahona prep for the next drill.
It’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a martial art derived from judo. For Breaux and Barahona, it’s a calling, and a profession. And on this particular Saturday, it’s a final tune up.
Breaux and Barahona will be traveling to California this week, along with 2,000 other athletes, to compete in the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, held at Cal State-Long Beach. There, they will literally grapple with the best of them.
Breaux and Barahona took different roads to end up in the same place.
"A cousin of mine, who’s a black belt in Japanese Jitsu, was in the Marine Corps, and the Marines uses Jitsu for its ground fighting. Back then, in the early 90’s, they had just started Ultimate Fighting in California. So when he moved back to Louisiana, we went into his shed and built a cage and started putting on shows at the local civic centers. I used to help him put on the shows," said Breaux, who had no previous experience with martial arts.
"My cousin is about 5-(foot) 5, and he’s about 135 pounds soaking wet. So one day we’re sitting in the cage, and at the time I was into weightlifting. So we’re messing around, and he just slams me into the ground and chokes me unconscious. I’m out for like 30 seconds. So I wake up, get my bearings, go after him again, and he takes me out again with no effort at all. After that, I had to learn how someone so small could manhandle someone twice as strong as him," Breaux said chuckling.
Barahona said he and Breaux didn’t meet until 2003, but they started training around the same time.
With previous experience in Tae Kwon Do and karate, Barahona wound up fighting in Breaux’s cousin’s promotions, where the two met and began to train together.
"I was working the door, so I kind of knew who Gabe was. I ended up learning a ton from him, so I quit training locally, and started training with him and a few other guys. Since then, we’ve gotten very competitive, and we’re competing at a world level now," Breaux said.
Since they started training, the sport has grown in popularity.
"We matted out the floor in my garage at home and started training," Breaux says. "Then the word started spreading in the neighborhood, and before you know it, neighbors were complaining about all the cars."
Blacklist is currently occupying its second building in its short history, and will soon be moving into a third, larger facility, due to expanding class sizes. Jiu-Jitsu is gaining popularity, the two say, both because of its utility in mixed martial arts fighting and its easy translation into the real world.
"If you look at any bar fight, the two guys throw a couple of really bad punches, then they grab onto each other and start to roll around," Breaux said. "The guy who ends up on top usually wins. That’s the whole point here."
Danny Dufrene of Chauvin, whose son Drey, 11, is a student, said that the self-defense aspect of Jiu-Jitsu appealed to him, but that his son has other motivations.
"He wants to fight in a cage, and they use a lot of this," Dufrene said.
Eric Weaver of Lockport, whose son Joel, 9, grapples with the somewhat-larger Drey, watches the two intently.
"That’s the beauty of it. You’ve got a nine year old and an eleven year old, and the smaller guy can easily keep up and defend himself," Eric Weaver said.
Barahona concentrates on teaching adult classes while Breaux takes charge of the younger students.
"I don’t have any discipline. If the kids want to run around, I don’t have the heart to tell them to stop. So I’ll just say ëOk, y’all run around,’ " Barahona said.
Breaux has a more disciplined approach. School-age students are required to present their report cards.
"Only A’s and B’s are acceptable," Breaux says, adding that lower grades will be met with lots and lots of push-ups.
"They’re either going to be smart, or they’re going to be strong."
Or, they could up being both.
The World Jiu-Jitsu Championships will be held Thursday to Sunday in Long Beach, Calif.

Tri-Parish Times

Jiu-jitsu latest rage at Blacklist By KYLE CARRIER

A joint-lock submission and chokehold may sound like moves that belong in a World Wrestling Entertainment ring, but instead they are the backbone of a form of martial arts gaining interest in the Tri-parishes.When Derrick Breaux and Gabe Barahona opened Blacklist Jiu-Jitsu of Houma in July, they weren't sure what the response would be. After all, there are only two schools that teach the combat sport exclusively. Both are Blacklist sites owned by Breaux and Barahona. The duo opened their first location in Lockport three years ago. Based on the sport's popularity, they decided to open in Houma to expand business. The expansion has paid off so far; enrollment is on the incline. Jiu-jitsu is a Brazilian form of martial arts that uses a variety of locks, holds, grabs and submissions between competitors in an attempt to score pins or get the opponent to submit. Jiu-Jitsu promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend himself against a bigger, stronger assailant. Because of that, It's an effective form of self-defense, according to Barahona. "It's one of the more practical forms or martial arts," he said. "Jiu-jitsu uses a lot of locks and submission holds. It can get someone out of trouble or danger. They don't need to be proficient at it, but it is useful as a self-defense tool." Unlike traditional martial arts such as karate, tae-kwon-do or others, jiu-jitsu uses a more hands-on approach, especially during competitions. "It's a matter of staying in shape and understanding the competition," Barahona explained. "It's important to make sure you can go the entire match and pick up as many points as you need. In martial arts, the point scoring is more traditional and fitness isn't as big of a part because you'll still get points. "Jiu-jitsu is quite competitive. In fact, federations across the nation hold annual competitions throughout the year. Louisiana has roughly a dozen competitions. Depending on the division, competitors are given a certain time limit during which they can score points by making their opponent submit or by pinning them to the mat. Barohona competes at the national and world level. He recently missed the American Nationals because of the hurricanes, but that hasn't slowed him any. He continues to arrive each day at Blacklist to teach the art of jiu-jitsu to all who are willing to try. In the three years he's been teaching, Barohona said the most common misconception - and his first lesson - involves the number of chokeholds available to competitors. "When I first joined I thought there were only 10 submissions and their weren't many more that that," he recalled. "I was quickly educated that it's not a matter of how many submissions there are but a matter of how many sets are there. You can take one submission, and get to it three different ways ... like an arm bar or a leg lock. "He added, "There are an endless variety of submissions or chokeholds. "Barohona knows locals may know little about the sport, but that's where the idea for Blacklist was derived. "We have guys who have been with us for a while and who came in and just loved the idea of having a school open," he said. "Our kids' program is also a big hit in the area and our adult program has grown. There are a lot of people who hop right into it even they don't quite understand it initially. We offer a variety of classes so they don't have to be with the experienced guys. They can learn at their own pace. If they want to take the training up a notch, it's there. " Classes are available in several age ranges: 4 to 6 years old; 6 to 12 years old; 12 to 15 years old and 15-and-over. Barahona stressed that parents of younger kids don't have to worry about their children working with the older crowd. Instead, they will be with their respective age groups. With the Lockport location undergoing repairs caused by Hurricane Gustav, all operations have moved to the Houma location. All Blacklist enrollees are welcome at the Houma site until work at the Lockport site is completed. "We are definitely going to reopen at that location," he said. "We had great success with it. Our students are begging for it to come back." "We really want to thank the area with the way they responded to us," Barahona added. "We grew up in Houma and it's great to be able to do this for the area."ri-Parish Times