| David
"Rock" Jacobs Black Belt - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 2007 Men's #1 Rated Grappler - Overall World Rankings - GrapplingLeague.com 2007 US Grappling Copa NOVA - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Copa Atlantica - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Grapplers Quest North American Championships - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Grapplers Quest North American Championships - Black Belt Featherweight Champion 2007 North American Combat Sports Championships - Advanced lightweight gold medalist 2007 International Masters Seniors Silver Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2006 WKA East Coast Grappling Championships - Advanced lightweight gold medalist 2006 Abu Dhabi Trials Competitor 2005 International Masters Seniors Bronze Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2005 Pan American Bronze Medalist - Brown Belt Adult Featherweight 2005 Grapplers Quest Beast of the East - Brown Belt Lightweight Champion 2005 Grapplers Quest USA Team Trials Tournament Silver Medalist - Pro Division Lightweight 2004 Grapplers Quest USA Team Trials Tournament Bronze Medalist - Pro Division Lightweight 2000 Pan American Silver Medalist - Blue Belt Master Lightweight 1999 Pan American Silver Medalist - Blue Belt Master Lightweight 5X Grapplers Quest Advanced Division No Gi Champion Referee of numerous submission wrestling and jiu-jitsu tournaments including multiple CBJJ Pan AMs, and Grapplers Quests Division I wrestler |
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| Mark
Jones Black Belt - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Head Instructor, Kids Program 2007 International Masters Seniors Bronze Medalist - Black Belt 2006 Pan American Champion Brown Belt Senior - Middleweight Division. 2005 Pan American Gold Medalist - Brown Belt Masters Medium Heavyweight 2003 Pan American Silver Medalist- Purple Belt Masters Heavy weight 2002 Pan American Silver Medalist - Blue Belt Masters Heavy weight 2002 VABJJF Gustavo Machado - Blue Belt Champion 2002 Grapplers Quest U.S Nationals of Submission Grappling - Champion Mark was raised an Army Brat and lived all over the United States. He began his Martial Arts training at the age of 8, studying Tae Kwon Do while living in Honolulu, Hawaii. While serving in the U.S Army his interest in Martial Arts was revived after watching Royce Gracie defeat much larger opponents in the Ultimate Fighting Championships. Mark began training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 1999 and earned his Black Belt in 2007. Mark is a two time Pan American Gold Medalist, and holds a Bronze Medal from the Masters and Seniors Championship in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Mark served 8 years as a United States Paratrooper and served in both operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After an honorable discharge from the Army, he went on to graduate from Virginia State University. After college, Mark worked with troubled youth as a Probation Officer for the Fairfax County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Center for 8 years. He currently serves as an Attendance Officer for Loudoun County Public Schools. He is married and has two children. Mark has combined his love of martial arts with his understanding of working with young people and has developed a fun and safe environment for kids to learn Jiu Jitsu. |  |
| Bill
Easlick MMA 2007 Next Level Fighting 8 Champion 2006 Next Level Fighting 7 Champion Certified USA Boxing Coach Brown Belt Judo 2005 Shufu East Coast Open Champion Collegiate Wrestler 1998 San Shou Kickboxing U.S. Open Champion Former owner/head coach of the highly successful Steel Valley MMA, which produced some of the top ranked amateur MMA fighters in Ohio. |  |
| Yara Cordeiro Capoeira Yara Cordeiro holds a Bachelor's Degrees in psychology and physical education, and has been a physical education teacher for over ten years. She has Graduate Degrees in Sports Psychology and in Capoeira from the University of Brasilia (UnB) and a Master's Degree in Psychology from the Brasilia Catholic University (UCB). She has consistently directed her studies towards understanding the unexplored aspects of the relationship between capoeira and sports psychology. This has led to the publication of three books: Capoeira, Identidade e Adolescencia [Capoeira, Identity and Adolescence] (2008); Capoeira e desenvolvimento [Capoeira and development] (2005) and Capoeira e auto-estima [Capoeira and self-esteem], (1998/2003), the latter now in its second edition. Besides her academic work, in capoeira Yara has been a practitioner for over twenty-five years and a teacher for over twelve years. She has held workshops and given lectures about capoeira in Brazil and the U.S. Yara is qualified to teach capoeira to the most diverse groups: children, adolescents, adults, people with special needs and the elderly. She has created a special fitness program that uses capoeira movements for aerobic and localized exercises, as well as another program that uses capoeira movements as a form of body expression and for choreography. Yara has traveled around the world showing capoeira. She took part in workshops and shows in Brazil, the U.S., France, Switzerland, Germany and South Korea, among other countries. From 2000 to 2004, Yara also competed in regional, national and world championships, achieving the following ranks: IV Abada-capoeira Brazilian Games (August/2004) - Women's Champion IV Abada-capoeira World Games (August/2003) - Women's 4th place III Abada-capoeira Federal District Games (June/2003) - 4th place - Overall / Women's Champion III Abada-capoeira Brazilian Games (August/2002) - Women's 3rd place II Abada-capoeira Federal District Games (June/2002) - Game Champion / 4th place - Overall / Women's Champion II Abada-capoeira World Games (August/2001) - Women's 3rd place II Abada-capoeira Brazilian Games (September/2000) - Women's Champion II Abada-capoeira South-Brazilian Games (May/2000) - Woman Champion / Graduation Champion (green-purple) / Game Champion / Graduated Category - 3rd place For More information go to www.abadadc.com |  |
