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Subject: Re: Creating A North Carolina(and surround areas) MMA Community

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Steve Loftin

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Date Posted: 09:35:21 11/27/08 Thu
In reply to: Kelvin 's message, "Creating A North Carolina(and surround areas) MMA Community" on 16:47:13 11/06/08 Thu

Jerry Moreno still teaches out of New Bern. He got his black belt from Luis Palhares. They train out of the Craven County fairgrounds complex. Jerry is very serious about his BJJ and has produced some monster fighters. Here is the website:

New Bern BJJ

Also we have Jake Whitfield now teaching out of Goldsboro. Jake is a brown belt under Royce Gracie and a great grappler. I believe he was ranked #1 at No Gi in the nation by NAGA several years ago when he was tearing through their tournament circuit. He also has several MMA fights under his belt. Here is his schools website:

Triangle Jiu Jitsu/

Also ABI's MMA Center is in Goldsboro. I don't know too much about them, but they have been around for a few years. From the looks of things they have a pretty big facility located just off of Berkely Blvd. Here is their site with a bit more info:

ABIs MMA

In Jacksonville there is Club Jiu Jitsu which has been around for a little while. They have guest instructors come in and teach from time to time. I know that some of the guys from the USMC wrestling team have been out there to teach techniques and roll in a BJJ format. They seem to have a good thing going. The director of the club is the wife of an active duty marine. She seems to be very passionate about the sport and has actually promoted a couple of MMA events in the area. Here is their website:

Club Jiu Jitsu

Those are some of the places out here in the east. Our area of the state is still fairly dry when it comes to good MMA & BJJ training so we tend to get a lot less publicity than Charlotte or the Triangle area. I hope this helps you out.

Steve
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Author: Kelvin Hunt [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:54:30 11/29/08 Sat Thanks Steve. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]