Sandhills Gracie Jiu-Jitsu

Sandhills Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is a Team-ROC affiliate
under the instruction of Roy Marsh.  Roy is a 2-stripe
Purple Belt, having received his Blue Belt from Royce
Gracie and his Purple Belt from Rodrigo Gracie.  Roy is
the only instructor of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in the Sandhills
area.
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is the style that forever redefined the
martial arts world and showed what worked and didn't
work in real fighting situations.  It's focus is on
groundfighting (where the vast majority of fights end up)
and on submissions (which are not as affected by strength
or size differences as striking).  
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is great if you are a beginner or already
have a martial arts background and want a new challenge.
 At Sandhills Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, we are focused on
improving our skills and health in a "no ego" friendly
environment.
We are now located at 105 E.
Connecticut Ave., Suite B, Southern
Pines, NC at the

Martial Arts Academy of Southern
Pines
, Inc.
655 S. Bennett
Street, Ste. 1,
Southern Pines, NC
28387
A BIG congratulations to Jamie
Clark and Larry "Chuck" Hughes
for their promotions from Royce.  
Jamie received his long overdue
Blue Belt and Larry received a
fourth stripe on his Blue.  
910-603-1967
CLASS SCHEDULE
Kid's Classes
Tuesday: 4:30 - 5:15
Thursday: 4:30 - 5:15

Adult Classes
Tuesday: 7 pm - 9 pm
Wednesday: 7:30pm - 9 pm
Thursday: 7 pm - 9 pm
Friday: 7 pm - 9 pm (no gi)
Billy Dowey, Jason Culbreth, Jamie Clark, Royce
Gracie, Larry Hughes, Jason Yarborough
With Rodrigo Gracie
With Matt Serra
With Dave Camarillo
With Marcelo Garcia
Congratulations to all Team-ROC members who competed in the September 2007 Budweiser World Cup Grappling
Championships.  Team-ROC decimated the competition with members from Raleigh, Fayetteville, Chapel Hill, Southern Pines
and Greensboro taking medals.  From Southern Pines, Jamie Clark and Larry Hughes took Silver and Bronze as Blue Belts in
their respective weight classes and Shayne "O.C." Carlson took Silver in the Youth division with Roy Marsh taking Gold in the
Purple Belt Senior division.  Special notice goes to Evan Carville and Shane Cook who fought tremendous matches.  I want to
recognize that all the Sandhills crew fought for submissions rather than point wins.  
Apr. 5, 2007:  We want to thank Jason Culbreth for coming down from Raleigh to teach a great class.  There was a lot of
incredible information and it was a chance for the students to meet a Brown Belt.  Also, thanks to "Bubbly" for coming and
meeting the guys (and girl)
Amber, Evan, "Chuck", "Hoy"
and Billy with Dave Camarillo
NEWS UPDATES

  It's been a while since we've updated the site and a lot has gone on.  Larry "Chuck"
Hughes has received his long overdue Purple Belt from Greg Thompson who also
promoted Todd "Sleepy", Lee, Joey, Eric "Hoss", Kevin and Jason "Red Bull" to 2
stripe White Belts.  Evan Carville was promoted to a 3 stripe White Belt.  Jamie
received a stripe on his Blue and Heath was promoted to Blue.  Instructor Roy Marsh
received a second stripe on his Purple Belt from Rodrigo Gracie.  There have been
great seminars from Dave Camarillo, Greg Thompson and Rodrigo Gracie.
 Special recognition goes to Jamie Clark for winning his weight class in the Army
Combatives tournament at Fort Benning.  He will move on to represent Benning in the
All Army Combatives competition.  Also, RedBull won Gold at the 2007 Pendergrass
No-gi tournament and Lee fought very well there as well.  Redbull also took Bronze in
the NAGA competition.  
  Special thanks to Brian Morris for inviting Larry Hughes and Roy Marsh to help
train 3rd group Special Forces.  Our thoughts are with you guys.

 
 SPECIAL NOTE:  Women's classes now being held on Wednesdays and
Fridays at 11 a.m.
Greg Thompson Seminar
Team ROC
Larry feeling some Greg Love
Roy Feeling some Camarillo Love
                                       CLASS SCHEDULE

Kid's Classes:  Tue, Thur - 430pm to 515 pm.

Adult Classes:  Tue, Thur, Friday - 7pm to 830 pm.  Wed - 730 pm to 9 pm.
                                      Note:  Friday class is No-Gi and MMA.

Women's Classes:   Wednesday and Friday - 11 am to 1230 pm