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Meet Our Newest Staff Member… Melanie Cebula

Welcome Mrs. Trainspotting!

My name is Melanie Cebula, I am Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula’s wife.   My husband and I know many of you.  Keith teaches Jiu Jitsu classes, I have attended the women’s Muay Thai classes and our daughter, Megan attends the tiny ninja classes on Mondays and Wednesdays.  I have been hired to run the Crazy 88 BJJ after-school program and to man the front desk.  My training started several weeks ago.  I met with Julius to review what Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai  is and the differences between the two.  I also watched a very good video regarding enrollments in a martial arts environment.  I would highly recommend the video to anyone who is interested.

Ms. Cathy has taught me how the tours are to be conducted, how she handles the calls and sets up appointments.  I have put in hours driving the new 15 passenger van that Julius purchased for the after-school program.  I have passed STAND  training (a child safety education program) and will be certified in CPR and First Aid.  I truly appreciate the opportunity that Julius has given me and my husband to work and participate in such a family friendly place as Crazy 88.

I think the after-school program is a great addition.  We will pick your children up from school, bring them here, keep an eye on them while they do their homework and get them ready for class.   As a mother of two, I found it difficult, after working all day, to pick up my children from daycare  just to turn around and take them to class. There were many nights that I decided to go home instead.  I would have loved the after-school program.

I previously worked the front desk at a small dermatology office and before that I worked retail for many years.  Working for Crazy 88,  I will be able to spend more time with my kids, meaning they will be with me all day.  This knowledge both scares me and excites me.  When both kids were born I was back to work within 6-7 weeks.  I will be able to try homeschooling Megan in the morning and I will be able to take both kids with me to work in the afternoon.  Please pray for our sanity.

I thought my husband was crazy when he took up Jiu Jitsu three years ago and started spending all his time here.  Now I totally get it and I will be here all the time too.  Correction! The entire Cebula family will be here all the time.

Melanie Cebula

2009 White Belt Battle Royale (Holiday Edition) Roster

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Tentative Roster
All weight classes are less than the weight listed so 160 means “less than 160 lbs”.  Current weight class listings are approximate, we will do weigh-ins the day of the competition.
  • White Belt (true beginner division)
    • Womens
      • Cammie J (Ivey League)
      • Cynthia Santiago (Crazy 88)
    • Mens
      • 170
        • Rashib (Crazy 88)
      • 180
        • Tom Shrum (Crazy 88)
      • 205+
        • Brandon Hendrickson (Ivey League)
        • Rob Haywood (Crazy 88)
  • White Belt (standard)
    • Womens
      • Teresa Russin (Ivey League) 135
      • Egypt Koslaski (Ivey League) 138
      • Katy McCabe (LIMAA) 150
      • Anene Wynn (LIMAA) 133
    • Mens
      • 150
        • Jason Smith (Crazy 88)
        • Abdullah Muhammad (LIMAA)
      • 160
        • GymKata (Crazy 88)
        • Travis Outten (Crazy 88)
        • Hernan Guadalupe (Crazy 88)
        • Frank Schittino (Crazy 88)
        • Chris Rahmani (Crazy 88)
      • 170
        • Matt Crosson Burr (Crazy 88)
      • 180
        • *JC Cuffee (LIMAA)
      • 190
        • *Timothy Woods (LIMAA)
        • Mike Scheck (Crazy 88)
        • Aleksey Nagoga (Crazy 88)
        • *Tyrone Eaton (Crazy 88)
        • Charles DimAwng (Crazy 88)
        • Chris Scott (Crazy 88)
        • *Nick Lasalle (Crazy 88)
      • 205
        • Brian Clifton (Crazy 88)
        • Ibrahim Jennai (LIMAA)
        • Jermaine Mathis (Crazy 88)
        • Jeff Rermgosakul (Crazy 88)
      • 205+ (higher weight class will be added at tournament)
        • Ian Gram (Ivey League)
        • Erik Davis (Ivey League)
        • *Harry McNeil (LIMAA)
        • *Miguel Medina (LIMAA)
        • *Marco Hall (LIMAA)
        • *Ismael Reyes (LIMAA)
        • Damien Morris (Crazy 88)
        • Alfonso Washington (Crazy 88)
        • Zach Clark (Crazy 88)
        • Scott Kamins (Crazy 88)
        • Steve Malloy (Crazy 88)
Your instructors will be on hand watching - for better or for worse!!!

"Your White Belt is Making Up Moves." "YOUR White Belt you mean!"

Crazy 88 vs. Fort Meade BJJ Dual Meet

Crazy 88 BJJ held a White Belt dual meet on Wednesday, Sept 10th vs. Fort Meade BJJ, starting at 7:15 PM.  All matches will follow normal CBJJ rules with the addition of a “mercy” rule or Technical Fall when one grappler gains an advantage of 20+ points on his opponent. 

Team scoring will be as follows…

  • Submission Victory – 6 pts
  • Technical Fall (20+ pts ahead) – 5 pts
  • Major Victory (10+ pts ahead) – 4 pts
  • Points Victory – 3 pts

 

The results are as follows…

TEAM SCORE: Crazy 88 def. Ft. Meade BJJ: 25-4

Kids: “American Idol” (Crazy 88) def. Greg (Ft. Meade BJJ): 9-4

<150 lbs: “Never Back Down” (Crazy 88) def. ??? (Ft. Meade BJJ): TRIANGLE

<160 lbs: Jeff Mueller (Crazy 88) def. Hon (Ft. Meade BJJ): EZEKIELLE

<170 lbs: Tyler Woods (Crazy 88) def. Deek (Ft. Meade BJJ): 3-0

<180 lbs: “Oz” (Crazy 88) def. Chirles (Ft. Meade BJJ): 12-0

<190 lbs: “Smallville” (Crazy 88) def. Charles (Ft. Meade BJJ): 4-3

<200 lbs: “Devastator” (Crazy 88) def. Chris Cochran (Ft. Meade BJJ): 5-0

200+ lbs: Chris Cochran (Ft. Meade BJJ) def. “MMA” Mike (Crazy 88): 18-0

Submission-Only Super Fight: Orion (Ft. Meade BJJ) def. “Hawaiian Punch” (Third Law BJJ): ARMBAR