iCAT & Bestway BJJ Join Forces

We are please to announce our new partnership between two of the best Martial Arts Associations in the United States: iCat, Integrated Combat Arts Training & Bestway Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With this new partnership all iCat schools will be able to introduce the Best Way BJJ curriculum in their locations through our affiliation program as well as our current Best Way BJJ schools will be able to do offer all the top reality self-defense techniques offered by iCat and their association program.

About iCat

iCAT is owned and operated by the Legendary Joe Lewis, and reality martial arts experts Walt Lysak Jr., and Richard Ryan.

Rich Ryan and Walt Lysak Jr. spent almost parallel lives of total emersion in dozens of fighting systems and countless hours of deep scientific research to develop two of the worlds most effective, efficient and respected methods for realistic self-defense Ryan Ryans Dynamic Combat and Lysaks Sento.

After they met and then trained together they did what nobody else had ever done they merged these two systems to produce an even more cutting edge, comprehensive and effective approach to reality i.C.AT. C.O.R.E.

Bothered with how many people clung to outdated tactics and discouraged their students from cross training they decided to teach people how to properly blend skills effectively in a cross training (integrated training) environment.

Still desiring to continue the useful ritual of integrated training and open mindedness that got them where they were in the martial arts and by no means feeling that they had all the answers Lysak and Ryan broke common tradition once again and brought in large group of their contemporaries which consisted of some of the best martial artists on the planet to serve as both advisors and specialists to team i.C.A.T., this group is now well known as the iCAT Masters Alliance.

Many industry greats felt this was one of the best and most innovative ideas to hit the martial arts world in many, many, years.

A few years into the development of iCAT, Joe Lewis, one of the worlds most legendary martial artists, joined the iCAT Team, and was directly involved with helping to develop a reality martial arts program like no other..

Visit the iCat website and get to know more about this incredible system.

About Bestway Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

Best Way Jiu Jitsu, founded in 1996 by Andre “Dedeco” Almeida, has quickly become a force in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world, both in Brazil and in the US. After an incredibly successful career as a Jiu Jitsu practioner, Andre dedicated himself to ensuring that his expertise in Jiu Jitsu was passed on to the next generation. To do this, he formed his own school and called it Best Way Jiu Jitsu. To date, he has graduated 26 Black Belts after rigorous training and testing protocols. The Best Way family is represented on the Champions podium at all major tournaments.

In 2003, Best Way came to the USA! There are now 10 large, well-respected schools in the Northeast. Best Way is making its presence known in all of the East Coast tournaments with a string of victories. Luigi Mondelli continues Dedeco’s tradition of hard work, excellent instruction and competitive training. The Best Way family works hard and plays hard. Please stop at one of our locations to see if you would like to learn the real thing in a challenging but fun environment