Growth is a beautiful thing! 21 promotions deserved and earned this week. Jigaro Kano said the ultimate goal is to perfect yourself and contribute something of value to the world. We are doing our part in developing solid citizens. Congratulations to everyone!
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Great showing and fun day! We had 4 athletes competing. Shakia Harris 1st place in Purple Belt Super Heavy. 2nd place in Purple Belt Open. Didn’t surrender a single point all day! Rob Mooney 2nd place Purple Belt weight category. Finished a nice choke in his first match! Daron Britain finished 2nd in his white […]
Both Ricky Jones Junior and Josh Rivera won their MMA fights last Saturday night in Bowling Green. Josh a round 1 victory via unanswered strikes against a turtled up opponent. Ricky used superior cage control, clinch striking, takedowns and Jiu-Jitsu in route to a masterful 2nd round submission victory.
We took 15 competitors to the Midwest BJJ Nationals October 14th. The team brought home 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals! Our athletes scored many submissions including ezekial chokes, triangle chokes, and armlocks! As always it was a fun and well organized event!
Josh Rivera made his MMA debut September 19th with a decision victory. The fight featured lots of action including flying strikes, hard kicks and punches, big takedowns, a jumping back take and near armlock submission! The fight garnered ‘Fight of The Night’ accolades as well.
Matthew recently competed in New Breed Chicago. He secured a 1st place and 2nd place medals!
Our Kids Judo class on Saturdays is going great!