Weddings, Cage Fights and Promotions Oh My!

Hey Gang, sorry I have not posted in a while, but life has been busy. Congratulations to Ryan "Tank" Jones in his first round Victory at Shofight on May 13th. Defeating his opponent and making him tap from strikes 2:30 minutes of the first round. 50 of us attended the beatdown and represented the school in a strong showing. Congratulations to Jake "The Afro Samurai" Peebles in his third round Submission victory at the Cage Fights in Harrison on May 7th. Also Jake advanced by passing his White Belt Fundamentals on May 1st.
Congratulations to Danny and Crystal Fraser in the first ever Dojo BDJJ Wedding that took place on Tuesday May 17th. Officiating the wedding was Pete Ramsey and it was awesome, especially there wedding dance/fight. I am so happy for both of them and I know they are happy with each other.
Let's continue to keep up with great attendance in class because we have a huge testing coming up in late August.

Peace and let's keep rollin...........

Promotions

Hey Gang, The start of this year 2011 has been full of surprises for me in my personal life, and I hope that my attitude about it has reflected how going through tough times can be better served with an upbeat attitude than a "Pity Party". Having said that, I have enjoyed teaching and we have experianced growth, no growth, interest and no interest............AAAH the ups and downs of Martial Arts, gotta love it. Congratulations to the following students; Crystal Rhyne-Wilburn, Gold Belt Hunter McCutcheon, Blue Belt Gabe Chism, Orange Belt Alex Nichols, Orange Belt Keep up the great work and great class attendance. Some really good tests done by all, but Hunter your Blue Belt test was exceptional. You are truley ate up with Jiu-Jitsu and carry that attitude in everything you do. Peace.........and let's keep rollin'

Promotions

Hey Gang,

Just wanted to congradulate the following students on their rank promotions;

Danny "Hightower" Fraser, Brown Belt 2nd Degree
Crystal Rhyne-Wilburn, Gold Belt

Keep up the great work and see you in class.

Peace and let's keep rollin'.............

Nixa, Missouri Tournament

Hey Gang,

Great turnout at Nixa. It was a large Grappling gathering. I will tell you it felt good not to be in charge. Congratulations to our competitors;
Jake Peebles, 2nd Gi, mens division
Gabe Chism, 1st Beginner 11-12 Gi, 2nd Beginner NoGi 11-12
Hunter McCutcheon, 3rd Advanced 7-8 Gi
Alex Nichols, 2nd 9-10 beginner Gi, 3rd 9-10 Beginner NoGi

I am very proud of all the competitors and a great showing of support from all the parents, friends and family that attended. Look forward to the next one and hopefully more competitors will be there for BDJJ.

Peace.........and let's keep rollin'

School Field Trip

Hey Gang,

We had our first school field trip with 16 of us that went to Fullcrum 360 Jiu-Jitsu, operated by Rick Koenig. Let me first say how warm the reception was that greeted us when we hooked up with their school. They had a sweet Dojo and a great group of students that were like-minded.
Top level Jiu-Jitsu, excellent class led by all of Fullcrum 360's Instructor's. Thank you goes out to Rick Koenig, Mike Leake, and Jeff Pardeck.

We have a tournament coming up in February and we are going as a school and probably with Fullcrum 360 Jiu-Jitsu. Keep up the great work.


Peace and let's keep rollin'..........

Updates, Healing and Training

Hey Gang,

I heard from Todd Scarborough today and his surgery went well. It was a clean tear right off the bone of the bicep tendon. They repaired it and he will be back to training in about two months. Great class tonight and some concerns with the new schedule, so I made the following change;

Tuesday Kid's 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Adult 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Thursday Adult 8:00pm to 9:00pm

Friday Kid's 5:30pm to 6:30pm

Saturday (Invite Only) 6:00 am to 7:30am

Keep up the good work, Peace............and let's keep Rollin'

New Year

Hey Gang,

Great classes this week. I have to report that Todd Scarborough pulled his bicep tendon this morning training positional control. Remember, never reach out to the far knee. Todd is as tough as they come and will be back after surgery. We have had full classes all week so let's keep up the committment to train.

Upcoming Notifications;

Thursday Classes changed to 8pm to 930pm.

Joint Dojo group training with BDJJ and Fullcrum 360 Jiu-Jitsu in Hollister January 15th at 11am to 1pm, no charge and we will plan to leave Harrison at 10am.

Andrew Cargill Seminar at Fullcrum 360 Jiu-Jitsu in Hollister: $50.00 February 5th.

Professional Photo Shoot, Thursday January 27th starting at 4pm, flyers at the Dojo.

Peace..........And let's keep Rollin'.....