Wow,
What a great week it's been. We just completed our largest Kids and adult Kickboxing testing to date. Congrats to all of you on your well deserved rank.

Per Ethan's request, the kids got to work Weeping Style on Thursday for a break after testing. I promised Tyler and Shane a pic on the blog, but only if they grimmaced in pain for my amusement! And Tyler pulled off a good #1 Wristlock! We learned a little about wristlocking, falling, rolling and throws. Good stuff for a change up from the regular.





We've also been working a lot of speed and conditioning training in the last 2 weeks between testing and awards. It's always good to spend time on athletic development so that you'll be able to do the skills you learn in class. It's good to see these kids valuing health and fitness. It starts early!

In Hot Springs we learned that French Fries aren't Vegetables! Although it would be nice if Chocolate, French Fries and Cheesecake were in the fruits and veggies category.....


This weekend it was a great honor to be training and rolling with ROBSON MOURA. Robson is a 7x World Champion, 8x Brazilian National Champion, a member of Team Nova Uniao and one of the greatest grapplers of all time. Many of us were able to take advantage of his time with Private lessons, training sessions and a Gi and No-Gi seminar on Saturday. I tried getting everyone in the pics, but its a bit difficult with so many folks!

Congrats to the following folks who received Rank:
Chris, David, and Buddy all got 1 Tip on their Blue Belt.
Grant got 2 tips on his Green Belt and Jason got 1 more tip on the White. Congrats to you all for your hard work.

Last but not least, congrats to Abby on her Faixa Marrom.