Hey All-
Troy Barron and Kelly Brown recently started training with us and they happen to be the owners of Performance MMA. They have a fully stocked warehouse, pretty darn close to the gym, full of all the latest and greatest jiu-jitsu, mma and muay thai gear. I put a banner down on the right hand side of the blog that you can click on and go directly to their site to order. When you purchase through them you obviously help them out. I am a big fan of building local relationships and knowing where your money goes. It also helps out the gym when you access their site from ours.
So when you need something, you know where to go!
And thanks!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Your Kids at the Gym
Currently, it is no problem for your children to remain in the carpeted area of the gym or for them to be in the mat room. However, please read this cross post from the CrossFit site regarding the gym area of the academy, and thanks for taking the time to read over it:
We are always in the process of changing a lot of things at the gym (ultimately for the better we hope!). One of the things we are forced to deal with as we grow is the situation with children. I know some of you bring your kids when you train and we are happy that you are able to do that. In the future, we would like to have a full on kids room/day care center but it will be some time until that is possible. In the meantime we need to make some changes in order to keep the children as safe as possible while they are here, for the sake of liability and for the experience of the other clients that train here.
Here is the latest standard - once class starts (that's on the hour) all kids are to be off the black mat. They need to remain off the black mat until the close of class. Children may come on the black mat during off times under the direct supervision of their parents. However, they may no longer use the equipment. This means no hanging upside down on the rings, hanging from the pull-up bars, jumping on bumpers, moving KB's around etc. Parents please respect and enforce these rules with your own children so your trainer doesn't have to. Thank you. I know this is bummer for some of you but did we really want to wait for the first child to get a hand smashed under a heavy KB, or to fall head first upside down from the rings onto the mat? I don't think we did. So let's just address it now.
If you do want your little whippersnapper to do cool CrossFit stuff, you'll be thrilled to know that we are looking at implementing CF kids mid-Mayish. Tentatively we are looking to do this on M,W,F at 5PM (the same time as your class mom and dad!) Ages will range from 5 or 6 on up to 14 or 15. We are working on the pricing as well. We think this will be a great program and the value of having the kids class at the same time as the adults class is not lost on us.
Also, we are looking into hooking parents up with a couple of the older children of gym parents so that you can arrange with them to have your child taken care of here at the gym while you train. We'll keep you posted on this...
We are always in the process of changing a lot of things at the gym (ultimately for the better we hope!). One of the things we are forced to deal with as we grow is the situation with children. I know some of you bring your kids when you train and we are happy that you are able to do that. In the future, we would like to have a full on kids room/day care center but it will be some time until that is possible. In the meantime we need to make some changes in order to keep the children as safe as possible while they are here, for the sake of liability and for the experience of the other clients that train here.
Here is the latest standard - once class starts (that's on the hour) all kids are to be off the black mat. They need to remain off the black mat until the close of class. Children may come on the black mat during off times under the direct supervision of their parents. However, they may no longer use the equipment. This means no hanging upside down on the rings, hanging from the pull-up bars, jumping on bumpers, moving KB's around etc. Parents please respect and enforce these rules with your own children so your trainer doesn't have to. Thank you. I know this is bummer for some of you but did we really want to wait for the first child to get a hand smashed under a heavy KB, or to fall head first upside down from the rings onto the mat? I don't think we did. So let's just address it now.
If you do want your little whippersnapper to do cool CrossFit stuff, you'll be thrilled to know that we are looking at implementing CF kids mid-Mayish. Tentatively we are looking to do this on M,W,F at 5PM (the same time as your class mom and dad!) Ages will range from 5 or 6 on up to 14 or 15. We are working on the pricing as well. We think this will be a great program and the value of having the kids class at the same time as the adults class is not lost on us.
Also, we are looking into hooking parents up with a couple of the older children of gym parents so that you can arrange with them to have your child taken care of here at the gym while you train. We'll keep you posted on this...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Jiu-Jitsu Profile
Jiu Jitsu Profiles: Armand Debruge from Rick Ellis on Vimeo.
Cool video from Roy Sensei's site.Sunday, April 18, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Congratulations to Jason Randall!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
No Fundamental BJJ Class or Judo this Saturday...
We have tournaments both for BJJ & Judo to attend this Saturday so there will be no regularly scheduled classes. The 12:30 open mat is still on. Please come to Arvada high school if you have the time and cheer for your teammates! Good luck to all the competitors!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Congratulations Gracie Judo Club Competitors!!
A big congratulations to the kids who competed and placed in the Judo tournament last weekend:
Cameron McElroy 3rd
Sydney Beeler 3rd
Gabriel Cano 1st
Andy Cano 2nd
Jacob Dobrowski 3rd
And congratulations to all the competitors, it takes heart to get out there. You guys did great!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
New Gi's In, Tournament, Potluck...
The new kimonos are in and they are pretty sweet. They are a one piece top now and a single type of weave - a little lighter than the old ones (good for summer!). We also have white. An extra gi is $100 and the black ones are $125 (we only have a handful of those). We have a few 6 & 7 sizes left in the first batch of gi's and those are on sale for $75/each.
If the loops have torn on your pants, take them to the cleaners just a few doors down and they will sew them for you for just a few dollars. They will sew patches and other stuff as well. The owner really appreciates any business we can send their way!
Also, we are having a potluck here at the academy on Saturday 4/24 starting at 12:30. Please bring something to eat or drink and feel free to bring your family and friends. You can train in Professor's class and then come and hang out or just show up at 12:30 ready to eat.
Also, the RMBJJF tournament is Saturday 4/17 at Arvada High School. If you are planning on competing you need to be at the next competition meeting which is Friday 4/9 at 5PM. If you're not competing but want to help your team get ready and get in some good training please come and help out (2 stripes and up).
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Training...
Kids classes are getting big!
Kru Marc fogging up the camera with his class
Drew workin' the pass
Ted & Coach
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