More great photos from our classes! Thanks to Shawn Highfill!
Things that Make Me Smile…People Engaged and Learning BJJ
Good Training and a Lot of Promotions!
Congratulations to Daniel, Guadlupe, Anna, Tritan, Yovanny, Jayden and Sebastian on getting their 2nd stripes!
No-Gi Good Times
Shawn Highfill was kind enough to take some great photos from our Sunday No-Gi class that I thought were too cool and had to be shared:
Stressed Out 9-year Old…
One of my new girl students said to me tonight, “I’m really stressed out.” I replied with, “well, you came to the right place!” She looked at me puzzled and I said, “BJJ is an escape from all your problems and troubles, because you literally cannot think of anything else when you are rolling. Furthermore, it solves problems with kids before they start. When you love BJJ, you don’t want to get into trouble, you don’t want to get into drugs or alcohol. BJJ becomes a positive and healthy addiction, because you avoid bad things keeping you away from the mats and do your best to take care of the good things that you must do to earn your mat-time. Make sense?” She smiled, said “yup” and started shrimpin’. I know BJJ isn’t for everyone, but I think everyone kid could use a healthy dose of what I get from it!
In a way, I’m proud that Quincy BJJ is inadvertently supporting the Quincy CTC mission by helping youth stay way from drugs and alcohol.
Congratulations to Jayden Elmore on his first stripe!
Jayden has blended his wrestling experience with BJJ and has really been picking up BJJ at a phenomenal rate. Congratulations on your first stripe, Jayden!
Congratulations to Daniel, Guadalupe, Trytan, Anna and Christan for earning another stripe!
Congratulations to Daniel, Guadalupe, Trytan, Anna and Christan for earning another stripe!
Congratulations to Yovanni Birrueta & Sebastian Ortiz on earning their first stripes
Congratulations to Yovanni Birrueta & Sebastian on earning their first stripes!
Congratulations to Timmy Silvas on Getting Striped
It’s been good to have Timmy Silvas coming in for classes and sharing his wrestling skills and competitive rolling with all of us at Quincy Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I shared a story with the class about how Timmy caught me off-guard in one of our rolls with a beautiful throw from a Russian Tie that was so good I had to have him teach it to the adult class Wednesday night.
Congratulations to Timmy for earning his first stripe!
Medal Ceremony & Big Promotions Following the March Revolution
A portion of Monday’s BJJ classes were dedicated to the Medal Presentation Ceremony, hanging our latest “hardware” from the March Revolution on the Wall of Champions in the Quincy High School Wrestling Room:
- Cynthia Ramirez – 1st Place
- Naomi James – 3rd Place
- Julian Trejo – 2nd Place
- Yordi Trejo – 3rd Place
- Mike Wallace – 1st Place
- Greg Martinez – 1st Place
Congratulations were also in order for Naomi James, Jace Arnall, Julian Trejo, Yordi Trejo and Mike Wallace for acquiring another stripe for their belts. By authority and direct order of my coach, Jimmy Thompson, I was able to promote Greg Martinez to blue-belt, passing on the blue-belt given to me! Lastly, we made sure to leave just enough time for Greg to “run the gauntlet”!
Greg Martinez getting his blue belt on 3/12/13.
