Holiday Schedule: There will be no class on: 11/27, 12/23, 12/25,  01/01/09.  Please keep an eye on this spot, as these dates may change.

11/16/2008:
Dave Arnold, Alex Blank, and Marc Yates went up north to compete in the Joslins' Candian Open grappling tournament.  This tournament continues to grow, and had a very large turn-out.  Some of the beginner divisions had 40+ competitors.  All of them represented well with some tough matches.  Alex brought home some hardware, winning his advanced adult middleweight divisions in gi and no-gi!  He also had possibly  the fastest submission of the day, a triangle in 15 seconds.  Awesome job Alex!

09/27/2008:
A very big congratulations to Alex Blank on his recent promotion to purple belt!  He has been working very diligently towards this goal and it really shows.  Not to mention how much of a beast on the mat he can be :)

09/07/2008:
And another congratulations, this time to Kevin McCain on his recent promotion to blue belt!  He has quickly absorbed everything thrown at him, while still sweating the details (no pun intended).  Great job!

I have a page that lists everyone I've ever promoted here.

Also, Darrin, Jim, and Jason recently competed at the Hayastan grappling tournament.  This was Jim and Darrin's first competition, and I was happy to see them applying what they have been learning.  Jason also had some tough matches in the intermediate division.  Congratulations guys for stepping on the mat!

08/22/2008:
Congratulations to Jason Wawro on his recent promotion to blue belt!  He's consistently been to class every week for the past 1.5 years and he really thinks about BJJ in his spare time too :)  The results speak for themselves, and I am proud to see him wearing the new belt.

08/11/2008:
Congrats to Dave Arnold and Marc Yates for heading down to the Jersey shore and competing in another big NAGA event, Battle at the Beach. Dave was very disappointed to not place, but he will learn, and be back tougher than ever!  Marc brought home a silver in purple-belt gi super-heavyweight, and silver no-gi advanced super-heavyweight.