School is about to end for the summer and now is the time to enroll your kids in fun activities to keep them active. We will be offering a 3 month children’s brazilian jiu jitsu and boxing membership for $85 per month to anyone that is currently an elementary or high school student. This offer will only be available until June 15 so please sign up soon if you want to take advantage of this great opportunity.
NAGA Arizona 2012 Results
We sent a team of 5 to compete at NAGA Arizona today. Everyone gave it their all and did an amazing job of representing our gym. We are super proud of all of our competitors. Out of 5 competitors we brought home 3 gold’s and a 1 silver. The results are below:
Kelile Bradley: 1st place in Gi and No-Gi teens divisions
Austin Roman: 1st place in Gi white belt kids division
Casey: 2nd place in adult gi white belt division
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NAGA Arizona Tournament This Saturday & New Muay Thai Class
NAGA Arizona This Weekend
This weekend NAGA Arizona will be at Phoenix College. We will be sending a team to compete. If you plan to compete remember you can weigh in Friday for the Saturday Tournament. Also remember to register under JCBJJ and put Kevin Scott as your coach. If you would like to pre-register the form is here. You can register at the door but remember you need to pay cash if you do that. Friday weigh-ins are at Phoenix College and will run from 6pm-8pm. For more information visit the NAGA Arizona Site.
Friday Muay Thai Class
We will be adding muay thai to our Friday Schedule from 6pm-7pm starting this Friday, May 4th.
4th Arizona Kids BJJ Cup Results
We had 2 of our members travel to Mesa, AZ, to compete in the 4th Arizona Kids Cup. Luke Walker took home a 1st place medal in the Teen Medium Heavyweight class. Austin Roman had 2 exhibition matches winning one and losing one. Both competitors did a great job and really represented our team well.
In House Tournament Results
We had a great tournament last night with lots of action. Everyone came ready to compete and wanted that NAGA entrance price. Our big winner was Jose Suarez. He came in weighing 210 and fought 3 tough matches. We can’t wait to see him compete in the future. The results are below and we will have pictures posted shortly.
Results:
…..-1st Place: Jose Suarez (210 pounds)
…..-2nd Place: Kelile Bradley (153 pounds)
…..-3rd Place: Robert Springer (170 pounds) & Alex Hagstedt (145)
In House White Belt Tournament Tonight at 7:30pm!
Just reminding everyone that tonight is our in house white belt bjj tournament. This tournament is no-gi and open weight class. Tournament entrance is only $5. We will begin the tournament at 7:30 pm and it will run until about 8pm. The tournament winner will receive FREE entrance into NAGA Arizona on May 5 ($100 value). This is your opportunity to get practice competing in a tournament and either winning free entrance into NAGA or support one of your team members entrance. We hope to see everyone competing and supporting tonight.
Remember Judo/Takedown class will be at 6pm as normal tonight. Our adult bjj class that normally runs from 7pm-8pm will be open mat tonight due to the tournament.
Upcoming In House Tournament this Wednesday (4/18)
In House White Belt Tournament
We will be holding an in house white belt open weight class tournament on Wednesday (4/18) at 7:30pm. There is a $5 entrance fee and the winner of the tournament will receive paid entrance into the NAGA Arizona tournament on May 5. This tournament will be run based on the IBJJF rules/scoring system. This is a great opportunity to test out your tournament gameplan and possibly win free entrance into the NAGA Arizona tournament. Judo/Takedown class will still run as normal from 6pm-7pm on Wednesday and the normal BJJ all levels class will be an open mat for those not competing in our in-house tournament.
Win a Black Gameness Elite Gi!!!
We are running a referral contest from now through May 31st. For every member you refer that signs up for the 1 year membership you will receive 1 free month of training and 1 entry into the raffle for a free black Gameness Elite kimono (valued at $259). The more members you refer the more free training you will receive and the more entries you will have in the raffle for the kimono.
New Schedule is Out, New Equipment Packages, and Upcoming Tournaments!!
New Schedule Is Out
After testing out different classes and getting feedback from our members we have created our final schedule. We had to remove the kids 3-5 year old BJJ classes due to a conflict with our boxing classes. Our BJJ fundamentals classes have merged with our all levels BJJ classes as well. We have noticed it works better to incorporate fundamentals into the all levels class to keep everyone sharp. Even the most advanced bjj practitioner will tell you the fundamentals are the most important part of their skill sets. Now all members from beginner to advanced will always get some practice on their fundamental skills. The classes will now start with a position we will study for 1-2 weeks. We will start with the fundamentals of that position and then build to the more advanced options throughout the 1-2 week course. We’ve noticed this system seems to work the best for everyone. The final change you will see is we have changed Saturday’s judo class to a takedown class without the gi and our Saturday bjj class has changed to a bjj open mat. On weekends we will be competing as a team the Saturday class will change to open mat from 11-1pm.
New Equipment Packages
We have been working with Revgear and Gameness to create some equipment packages for all of our members. We will have a beginner’s and advanced bjj and Kickboxing/boxing package as well as a kids boxing and women’s boxing package. We are working on final pricing now with the companies and will post these packages in the next few days. These packages will save you a significant amount of money and have everything you need for classes. All of our classes are growing and we are beginning have more members than gear you can borrow. Remember all members are supposed to supply their own boxing/kickboxing gear and BJJ students need to have their own gi by the end of their first month.
Free Gameness Air Gi with 6 Months, 1 Year, 2 years, & Lifetime Memberships
Anyone that signs up for a 6 month, 1 year, 2, year, or lifetime membership paid in full up front will receive a Gameness Air Gi (your choice of white, blue, or black). Remember to get this deal you need to pay for your membership up front. The cost on our 6 month up front membership is currently $510, our 12 month up front membership is $900, our 2 year up front membership is $1200 (only 3 of these left), and our Lifetime membership is $2500 (only 1 of these left). On top of that these memberships will save you on your equipment purchases. 6 month memberships will save you 5% off all equipment you purchase through us, the 12 month membership will save you 10%, the 2 year membership will save you 20%, and lifetime members get equipment at our wholesale cost.
Upcoming Tournaments
We have 3 tournaments coming up in the next few weeks. April 21st is the Kids Cup in Mesa, AZ at Westwood High School. You must pre-register for this tournament by April 16. The Phoenix Open is the following weekend on April 28th at Phoenix College. You must pre-register for this event by April 20th. Then, Naga Arizona will be the following weekend on May 5th at Phoenix College. Pre-registration is not required for this event but you get a t-shirt if you pre-register by April 27th.
New Women’s Boxing Fitness Class and Conditioning Class Change
New Women’s Boxing Fitness Classes!!!
We’ve added a women’s boxing fitness class to our schedule. The class will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00pm-7:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am-11:00am. If you want to learn to box for self defense while getting an incredible workout than this is the class for you. For a limited time we will be offering this class for just $50 month. The first women’s boxing fitness class will be this Thursday 3/29.
Conditioning Classes Canceled Until Further Notice
Conditioning classes will be canceled until further notice. We will be re-opening these classes in the future with more space, equipment and a dedicated strength and conditioning instructor. For now we will be integrating some sport specific conditioning into the end of our competition classes Monday-Friday. We will also be posting workouts for you to follow on your own in the Workout of the Day section.
New Muay Thai Class, Updated Schedule & Upcoming Tournaments
New Muay Thai Class
We have officially added Muay Thai kickboxing to our schedule. This class will run on Monday and Wednesday night from 8pm-9pm. The required equipment for this class is approved 16 oz boxing gloves, mexican style handwraps, groin protection, and shin guards. We have some equipment available to borrow, but suggest you buy your own. You can purchase all your equipment through us at a much cheaper rate than market value or purchase approved equipment from another retailer.
Updated Schedule
We have updated our schedule again to show the newly added Muay Thai classes. We have also changed the Saturday practice schedule. Our Saturday schedule is now Judo from 11am-12pm and then your choice of all level no-gi bjj or boxing from 12pm-1pm. You can pick up a new schedule at the gym or go here.
Competition Team Practice
Since we have both a gi and no-gi tournament coming up we will be training both gi and no-gi in our competition classes. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday’s competition class will be a gi class. Tuesday and Thursday’s competition class will be a no-gi class.
Upcoming Tournament Schedule
We have multiple upcoming tournaments that we will be competing in. The first tournament will be the 4th Arizona Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Kids Cup on April 21st at Westwood High School in Mesa, AZ. Up next is the IBJJF Phoenix International Open on April 28 (location has not been verified yet). The following week NAGA will be holding the 2012 NAGA Arizona Grappling Championships on May 5 at Phoenix College. After that we would like to send a team to the 2012 IBJJF World Championships in California from May 31 through June 3rd. The last big event we will be competing in for the summer will be the 2012 Arizona State Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships (date and location have yet to be announced).