Hot off the presses. Don't let sheltering in place / quarantine stop your Jiu Jitsu training. We find solutions and strive to always make the best of every situation. There was LOTS of great training in classes this week. GREAT job guys! ! ! Let's focus on staying strong, healthy, and working to be the best we can be. See you in our Digital Dojo! OSS ....
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Tour of our "Digital Dojo" / An Open House
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for video (12:44 min) Five Rings students, parents, family and friends, These are crazy times ... social distancing / shelter in place / quarantine lifestyle presents its challenges. We are trying as hard as we can at Five Rings to bridge the gap of distance by offering you a virtual experience. This is an open house of our digital dojo. Check out this video by Professor Tom: Click HERE
for video (12:44 min) Topics covered: 1. Remote Training Schedule + Zoom / Virtual Classes 2. Discourse - online forum / community 3. 5rjj.com --> Members' Only Section - blogs and archive 4. BJJ Library ....
Five Ring Members, Families and Friends, We hope this letter finds everyone safe and healthy in this unprecedented time. Five Rings Jiu Jitsu has been a part of the community for over a decade and during that time we have never experienced an event such as this, where we are facing the realities of a viral pandemic. As always, the health and security of our students and their families is of utmost importance to us. We are following the advice of medical experts on how to best approach our school’s interaction with you and your family. NEAR TERM: AS OF 9 am March 13, Five Rings is CLOSED In accordance with the Governor’s institution of a state of emergency and the ....
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2019 Visit to Riberio Jiu Jitsu in Brazil
I am extremely fortunate to be able to say I just returned from my fifth trip, in the past six years, to the headquarters of Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu in Brazil - A.K.A, Curu Curu Land in Niterói, Brazil. Frequently, Five Rings academy members ask me, “why do you go to Brazil for Jiu Jitsu training?” I respond by pointing out things like how much the training challenges me, how I enjoy the Brazilian culture, or how Professor Pagani’s style of BJJ is a good fit for the way my body works. In retrospect, however, I don’t think my responses give a clear picture of why I go through all of the trouble to train in Brazil. ....
Seven folks from Five Rings traveled up to British Columbia this last weekend (Dec. 20 + 21) to train with Professor Rodrigo Pagani.
Professor Tom Oberhue
Professor Dan VanDetta
Tim Hull
Leonard Jones
Paul Lively
Ryan Tool
Kris Lamping Five Rings has a long history with Professor Pagani. Both Tom and Tim have been to Professor Pagani's Curu Curu Land in Brazil five times. Also, we've had Rodrigo to Five Rings four times over the last ten years. We consider him our Jiu Jitsu uncle. ;-) We took a semi-private, participated in both of his public seminars (over 5 hours of content) and hung out with him on Friday night at dinner to catch up. It was terrific to ....
HUGE congratulations to the four competitors from Five Rings that traveled down to Anaheim, CA, to compete in the IBJJF No-Gi World Championships this last weekend. Just the very fact that you all participated in such a big event (a five day tournament with thousands of competitors doing top level Jiu Jitsu) is fantastic in and of itself. It's so cool to see how our sport is growing, evolving and flourishing. Also, for all those folks that have been attending Coach Kevin's No-Gi class and wondering why folks are so good ... now you know. Let's keep up the great training and evolution. ;-) Alan Barthold took Gold at Brown Belt / Master 5. Matt Krier took gold at Blue Belt / ....
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1st Degrees Awarded to Coach Kevin Dadik and Tim Hull - HUGE Congrats! ! !
Promotion to 1st Degree Black Belts
Coach Kevin Dadik and Tim Hull The month of December represents Coach Kevin Dadik's and Tim Hull's three year anniversary of earning their black belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Both are positive role models in different ways. Coach Kevin began training when he was fourteen years old and in high school. He's maintained his connection to Jiu Jitsu through many chapters of his life over the last fourteen years and is still going strong. He is always striving to evolve and grow while remembering to enjoy and appreciate all the good things Jiu Jitsu brings to his life. ....
The academy will be in spin-down mode
for the winter holiday (Dec. 21 - Jan. 3). There will be no instructional classes during this period; however, open gym times will be available. 12/21 | Sat | Open gym | 8:30 - 10:00 am 12/22 | Sun | Open gym | 8:00 - 9:30 am 12/23 - 26 | Mon - Thur | Academy closed
12/27 | Fri | Open gym | 7:00 - 8:30 am | 4:00 – 6:00 pm 12/28 | Sat | Open gym | 8:30 - 10:00 am | 12/28 | Sat | Youth Intra-Gym Tournament | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 12/29 | Sun | Open gym | 8:00 - 9:30 am 12/30 | Mon | Open gym | 7:00 - 8:30 am | 4:00 – 6:00 pm 12/31 + 1/3/20 | Tue - Fri | Academy closed
1/4/20 | Saturday | Full class schedule resumes ....
Youth SKILLZ Fall 2019 Graduation Week
Big congratulations to our Ninja, Samurai, Dragon, and Warrior / Shinsengumi kiddos (over 100 strong) for successfully completing their Fall Graduation ... lots of hard work, good focus, and a never give up attitude were displayed at all levels of last week's testing. These guys crushed the fall curriculum cycle. Hard work pays off. Five Rings strives to be a profoundly positive place for children to grow up strong, resilient, and capable. Keep up the GREAT work and striving to become the best version of yourself! ! ! :-) One of the Twelve Graduation session over the Week | Warrior / Shinsengumi
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December Curriculum Cycle
Game Plan Development
We want to help our kids develop a Jiu Jitsu game plan; to increase the overall understanding of the sport (how to play the game) and for those boys and girls wanting to participate in tournaments. Our focus will be on giving them a clear sense of what to do and how to do it. Week 1 Dec. 2 Starts (single legs, double legs, osoto gari, guard pulling) Week 2 Dec. 9 Getting to their hot spot (mount, back, guard) Week 3 Dec. 16 Maintain point advantage and finishing (armbars, chokes, etc.) Dec. 20 – Jan. 5 Winter Holiday Break / No formal classes Week 4 Dec. 28 ....
