Our Re-Opening Protocol: Best Practices for Health & Safety

Our Re-Opening Protocol: Best Practices for Health & Safety

Folks, exciting news: It seems the sacrifices and efforts people have made to slow the spread of coronavirus are paying dividends.  We’ve been working hard on our re-opening plan — a plan that doesn’t just follow the law, but goes above and beyond what the law requires to prioritize health and safety. We have that plan, and you can read it in full below if you like. I’ll also provide a quick summary. Why are we telling you about this plan now? For the first time, it seems like we have a tentative schedule for re-opening. Currently, our state is Read more »

The History of BJJ: A Starting Point

The History of BJJ: A Starting Point

All history is political history. Anybody who tells you different is selling something. That applies to martial arts history, too: There are facts that are objective, but — especially when you’re dealing with events that happened years ago — truth is a negotiated matter. This isn’t to say we shouldn’t always try to get at the whole truth — we absolutely should! — but to explain why we’re so excited for Robert Drysdale’s “Closed Guard” film. Currently, there simply aren’t any indispensable one-stop resources for a credible history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Watching Drysdale take his historian’s approach to the project Read more »

A Look Back At Year One

A Look Back At Year One

One year ago today, we opened our new academy in downtown Bellingham.  If you’re reading this, you joined us at some point in the last year — so thank you for that. Thank you for sharing a host of great memories from the first 365 days, and thank you for sticking with us during the current closure. It’s been an incredible season. In just our first year as an academy we’ve: * Hosted seminars by people we love and admire, such as Dominyka Obelenyte, Dave Camarillo, Felicia Oh, Seph Smith, Jake Whitfield, Cody Maltais, Pete McGregor, D’Juan Owens, Jeff Glover, Read more »