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Jeff’s new Omoplata instructional is live!

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Jeff’s new Omoplata instructional is live!

Folks, we really appreciate your hanging in with us and staying engaged with jiu-jitsu during the time of coronavirus. As thank you, all members get access to our new labor of love: the Omoplata System! Available now for Bellingham BJJ students: #Omoplatapalooza is LIVE at omoplatasystem.com! We’re so excited about this one: Jeff has always wanted to get his entire omoplata system down in a video instructional, and now it’s here. We worked long hours, painstakingly organizing, scripting, editing and filming to be sure the information is accessible to folks from white belt to black belt. We recruited great jiujitsu Read more »

Our academy is closed until May 1 at earliest, but here’s why and how you can keep engaged

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Our academy is closed until May 1 at earliest, but here’s why and how you can keep engaged

Dear friends: First, and always most important, thank you. It’s been an enormous comfort (and often a relief!) to hear your gracious and generous reactions to the choices we’ve had to make to keep everyone safe and #flattenthecurve in Whatcom County. The newest reporting suggests that this might be a longer haul than any of us planned. Although we will be — literally — governed by the state’s decisions about when it is safe to open, we will also be guided by the best public health practices as we learn more about the novel coronavirus. As ever, we are utterly Read more »

Academy closed March 13-22

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Academy closed March 13-22

Hi everyone, I have some news that I wish I didn’t have to deliver. After looking at the evidence and getting the best recommendations we can from health professionals, we’re going to temporarily cancel Bellingham BJJ classes after the Thursday night classes end. Currently, we’re planning to close Thursday night, March 12, and re-open on Monday, March 23, but that’s also subject to how the reality on the ground changes. We’re doing this to play our part in stopping the spread of coronavirus. We’re going to respect the Whatcom County declaration of emergency, abide by the Centers for Disease Control Read more »

What Jiu-Jitsu Means To Me

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What Jiu-Jitsu Means To Me

Prior to my black belt test, my instructor Seth Shamp asked me to write something that expressed what jiu-jitsu — the art itself, as well as the journey I’ve been on — means to me. This is what I wrote. At the end of the post, you can see a video of my black belt speech and listen to a podcast we did about the journey.— Jeff My life is jiu-jitsu, and jiu-jitsu is my life. I mean that both literally (I train and teach and learn jiu-jitsu constantly), but also metaphorically. For me, jiu-jitsu is a philosophy, a way Read more »

6 Months of Bliss: An Anniversary Post

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6 Months of Bliss: An Anniversary Post

Warning: mad gratitude ahead. If you don’t like shout-outs, maybe go back to watching that BJJ technique video you were checking out. But it’s time for some love, because we held our first classes in downtown Bellingham 6 months ago today, on May 1, 2019. Since then, we’ve grown — as individual martial artists and as a community — beyond our wildest imaginings. We’ve trained with multiple world champions and legends of the art. We’ve reconnected with old friends and made a ton of new ones. We’ve become what we always hoped we had the potential to be. It’s been Read more »

Our September schedule: adding three classes

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Our September schedule: adding three classes

September is coming … and we have all kinds of new exciting things happening. We just had our first round of belt promotions in the new space. This coming month, we’re adding three additional classes to serve you better — a Sunday open mat, a Saturday women’s open mat, and a Friday day class. We’re also hosting two amazing seminars (with Seph Smith & Felicia Oh), and starting a new Intro to BJJ session. Our schedule page has been updated, but in case you want the bullet points, here are the September highlight dates: 🥋 Sep. 1: Sunday open mats Read more »

Bellingham BJJ is moving to a new location!

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Bellingham BJJ is moving to a new location!

Exciting news: due to profound growth, Bellingham BJJ is moving to a new location! We’re thrilled to realize this dream of a dedicated space for jiu-jitsu. We’ll be right downtown at 205 West Holly St. in a 4,400-square-foot facility that will let us keep growing and supporting our community. The expansion will give us room for day and evening classes, private lessons, and serious training. We’re devoted to self-defense, competition and high-quality instruction for everybody and every body. All we’re going to be doing here is jiu-jitsu, our shared passion. A few highlights of the new space: Two large mat Read more »