Ski To Sea is cool, but … have you been to GI TO SEA? Of course you haven’t. It’s the first year we’re doing it. But with a lineup like this, it won’t be the last! We’re planning a week-long art festival in just under two weeks, starting March 6, and we’re featuring tons of amazing artists (martial and otherwise)! Since Bellingham BJJ opened downtown in May 2019, we’ve brought nearly 100 amazing guest black belts to town. Now, it’s time to take it to the next level and create an annual, sustainable event that will bring folks from all Read more »

Every so often, it pays off to look up from the grind and see how far you’ve come. This is true of jiujitsu academies, but it’s also true of you on your own personal jiujitsu journey. We’ve all experienced plateaus, since this is a dynamic and challenging art that will never be fully solved. Your plateaus are always higher than your previous personal bests — but it’s hard to see that. We’ve been open five and a half years total, and we’ll celebrate our fifth anniversary downtown this May. Taking a look at some of the numbers we’ve gathered over Read more »

With competition season in full swing, let’s talk a little bit about some recent results we’re excited about, as well as what competition means (and what it doesn’t mean). Competition is very valuable for growing your jiujitsu. We train every day to improve, and if you’re training correctly, you’re testing yourself in the academy against people of all different levels and backgrounds. But going up against people who you don’t know, who do different techniques, and who are trying to earn the same medals you are, is a tremendously valuable experience — it shows you what really works and what Read more »

Great progress! As we move forward with re-opening, we have a ton of exciting things scheduled for this summer that we want to share with you — starting next week. Let’s begin with the return of … Women/NB Self Defense: Starts June 5 For six weeks on Saturdays, beginning this Saturday, we’ll be doing Self Defense Saturdays at 1 p.m. Any women or non-binary folks training at the academy are welcome to come to these classes at no extra charge. (Folks outside the academy are joining the class, too, and if you’re interested, you can sign up here). If it Read more »

On March 1, we’ll do a limited re-opening of the academy. We’re excited about this — we have some new class offerings, too — and we’re going to be extremely careful over the next month to be sure that we do our part to combat coronavirus and stay open. During the month of March, we’re going to be extremely careful — which means we’re not accepting new students at this time, at least until after April 3. We’ve consulted with local health officials to make sure that we’re meeting or exceeding their guidance on best practices. We have a phased Read more »