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Blue Belt Testing and Promotion
BLUE BELT TESTING AND PROMOTION Please email info@robotbjj.com if you are not signed up! I. Pre-Test A. Preliminaries 1. Students that are more than 15 minutes late will need to re-test during a private class or wait until the next round of testing. 2. The following is the majority of the blue belt test, please prepare accordingly but also be ready for a few surprises. Students will not be required to demonstrate any techniques outside of those listed below, but [...]
A Primer For Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
A Primer for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu When I plan a lesson for class, I think about how I would have liked the information presented to me when I first started. In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (sometimes spelled Jujitsu and Jiu-Jitsu), beginners are often thrown into the mix with advanced students, complicated techniques and little preparation on how to absorb all the counter-intuitive information presented to them. If instead the beginner can have their perspective properly oriented before stepping on the [...]
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Best of the West August 21
Here is the info for Best of the West. We got several guys competing at 11am on Saturday so come support! http://www.grapplingtournaments.com/platnew/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53
Tournament This Saturday, June 19 in Sherman Oaks
Tournament this Saturday. Come support the team!! Starts at 11am. If you want to compete (which I encourage you to do), weigh-ins are Friday night (you can register then), 5-8pm. We will meet at Robot at 5:30pm Friday to go weigh-in together. If you want to go separately, the address is: 14454 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks — Chris Lisciandros BJJ Club.
Memorial Day Schedule
No noon class. Instead we will be meeting at the academy at 11am to go train in Orange County with Lotus OC. No boxing class. There is night BJJ class as normal!! Enjoy your holiday if we don’t see you this weekend.
3rd American Cup, May 1 and 2 in San Jose (we are competing!)
Next Comp! We are competing in San Jose (Los Gatos) May 1 & 2. We will be leaving L.A. April 30th. If you’d like to come and compete, please contact me at david@robotbjj.com For more info and to register go to http://www.americancupbjj.com/
Classes Cancelled For Easter (Open Mat on Sat in Orange County)
We will be closed on Sunday for Easter (both BJJ and Muay Thai). However, we will be going down to Lotus Club Orange County to train BJJ on Saturday. BJJ Open Mat at Lotus Orange County Saturday, March 3rd at 12:30pm If you want to rideshare, please contact David at david@robotbjj.com
New Muay Thai Class and Teacher
We now have MT on Wed’s at 6:15 in addition to Tues, Thurs and Sun. Sunday will now be broken up into 1) intro to sparring from 4pm-5pm and 2) advanced sparring from 5pm-6pm. Our new instructor during the week is Orion Lee. He is pretty damn awesome. His bio will be up soon. Women’s BJJ class is cancelled.