Wednesday 12/30: No Day Class at noon
Thursday 12/31: No Classes (New Years Eve)
Friday 1/1: No Classes (New Years Day)
Saturday 1/2: No Team Training (Everyone will be in Vegas for the fight)
Monday: 1/4: No Day Class at noon (Everyone will be flying home from Vegas)

I am sure everyone understands. We just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

This was Robby’s fourth fight as an amateur and his record moves to 4-0. We thought this fight was going to be a little bit easier that it was but it ended up being a real war. In the end though, Robby got the nod by split decision from the judges.

Jimmy made his amateur debut but looked like a seasoned professional. In a truly dominating performance, Jimmy did damage on his feet, took his opponent down and controlled every second of the fight until he had the referee pulling him off his opponent for the TKO victory. Jimmy has been a huge help in getting me ready for my last two fights so I was excited to see him get a win of his own. Jimmy primarily trains at Kimura Brazilian Jiu-JItsu (http://www.kimurabjj.com/) but has been working his MMA game at our gym.

I am still working on getting Robby’s video online, but you can watch Jimmy’s fight below:

On Mondays, Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu take place at the same time, so you can do one class or the other.

If you have any questions, just ask.

Anyone who is interested in boxing should get a hold of a pair of their own boxing gloves. We do not have boxing gloves to provide for you and for sanitation reasons, you should really only use your own, especially during the summer when it is easy to spread skin conditions.

Anybody interested in purchasing Sprawl grappling shorts at a discounted rate should talk to Chris Palmquist. He can help you out.

Anybody interested in picking up a gi to take part in the gi Jiu-Jitsu class being taught by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt John Clarke should look to Atama-Kimonos.com and look for a Bleached Gold Weave Gi. They go for about $140 but will last a long time. Check with us on sizing and we will let you try on someone elses gi to make sure you get the correct size.

Upcoming Fights
June 19 in Westport, MA
Matt Pestana vs. Sam Elliot
Mike Donovan vs. Josh Davies
Jimmy Collins vs. Jim French

Kids Program
We have noticed that we now have a large number of kids interested in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Until now, only the older group of kids was allowed to join our Mixed Martial Arts program.

Now, we will be splitting our kids into 2 groups based on their choice of martial art rather than age.

Kids interested in Uechi-Ryu Karate will continue to meet with Sensei Marilyn on Wednesday nights at 6.

Kids interested in MMA will meet with Sensei Matt at 6:15 on Mondays, Sensei Joe at 6 on Tuesdays and Sensei Greg at 6 on Thursdays. All kids classes are now open to all ages. This program will focus on teaching the kids a variety of martial arts including striking arts such as boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai as well as grappling arts such as wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Parents, please look at the following payment structure. We need all clients to pay according to this structure. We are no longer accepting cash as we have a third party deal with our payments. Thank you very much for your participation.