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Adults Jiu Jitsu

Gold Medals at the Gentle Art Challenge in San Jose

Tanner and Jamie both won gold at the Gentle Art Challenge in San Jose. The Gentle Art Challenge was a submission only tournament with EBI-style overtime rules to decide the winner in the case the match regulation didn’t end with a submission.

Tanner and Jamie both won with submissions to decisively win their divisions at the tournament in San Jose.

The submission style tournament is one of the growing forms of competition styles in the sport. In the submission only tournament there is no points for advancement in position or attacks, but only when you submit your opponent with a viable attack are you declared the winner.

Adults Jiu Jitsu, Kids Jiu Jitsu

BJJ DEMO at CSU Sacramento Japan Day from El Dorado Hills

El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was in attendance for another great public demonstration of jiujitsu at the CSU Sacramento Japan Day event.

This is one of the biggest student organized events on campus featuring the Japan Club and activities related to Japanese language and culture.

The BJJ demo showed the many different aspects of jiujitsu, athleticism, art, performance, choreography, technique, discipline, leverage, and more. Each performance was choreographed by the students with little to no input from a coach. The students were challenged to take on the performance to showcase their knowledge of jiujitsu and at the same time help others understand what it means to do jiujitsu. Some emphasized the self defense aspect of the art while other emphasized the sport and exciting movements to captivate the audience. It was also an opportunity to talk about the migration of jiujitsu from Japan, Brazil, and now all over the world. A fitting demonstration sponsored by the department of world languages and literatures at CSU Sacramento.

Adults Jiu Jitsu

Leg Attacks! Workshop in El Dorado Hills

NoGi Jiu Jitsu // Submission Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ @jamieg.sharpshooter will be sharing the sharp details she’s acquired from her R&D // Research & Development // Refinement & Dedication // Routine & Discipline //

On May 5th and May 12th Jamie will be leading a class teaching the details of attacking and defending the ASHI GARAMI. The Ashi Garami, a Japanese phrase meaning leg entanglement, is a way to secure and control the entire body through a system of leg attacks. Jamie has been studying the position for a while and has developed a deadly system to dismember the leg from the ankle, calf, knee and connect it into other attacks.

In addition to the offensive system, Jamie will be teaching some safety tips on training with leg entanglements and tactfully defending against an opponent in attack.

The workshop will take place on Saturday May 5th and 12th during the 11am all level adult class.

Kids Jiu Jitsu

Belt Promotion: PeeWee Gray White Belt Sam

Congrats Sam! PeeWee jiujitsu class gray white belt promotion:

Sam brings focus to the peewee class where things can get kinda crazy at times. His leadership is in his ability to focus, concentrate, and show others how to train. Even in a class with four year olds with are brand new to the art of jiujitsu, Sam’s actions speak for the coaches. When Sam speaks every body listens.

Sam started jiujitsu with the invitation from his friend, and you will find them challenging each other, laughing, learning, and growing into the mat as a martial artist. Friendship on the mat is an incredible experience. Your friend becomes a person you want to beat, a person who will encourage you, and someone you will respect more each and every day you train.

Adults Jiu Jitsu

Post Training Chat: Passing the PEaR at EDH Jiu Jitsu

Passing the pear. We got the pear cards out today after the 11am class at el dorado hills jiujitsu. The pear cards are a great discussion starter with over 100 different prompts, the cards act as a fun way to talk about something and get positive communication going between people.

While we focus a majority of our time training and learning the art of jiujitsu as a martial art, there is so much opportunity to learn about each other and talk about different things. This was a fun card we just randomly pulled from the deck.

At EDH Jiu Jitsu we look to do more than just be a martial art school. It is our mission to make a difference in our community. The difference starts with with positive interactions and communication with one another.

Kids Jiu Jitsu

Belt Promotion in El Dorado Hills BJJ Kids Martial Arts Class

Gray Black Belt Promotion at EDH BJJ
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Abigail has been training for almost four years in El Dorado Hills Jiu Jitsu.

She was one of the first girls to start training and has been leading the way for the young women who train at our school. More importantly, Abigail is determined, courageous, & intelligent. She doesn’t backdown from challenges and when she is met by adversity, she perseveres with the help of her family, teammates, and coaches.

Abigail is aware of her surroundings, a skill that is considered extremely important in self defense.  For example, the other day, she noticed someone from the younger class needing some coaching. She didn’t hesitate to step in and quickly help the pair of students. It was exactly what a good coach would have done.

Kids Jiu Jitsu

EDH BJJ Gray Belt Promotion | Kids Martial Arts

Gray Belt Promotion
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Chase earned his gray belt in just under three years of training after he started training with his father at El Dorado Hills Brazilian jiu jitsu.

Chase has a focused mind that pays close attention to detail and doesn’t hesitate to ask questions or stop and think before doing something.

His determined spirit to never give up, along with his technical improvements over time, has led him to where he is now.

We’re excited to see him continue to improve and move up into the junior bjj class in the next year or so!

Adults Jiu Jitsu, Uncategorized

EDH BJJ Blue belt promotion: Dave

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Congrats to Dave on his blue belt promotion! Dave has embraced the jiujitsu lifestyle and taken a full approach to living strong in diet, training, and life on and off the mat.

Dave has challenged himself on the mat with tournaments, asking questions, video study and is also working on a community service drive, collecting supplies for the Sacramento Children’s Home.

In the last few months Dave has really dove deep to better understanding different positions by asking questions and studying in small group sessions. We are excited to see Dave move up to new challenges as a blue belt on the mat and serve his community in his works off the mat! Congrats!

Adults Jiu Jitsu

IBJJF SF Open Results & Reflection from EDH BJJ & Self Defense

On February 25th we took a small team down to compete at the San Francisco Open. The event was held at the historic Kezar pavilion. Driving into the city on clear Sunday morning, I felt a mixed sense of nervousness for the competition and nostalgia from living there over two decades ago.

I was the first one from our team to compete, and I was pretty nervous. It was my first tournament at Black Belt and my first match was against a former training partner of mine. I was happy to pull guard cleanly and have to opportunity to play my game. As I was pummeling for grips he pressed my guard and kept me on my back. I was getting passed and I bridged and came on top… well sort of. He locked a triangle and did my best to defend it and he was able to secure a nice wrist-lock. It was a hard first lesson at Black Belt, but you have to start somewhere.

After my match, I walked down Height Street and placed this experience in the context of my life. Even when you lose, there is a special place in your past as a person that put it all out there.

The tournament was a great learning opportunity for everyone. There were people competing for the first time in their jiu jitsu journey, and others for the first time in 2018, after the holidays. One of our students Brad made his competition debut at the IBJJF SF Open this weekend and he documented his experience on his blog on linkedin. “How competing in a combat sport taught me more about how to improve myself and help others do the same.” Give his article a read and let him know what you think!

Tournament Results:

Blue Belt:

  • Jamie – Bronze
  • Jarrod – Silver (in his first competition at Blue Belt)

White Belt:

  • Ryan – Silver
  • Brad – Silver (First Competition)

by Coach Aaron

Photography By Aiza Tengan

Adults Jiu Jitsu, Kids Jiu Jitsu

Van Robertson Seminar in El Dorado Hills Jiu Jitsu & Self Defense

Last month we had the honor of hosting a seminar at the academy for Van Robertson. It was a really neat experience as the attendees were mixed with adults and child practitioners.

Van taught variations of the Bull Fighter (also known as the Toreando) pass, with a very reactive and systematic approach. The passes primarily dealt with the guard player maintaining both grips on the sleeves of the guard passer. Using both sets of grips (on the guard player’s pants and their grips on the passer) she anchored their guard and switched grips on the legs in a specific manner that killed their ability to make space. There was more to it than that, but that’s what I took away from it in essence, besides the specific techniques that she taught.

The seminar was a donation based event where all the money made was donated to a non-profit brazilian jiu jitsu program in Oakland called Guardian. Guardian Jiu Jitsu is a martial arts program that funds children to train under the age of 18 with donations from their adult members and community events. We were able to raise just about $400 for the event.

If you have the opportunity to train with or learn from Van in the future we highly recommend taking advantage of the opportunity. She is detailed, thoughtful, and engages with learners in a fun and active way.

Van now lives and trains in Auckland, New Zealand, but we are lucky that her parents live here and that she comes and visits when she is in the area!

Coach Aaron