Masters jiujitsu is a martial arts class specifically for those over the age of 40. This class is designed with the longevity of training in mind. Participants will be challenged to think about training methods that involve an emphasis on developing range of motion, balance, and intensity within technical ability.
Masters class is led by blue and purple belt masters world champion Allan Scott. He has over 8 years of jiujitsu experience and has developed a style and training routine with an emphasis on health and wellness and a mindset of training for longevity.

The Gentle Art Challenge

February 24, 2020

By Aaron Martinez

Last Saturday our competition team participated in the Gentle Art Challenge, which is the Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament held at the Evo fitness Expo in Sacramento. The expo was packed with other types of fitness competitions: Boxing, Pro Wrestling, Olympic Lifting, Power Lifting, Karate, Taekwondo, Skate Boarding, archery, and many others. It’s a great atmosphere of energetic competitiveness, but also a great respect between the different sports and fitness styles as competitors became spectators before and after their performances.

Our kid’s team came out huge with 9 competitors, which was nearly half of the total Kids competitors for the entire tournament. A few of our kids had actual brackets with competitors from other schools, but most of our team had to compete under Consolation matches. Consolation matches are simply matches for the fun and experience of it, rather than winning divisions and medals.

We also had two of our Purple Belt coaches compete in the NoGi submission only divisions. Coach Bobby had an aggressive and offensive match for 7 minutes, but lost in the overtime by not escaping the back control as fast as his opponent did.

Coach Jamie had two beautiful submissions in her two matches. She won the first by a guillotine choke and the second with a heal hook for a Gold Medal in her division.

It was a wonderful day with the team. The tournament had the feeling of an in-house tournament with so many of our kids and families in attendance. There was plenty of space and activities for the team to spend some quality time with each other, and really bond over a fun day of competing.

Hopefully we can make this an annual tradition.

(Coach Bobby teaches our woman’s self-defense program on Wednesdays & Fridays at 9AM, and Coach Jamie teaches our Tuesday & Thursday All-Levels classes at 3:30pm)

Hey everyone! I want to invite you to an awesome community event to help support the family of El Dorado County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Ishmael.

In the early morning hours of October 23rd, 2019, Deputy Ishmael was shot and killed in the line of duty while serving our community. Deputy Ishmael leaves behind a wife and three young children. In an effort to honor Deputy Ishmael, and support the family he leaves behind, Sierra Vista Winery in Placerville is hosting a 5K Hero Run on April 4th, 2020, at 10am.

I encourage everyone to participate in the event. You can follow the link and sign up under the team name, “El Dorado Hills Brazilian jiu-jitsu.” 100% of the proceeds for the Hero Run will be donated to the family of Deputy Ishmael. Please share this post with friends, family, coworkers or anyone who would be interested in coming out to the event to show their support.

If you are unable to attend the event, still follow the link and you can choose to sign up as a virtual participant, or simply donate funds directly without participating.

This is a great opportunity to serve our community by supporting the family of a man who gave everything to serve his.

Thank you, and I hope to see everyone at the Sierra Vista Winery on April 4th!

Link to register: http://changeofpace.com/event/sierra-vista-winery-5k/

6AM // Black & Blue Friday // Blue belt Promotion

Joey will be presenting a great community event tomorrow in El Dorado Hills for parents and families interested in better understanding how they can help their child at home. Education and academics have changed many times in the last few years and he’s sharing his experiences and expertise as an educator with us.

Joey brings a great attitude to learn and experience training with everyone. It’s great to have someone whose passion as an artist in the training of martial arts because they create experiences for everyone to appreciate and enjoy.

Not only a practitioner but also a competitor, Joey is constantly looking for ways to smooth out his game. He has recently started sharing the art with his family as well and it’s neat to see them all on the mat or in the dojo at the same time!

Gray white belt promotion

Zach is a great example of someone who has embraced being coached. He has figured out how to focus on input from his family, teammates, and communicate back with them.

Being coachable is a skill people overlook and take for granted. At higher levels of sport and martial art people will make statements like, “they’re not coachable.” And that’s most likely because they were never taught how to receive input and be coached.

We’re very excited to see him step up to a new challenge on and off the mat!

If you have a teenage student and you want to improve academic performance, support, organization, and self-management- please consider attending the academic support workshop I am hosting on Saturday, February 15th @ the dojo from 1-3.

Parents and students both encouraged to attend.

Thank you.

8:15pm – Monday/Wednesday
Adult Basics Jiu Jitsu (age 15+)

3:30pm – Tuesday/Thursday
Adult All Levels Jiu Jitsu (age 15+)

Noon – Friday
Masters class (age 40+)

Our martial arts school, El Dorado Hills jiujitsu will be modifying our Monday and Wednesday class schedule starting February 3rd, 2020. This schedule change is to allow for an earlier finish to our competition class and add a new basics class following the advanced and competition class.

For holiday schedule and basic class schedule please check our online calendar.

Hey 40+ folks – I’m super excited to be teaching the Masters Class in February! Can’t wait to get started! Some of the key topics that I’ve planned for the class:

**Information exchange – If you’re over 40 you’ve graduated from the school of hard knocks, trial & error. Lets share info and tips about BJJ strategy, recovery and staying on the mat!

**Mobility – We all need to know our bodies better in order to improve in jiu jitsu. I’ll share some mobility drills, balance and movements that have helped improve my jiu jitsu game.

**Injury prevention – Especially shoulders, neck, knees and hips. We will learn ways to take care of these areas so we can keep training.

**Skill improvement – You will learn how to flow roll and some regular drilling of course.

**Rolling – learn how to beat those pesky kids!

What are some of the things that you would like to get out of the class? Let me know in the comments.

Blue belt promotion in El Dorado Hills!

Mike has been a life long martial artist and brings all the elements of someone who understands the values of martial arts to the mat. We’ve enjoyed having him share his passion for the arts along with his avid enthusiasm to learn and develop his skills.

He recently organized a community event that taught the basics of single blade knife self defense. The event organized an opportunity to learn but also raise funds for “Placerville Make things better” and their next project building a ramp for a local resident in Placerville.

Mike is a humble warrior and constantly striving for self improvement. We are excited to see him continue to progress as he makes his way through the blue belt.