Congrats Ian on the gray white belt promotion! Ian is a busy with man y activities but he makes jiu jitsu a priority. He has great manners, always greeting the coaches with a bow and handshake. He also brings his intensity to practice. At first maybe too much, he has learned to control and channel his intensity in the right direction. This has been a great skill he has developed. He is determined in his practice to improve and work toward the task and goal of practice. It’ll be great to see him move up in his belt and from the kids class (age 7-9) to the Jr class (age 10+).

Mark is leading a community collection drive!

● Infant clothes 3-12mo

● Baby Shoes

● Hair Bows

● Swaddles

● Boppy Nursing Pillow

● Crib Blankets and Quilts

● Crib Sheets

● Receiving Blankets

● Pacifiers

● Baby Toys and Rattles

● Toddler Books

● Baby Shampoo and Wash ● Diaper Rash Ointment

● $10 Walmart Gift Cards

You can drop off supplies at the dojo or directly to Mark!

Blue Belt promotion! Congratulations to Dave on a well earned promotion! Dave brings a “Can do” approach with all things Jiu-jitsu. He’s willing to push himself past his comfort zone and become a better practitioner along the way. His gentle personality has earned him a great respect amongst his peers and we can’t wait to see him continue his journey with us!

This is a bjj demonstration by Rich, a white belt student at edh Jiujitsu and Self Defense. Video

Edh jiujitsu unlike many other bjj academies uses multiple approaches to test and track the individual students progress in their skill acquisition. We incorporate all the means available to us to challenge the student to learn about the history, sport application, self defense, fitness, and healthy lifestyle that jiujitsu offers when you dive in.

One small sliver is the recorded video demonstrations. This is done twice as a white belt. Once in the middle of their belt and once at the end of their belt before receiving their blue belt. We are contributing musing to refine our process for the student to achieve success in their understanding and implementation of jiujitsu both on and off the mat.

Kiet a Black Belt in Karate, Judo, and Brazilian JiuJitsu teaches a seminar for the Goodsell family donation drive.

Kiet covered some simple yet effective strategies to control the grip and set up a low risk takedown.

Click here to view the video

EDH Jiu Jitsu is a martial arts academy in el Dorado Hills, ca. We specialize in the different slices of jiujitsu; fitness, selfdefense, competition, and in general a lifestyle approach to training and learning. Our program offers classes for kids as young as four years old and all the way through adult only classes. In our programs we include jiujitsu in the gi, nogi, submission only, wrestling, and judo for the sake of learning how to control and fight for takedowns regardless of the rules.

Kiet a Black Belt in Karate, Judo, and Brazilian JiuJitsu teaches a seminar for the Goodsell family donation drive.

Kiet covered some simple yet effective strategies to control the grip and set up a low risk takedown.

Click here to view the video

EDH Jiu Jitsu is a martial arts academy in el Dorado Hills, ca. We specialize in the different slices of jiujitsu; fitness, selfdefense, competition, and in general a lifestyle approach to training and learning. Our program offers classes for kids as young as four years old and all the way through adult only classes. In our programs we include jiujitsu in the gi, nogi, submission only, wrestling, and judo for the sake of learning how to control and fight for takedowns regardless of the rules.

Congrats Olivia on the gray white belt promotion. Olivia came to jiujitsu with a great level of understanding how to control her body. This ability has given her a jump start to learning and understanding the technical movements on the mat. She is fierce in her competition and welcomes challenges. We are excited to see her further develop her jiujitsu senses and welcome additional challenges on and off the mat.

Congratulations to Joseph on his gray-white belt promotion! Joseph always displays a great attitude and outstanding manners whenever he is on the mat. He is attentive during lessons, intense with his sparring and is a fierce competitor. We’re excited to see his continued motivation at the next level of his Jiu-jitsu education!

Post from Chris:

I’ll be putting on a charity event for startreatments.org. Star Treatments is an amazing charity founded by Matt DiRito, the bass player for the rock band Pop Evil. What they do is provide VIP transportation for children fighting cancer as well as their family and friends. One of the big expenses that often doesn’t get talked about for these unfortunate families is the the time and money spent on going to and from treatment facilities. Star Treatments helps to alleviate some of these burdens by providing tour busses and drivers to these families to transport them. On top of that the children get the “Star Treatment”, receiving care packages from other bands. It may not sound like a big deal but it can be a very large burden lifted from parents and a big morale boost for kids struggling with something many of us couldn’t even imagine. Matt definately puts it into better words than I can so I encourage you to click the link and read all about them.

So what we’re going to do is create “Star Jars” to collect funds to donate to their cause. This will be an event that the children who attend the kids classes are highly encouraged to attend as well as their parents, anyone else who would like to participate are more than welcome as well. You’ll need to bring

A jar to decorate, anything from a mason jar to one of those cheetos puff jugs, so long as it’s cleaned out beforehand.

• Construction paper
• Tape
• Glue sticks

Any other craft materials you think would be fun, just avoid anything too messy like hot glue or glitter

I’ll be bringing some jars and other materials myself as well but they will be first come first serve basis. I will also be bringing several pairs of safety scissors as well to hopefully avoid accidentally cutting the mat.

We’ll meet at the gym on Sunday, September 22 at 11 AM. Together we’ll decorate our jars, have fun, and I’ll give a small speech about Star Treatments and their mission. After the event, everyone will take their star jars home and collect any spare change or cash you would like to donate and put in the jar. We’ll meet again on Sunday, October 27. Everyone will bring their jars and count up what they’ve collected and write it down. We’ll collect all of the amounts written down and add them up to find out how much we raised! Afterward I will give everyone the url for the Star Treatments donation page and everyone can donate the money they collected. Everyone who attends the first event, I will have a sign in sheet for you to write down a number or email you would like me to use to contact you and remind you of the second event. Let’s all come together to help out a great cause and I look forward to seeing you!