Blue belt promotion – EDH BJJ 柔 – Congrats to Brad on his blue belt promotion. Brad has embraced jiujitsu as an opportunity to challenge himself, to redefine his boundaries, and contribute to our community. He maintains a busy schedule with family, work in the Bay Area, and still finds time to train consistently.

For his community project, he built A small library for anyone to use and access. This is a literacy project to promote reading in our community. The more books people have available, the higher the rate of literacy in the community!

Awesome job on Daniel’s performance today! Daniel had a beautiful armbar in the semifinals and took Silver at the Bjj Tour in Livermore today!

Congratulations to Rich on taking silver at the Bjj Tour in Livermore! Rich won two matches by submission on his way to the finals!

The jiujitsu demo at edh is part of tracking each students individual progression. In addition to technical evaluations, we also record what the student has learned. This process helps everyone see what they have attained in their practice.

Here is a video example after students have finished their second stripe on their white belt. The half way point in their belt progression.

Make a Star Treatment collection Jar and collect money to donate to the organization! We will be counting our totals the end of October!

Good job to Olivia on her grey belt competition debut! Competing at a new belt level is like starting all over from the beginning and she did great today!

Mason is a true warrior and a respectful athlete. Good job on getting out there and representing the team at BJJ Tour in Livermore today!

Thank you for registering for our NoGi Tournament! The goal for this tournament is to get everyone some competition experience, learn under pressure, and create an exciting and healthy environment for what often times can be intimidating and stressful.

Doors Open -> 8:30am

Competition Starts -> 9:00am

Group 1 Competition Time: 9:00am-10:00am

GROUP 1 COMPETITOR NAMES: George B/ Noah F/ Daniel M/ Brett M/ Carter K/ Eva M/ Ella M/ Eli M / Quinton L/ Arnold S/ Ethan F/ Colin J/ Andrew K/ Heidi S/ Michelle M/ Mason M

Group 1 Exhibition Match: 10:00am-10:15am

Group 2 Starts 10:00am (Be at tournament by 9:30)

Group 2 Competition Time: 10:00am-11:00am

GROUP 2 COMPETITOR NAMES: Ricky B/ Joseph C/ Jack J/ Zachary S/ Gabriel C/ Oliver C/ Jayden W/ Easton E/ Kenny E

Group 2 Exhibition Match: 10:00am-10:15am & 11:00-11:15

GROUP 3 ADULT COMPETITORS 11:00-12:00 (Be at tournament by 10:30)

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.