Present leads to our future Living in the present can be difficult. We all have busy lives, and we’re all trying to plan that next step. What we sometimes forget is that the future cannot exist without the present. It is the only experience we…
A guest post by Sarah Tynen. “I used to be like you. I didn’t wear make-up. I was a tomboy. I told people that I trained boxing and jiujitsu. I was tough. Then I stopped training. I started wearing make-up. Everyone tells me how pretty…
Member of the Month Some people love Jiu Jitsu so much that it inspires their family to try it! Reese has inspired her father and her little sister to start training Jiu Jitsu because of how much she enjoys it! Now most of her family…
Fight 2 Win, “The Biggest Party in Grappling,” put on an amazing show in Denver on November 2nd! Easton was fortunate to have 10 competitors on the card. Competitors include: Professor Rossie Snow, Professor Jeff Ake, Professor Foster Bailey, Coach Bruce Bugbee, Derek Alumbaugh, Bojan…
On November 2nd, Easton held an academy-wide belt promotion ceremony. The ceremony was yet another chance for all of the Easton community to come together and celebrate. New Blue, Purple, and Brown Belts A total of 106 students received new belts at the blue, purple,…
BJJ Belt Promotion ceremony Earlier in the month I attended Easton’s BJJ belt promotion ceremony at our Denver location. Hundreds of people were in attendance, many of whom were getting promoted. It was a very exciting moment for a lot of people and I was…
Dealing with disappointment The other day, I decided to pull out of a competition for which I had been preparing for the last several months. Once this goal was struck from my life, I found it hard to stay the course of general self-improvement. I…
Tom O’Keefe is not your typical martial arts student. Born in 1935, Tom earned his blue belt on November 2nd at the age of 83. We sat down with Tom to hear about what brought him to Jiu Jitsu later in life and his journey…
If you are a new student in BJJ, you might be wondering what it takes to earn that coveted blue belt! A common misconception is that a blue belt is earned by “beating” all the other white belts in the gym or “proving” oneself by…
The Fall 2019 In House tournament was a great display of Jiu Jitsu, but more so of our community. Family, friends, and coaches, came together to support our Easton competitors. With so much support in our community it made sense to split up the tournament…