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…
I started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at Easton in January 2019. I walked into the gym at 6’5”, 360 pounds. I was the fattest I had ever been. But I wanted to make a change. I wanted to find an athletic program with structure and…
An essay by Adam Nowicki I was almost assaulted yesterday. And while this probably sounds more dramatic than the actual incident that occurred, it’s technically true. But this is not the story of the actual event. This is the story of some of the gifts…
Written by Maggy Stacy Within an atom, there’s a center, a nucleus of protons and neutrons, surrounded by a cloud of chaotic electrons. Easton Training Center is that nucleus for me. Life yanks me into the electrons and I circle back to that nucleus with…
An essay by Ronil Shah Every new pursuit starts with learning the language: Kimura, shrimp, Gracie, guard, um, dois, três; mania, transference, Freud, neuroleptic, id, ego, superego. The first string of words has only just started passing through my lips, new vocabulary paired with muscle…
In the United States, approximately 5 million teeth a year are knocked out in contact sports. Losing a tooth can have immediate and lifetime implications. First, if the tooth is not handled carefully and replaced immediately it is often lost. Even if replaced quickly, it…
A guest blog by Jaelyn Wolf I’m sitting at my Jiu-Jitsu school as my house is being shown three times today. Fridays are my favorite. Like, my absolute favorite. I have every Friday blocked off on my calendar beginning at 2:00 PM, and this is…
The History and Benefits of BJJ By Mike DeTraglia Someone once told me that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) was nothing more than the art of folding clothes, but with one interesting stipulation…..people are still in them. Others refer to BJJ as ground karate. For me, BJJ…
Missing Sheldon The Easton Training Center family suffered a great loss on December 12th, 2017. Many considered Sheldon Cooper to be a staple of our gym in Denver. Sheldon was a brown belt and a role model for many. He was a skilled, dedicated practitioner,…