Monica is a blue belt and avid competitor who has been training with Easton since 2014. She started training while she was a student at CU, and after graduating she began working full time. Monica found a new challenge in balancing her full time job…
Jiu jitsu changes lives for the better by encouraging beneficial personality traits such as honesty, diligence, and overall awareness. It forces a person to inspect themselves in an honest way and encourages them to reach beyond their current limitations. Jiu jitsu also provides a healthy…
Kim trains at both Easton Littleton and our affiliate in Aurora, High Altitude Martial Arts. She also greets many of our other members at the door as one of our First Impressions Specialists at the front desk. We sat down with Kim to ask her…
The Return of BJJ Competition Class If you trained at the Boulder Academy two or three years ago, you may remember the Tuesday/Thursday competition class in the spring and summer. The structure of the class was similar to the advanced BJJ classes, with a high…
A team of 7 coaches and students representing the Easton Littleton academy participated in the annual St. Baldrick’s challenge to raise money for childhood cancer research. The St. Baldrick’s challenge was founded in 2000. Every year in the spring, participating teams or individuals raise donations…
Marc is a blue belt who coaches Little Tigers and Tigers classes at the Littleton Academy. He has been training jiu-jitsu for over 5 years. We sat down with Marc to ask him about his jiu-jitsu journey. How did you get into training? I had…
After writing my last article, “Why Women Should Do Martial Arts” I realized that this topic was one that needed further investigation. Instead of writing one article to conquer four topics, I decided it was best to write an article for each question addressed. After…
Change After being unemployed due to chronic pain for a year, I decided it was time for a change. I found myself in Easton Arvada’s kickboxing room with three males, one being Coach Wes, and the other two were highly skilled Muay…
January’s starting the year off strong! We are so happy to see so many students in our classes this month! Grappling Industries On January 12th, several Easton students and Professor Jeff competed at Grappling Industries. Jeff Ake, Luke McCrone, Heather Cerna and Shane…