We all had a great time this year at the RGDA camp.
J, Keith, and Kyle Watson put on outstanding blocks of instruction and everybody got to train hard.
We also went on a float trip down the river and watched Anderson Silva get lucky. Lot of fun and looking forward to next year.
Black Belt Pan Am Champ J.W. Wright will be back in town July 29 to put on a seminar and is offering private lessons. Cost for the class is 20 bucks, but free for anyone who gets a private. The seminar will begin at 6:30.
J’s seminars and teaching style are phenominal and will elevate your game.
Guests are welcome! Come and check out this fun and laid back atmosphere for learning truly world class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Coming up in July, Royler Gracie will be at Grappling Concepts. The seminar will be at Grappling Concepts in St. Peters on July 10 and the cost is $85.
More information can be found here.
Then in August, the annual RGDA camp will be taking place. The camp will go from August 6 – 8 and will feature blocks of instruction by J, Keith, and several others. Cost for the camp is $175 and includes food, lodging and a tshirt. Space for the camp is limited, so if you’re interested, see Mark or Dave. Commitments and money need to get to J asap.
Our fearless leader is off to New Jersey for an instructor’s seminar put on by David Adiv and Royler Gracie!
Should be a lot of fun and I’m sure will be a huge boost to our training.
We’re looking forward to hearing how it went and what all kinds of awesome stuff you learned.
Have fun Mark!
J will be in town to offer private lessons and teach a seminar at 6:15 on May 26th.
The seminar costs 20 bucks and private lessons are 80 per hour and can be split. The 20 is waived if you get a private.
Please take advantage of this opportunity to train with a world class black belt.
Team Commean at the Chicago NAGA 2010 - yes Josh and Shane are standing a little too close.
Everybody competed hard and represented the school well this year at the Chicago NAGA tournament this past weekend. Rob ‘Business’ Cooper was clearly the star of the show though, tearing up a 30 person bracket bringing home the silver (sword). The final match came at about 11:30 p.m. with Business getting about 30 – 45 seconds rest between the semi and the final.
Dave just before the Pirate came running out from below!
It was a long and chaotic day, but we all had a great time and a great trip, where there was just as much happening off the mat as on. Pirates, the politically incorrect tow company in the flavela, and the ill timed no insurance card road block would name just a few. Curse you Walgreens and your overzealous parking lot attendants.
Saturday we made sure not to get to the tournament too early because none of us would be starting until early afternoon the staffers were saying. So about 1 or 2 we decided to roll on in. About 6 I suppose Shane finally got to go in his no gi division – beautiful takedown in that first match btw.
A couple hours later the rest of us got started and around 11:30, we were finally packing up and heading home. Another chaotic NAGA as far as I’m concerned – judging by most of the forums out there I’m not alone – but competition is always good so whatever, maybe next year Kipp.
All in all, we came home with a couple medals and some ideas of what to work on next. Looking forward to the Hoosier Open and the C3.
Great Job Team Commean!
Monkeys have opposable thumbs…
who knew?
Joey after winning and getting promoted
Joey Walters is bringing home some sweet sweet Pan Am GOLD!!
Joey is an incredible training partner, student of the art, and friend to us all. We’re all very proud of Joey and his accomplishment and look forward to training with him again the next time he comes by.
Congratulations Joey keep up the great work you’re inspiring us all!
We’re gearing up for this tournament. If you want to go talk to Dave. We’d like to have a good group put together and we’ll make arrangements for travel and hotel rooms.
We’ll leave Friday afternoon on the 23rd for weigh ins and the tournament starts Saturday morning on the 24th.
Team Commean on Opening Night
The Grand Opening was a huge sucess. We had over 90 people show up to check out our facility and train. It was a great way to start off. Thanks to RGDA Blackbelt J.W. Wright and Keith Robinson for coming and teaching our guys good techniques.
Feel free to stop in and watch or join in on the training!
J.W Wright, Mark Commean, Keith Robinson
Trips to J.W.’s academy, Grappling Concepts, in St. Peters MO. are a regular part of training too.
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