BULLY PROOF YOUR KIDS IN EL DORADO HILLS
El Dorado Hills Brazilian JiuJitsu, Judo, Wrestling
1132 Suncast Lane
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
CALL: 916-595-4064
E-MAIL: edhbjj@gmail.com
~See you on the mat!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Wrestling in El Dorado Hills
The Wrestling Dojo of El Dorado Hills
In general, this is a time of year when wrestlers are extremely motivated for the coming season and are ready to take on all challenges. However, more often than not, we see individuals lose steam at the end of the year. They've done all the physical work to prepare themselves, but are unable to finish the climb to close out the season. At the Wrestling Dojo, we will be talking about mental stamina, patience, and the importance of living a balanced life with our training, school, family, and friendships. From this we expect our wrestlers to have the same passion and vigor at the end of the season, even after a grueling few months of challenging training and competition.
The Wrestling Dojo is a Wrestling Class for all levels of Wrestling to come together, train, learn, and make a difference!
Eliot Kelly
916 595 4064
Come check out our new wrestling curriculum in El Dorado Hills
Monday, August 27, 2012
Beginner Kids Jiu Jitsu Class in El Dorado Hills
NEW KIDS JIU JITSU CLASS in EL DORADO HILLS
In addition to starting an Adults Beginner Jiu Jitsu class, El Dorado Hills Jiu Jitsu will be starting a new Kids Beginner Jiu Jitsu class every Monday from 5:00- 5:45.This Kids Jiu Jitsu class will focus on teaching the fundamentals of Jiu Jitsu, while emphasizing the importance of respecting yourself and those around you, helping your community, and making every opportunity a learning opportunity.
One big topic we are currently discussing in our class is bullying. We will be educating our students on the importance of training our awareness (the first step to self-defense) and recognize when people are being mean or if someone is being burt by a bully.
On Wednesday, the Beginner's and Advanced kids Jiu Jitsu class will be held at the same time from 6:00-6:50. In this class, the more experienced students will be challenged to help the younger students and mentor them to become better Jiu Jitsu competitors, Martial Artists, and make new friends. If you would like more information on our Kids Jiu Jitsu program in El Dorado Hills, please call 916 595 4064 or send us an email to edhbjj@gmail.com
All of our kids Jiu Jitsu classes emphasize having fun while exercising, learning how to challenge ourselves, and striving for excellence on and off the mat!
916 595 4064
Beginner Kids Jiu Jitsu for ages 5 to 12!
New Jiu Jitsu Class in El Dorado Hills
BEGINNER'S JIU JITSU CLASS STARTS THIS WEEK!
This week at El Dorado Hills Jiu Jitsu, we will be starting a new Beginner's Jiu Jitsu class. In the Beginner's Jiu Jitsu class, students will be taking their initial step in what we call the Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle. This lifestyle starts with training and challenging yourself on the mat, and learning how to apply the core principles and concepts we engage in on the mat, off the mat.Starting with functional drills to strengthen the muscles, the Beginner's Jiu Jitsu class will emphasize the development of flexibility, balance, and endurance. Students will also be challenged to evaluate and re-evaluate their current diet, since how we fuel our bodies makes a significant difference on how we feel. With the combined experience of 35 years in Jiu-Jitsu and grappling, instructor's Todd Jones and Eliot Kelly, have designed a curriculum to help you learn and begin to understand the functional and exciting martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
The Adults Beginner's Jiu Jitsu class will be held on Wednesday's from 7:00-8:00pm and on Friday's from 6:00-7:00pm. Please visit our website for a more detailed schedule of classes http://www.edhbjj.com
If you've been thinking about trying Jiu-Jitsu but just haven't found the right time...... This is your time to start!
916-595-4064
Beginner's Jiu Jitsu Class Starts this week!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Cross Training: Judo Theory for Wrestling
There is a way wrestlers breakdown a takedown. 1) Set up. 2) Shot. 3) Finish. As much as I dislike using phrases that seem over used when I teach, I have to admit, I've used this a few times in our Wrestling Class in El Dorado Hills. Interestingly enough this three part breakdown is done in Judo as well. 1) Kuzushi. 2) Tsukuri. 3) Kake. When I heard these words in application, I immediately knew I had to incorporate them into our Jiu-Jitsu and Wrestling Class in El Dorado Hills. Since these are Japanese words, unless you are a native speaker or speak some Japanese, you might have some difficulty gaining knowledge or insights from the words. Well, you are in LUCK! I will make the literal and contextual translation happen for you!
1. Kuzushi. When I think of this I think of it more as a breaking something down. A translation we often see is OFF BALANCING. This is really important to do, and really a GOOD set up in wrestling gets your partner off balance. When I hear the word KUZUSHI, I think of someone coming in and breaking down my lego's I carefully set up over the weekend! (I'd be pissed!!) Literally to crumble and crush.
2. Tsukuri. Literally to make. You have to make your body fit into what you were able to off balance. The body has to fit into the right place and space needs to be filled with body parts for the proper mechanics to take place. Making or forming the body with your partners so that it's ready for the takedown. What a brilliant concept.
3. Kake. Literally to hook. It's the precise moment when you've hooked your opponent into your move, and they have no choice but to accept the attack. Of the three Japanese words, I think this most resembles what we would call the finish. There is something unique about it. We're thinking about it in terms of hooking our opponent. We can't just throw the bait out there and expect the fish to bite. When we feeling them tugging on our line, we need to execute with proper timing to get them on our line. Amazing!
Sometimes it helps to hear the same thing explained with a different perspective or twist. When I heard this, a light bulb went off in my head, and things made a lot more sense. I now try avoid the traditional obvious terminology: set up, shot, finish. I've also found using this concept in our wrestling class in El Dorado Hills has made a big impact when trying to teach throws and even the traditional takedown. Doing so makes for a much more stimulating training session of the mind, body, and spirit!
1. Kuzushi. When I think of this I think of it more as a breaking something down. A translation we often see is OFF BALANCING. This is really important to do, and really a GOOD set up in wrestling gets your partner off balance. When I hear the word KUZUSHI, I think of someone coming in and breaking down my lego's I carefully set up over the weekend! (I'd be pissed!!) Literally to crumble and crush.
2. Tsukuri. Literally to make. You have to make your body fit into what you were able to off balance. The body has to fit into the right place and space needs to be filled with body parts for the proper mechanics to take place. Making or forming the body with your partners so that it's ready for the takedown. What a brilliant concept.
3. Kake. Literally to hook. It's the precise moment when you've hooked your opponent into your move, and they have no choice but to accept the attack. Of the three Japanese words, I think this most resembles what we would call the finish. There is something unique about it. We're thinking about it in terms of hooking our opponent. We can't just throw the bait out there and expect the fish to bite. When we feeling them tugging on our line, we need to execute with proper timing to get them on our line. Amazing!
Sometimes it helps to hear the same thing explained with a different perspective or twist. When I heard this, a light bulb went off in my head, and things made a lot more sense. I now try avoid the traditional obvious terminology: set up, shot, finish. I've also found using this concept in our wrestling class in El Dorado Hills has made a big impact when trying to teach throws and even the traditional takedown. Doing so makes for a much more stimulating training session of the mind, body, and spirit!
SEE YOU ON THE MAT!
Eliot Kelly
The Wrestling Dojo: Redefining the way we teach and learn Wrestling
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
How to Stop Physical Bullying with BlackBeltMag
BlackBeltMag.com Offers New FREE Guide: How to Stop Physical Bullying
Website for world's leading martial arts magazine explores the facts on bullying in an exclusive interview with Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Rener Gracie!
Published: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - 2:06 am
VALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 --/PRNewswire/ -- BlackBeltMag.com — the official website for Black Belt, the world's leading magazine of martial arts — proudly offers Stop Physical Bullying: The Rener Gracie Guide to the Facts on Bullying and Ways to Prevent Bullying Using the Gracie Bullyproof Program, the latest in its ongoing series of FREE downloadable martial arts guides.
In a March 2011 article in Great Britain's The Telegraph, President Barack Obama admitted to having been bullied as a child. While he may have resolved the problem on his own, many kids and parents need help to do so.
This FREE report from BlackBeltMag.com offers children and parents a way to start on a constructive, balanced path from fear to empowerment without kids turning from prey to predator.
The Gracie family, according to Rener Gracie, "has been bullyproofing men, women and children for 85 years." But not everyone can get to the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy for classes. So Rener Gracie and his brother Ryron Gracie formatted an easy-to-learn at-home program so kids could have a chance to learn today what they learned in childhood.
In this FREE report — Stop Physical Bullying: The Rener Gracie Guide to the Facts on Bullying and Ways to Prevent Bullying Using the Gracie Bullyproof Program — parents can learn how Rener Gracie and his brother Ryron Gracie spent several years researching the facts on bullying, the causes of bullying and ways to prevent it before codifying their findings into an at-home learning system for parents and kids alike.
Rener Gracie says the Gracie Bullyproof program was inspired by students who had been tormented by bullies before coming to the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy. Some of these children were, in fact, suicidal.
In Stop Physical Bullying: The Rener Gracie Guide to the Facts on Bullying and Ways to Prevent Bullying Using the Gracie Bullyproof Program, learn the causes of bullying and what anti-bullying activities kids can start today to protect themselves physically and mentally!
"Jiu-jitsu is the ultimate empowerment tool; the name means 'gentle art' in Japanese, and that's exactly what it is," Rener Gracie explains in Stop Physical Bullying: The Rener Gracie Guide to the Facts on Bullying and Ways to Prevent Bullying Using the Gracie Bullyproof Program. "It gives people the ability to defend themselves against a physical threat without causing unnecessary harm to the assailant."
Stop Physical Bullying: The Rener Gracie Guide to the Facts on Bullying and Ways to Prevent Bullying Using the Gracie Bullyproof Program is available for FREE download now atblackbeltmag.com/bully-guide.
Other FREE Guides to a variety of martial arts and self-defense topics are also available now atblackbeltmag.com/free-guides.
About Black Belt: Black Belt magazine, the world's leading martial arts resource, features interviews with the world's most prestigious martial artists and historical pieces on the philosophies of various combat styles, as well as in-depth coverage of the latest techniques, weapons, self-defense systems, training regimens and industry trends. It also continues to publish instructional books and DVDs from a variety of disciplines, including jujitsu, mixed martial arts, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, reality-based self-defense, grappling, jeet kune do and more.
SOURCE BlackBeltMag.com
Kids Martial Arts Lessons leads to Better Self Defense and Less Bullies
It's Back to School for the most of us now and we should also be looking into how we can better educate our kids on bullying. Our Kids Martial Arts and Jiu-Jitsu program will be emphasizing the importance of standing up to bullies, standing up for our friends, and looking out for those you are being harmed by their peers.
Here are top 10 Reasons to Bully Proof Your Child with quality Kids Martial Arts and Jiu-Jitsu Classes in El Dorado Hills:
1) Gain the ability to defend from verbal and physical attacks.
2) Learn how to safely neutralize bullying situations before they escalate.
3) Improve physical conditioning and increase confidence.
4) Develop a better understanding of themselves.
5) Experience improved focus and drive.
6) Improve social skills and ability to relate to others in multiple situations.
7) Learn to speak up for themselves when necessary.
8) Learn how to speak up for others who are being bullied.
9) Participate in a challenging and exciting martial art that will develop skills that will serve them throughout their lifetime.
10) Feel empowered and lessen the chance of being bullied.
EDH Grappling in El Dorado Hills, CA offers quality kids martial arts classes that will prepare your child to handle bullying. The school offers Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes for boys, girls and teens, beginning at the age of 5.
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