EDHBJJ Updates: 2012

Wednesday

12/5/2012

Hello Enthusiastic Grapplers!

Hopefully your week is off to a great start! Congratulations to all who are at a new rank! Make sure you thank everyone around you, because without the support and help of your training partners, you wouldn't have been able to achieve your goals. It's time to set new goals and go out and get them while you help those that are around you get to where they want to be!

In this email:
1.Winter gear!
2.Tournaments
3.Winter closure dates

1.Winter gear -We're excited to offer a new line of winter gear! This year we have beanies, long sleeved shirts, and track style jackets. Preorders must be received by DECEMBER 13 so complete a preorder form and submit it with your total amount to Eliot, Jenni, or Kevin ASAP! Pictures of the gear can be found in the gym...let us know if you have any questions!

2.Tournaments -This year's WINTER in-house tournaments are unique because they are FREE and will be held during the week! The adult's tournament is on FRIDAY December 7 at 6:30 and the kid's tournament will be on MONDAY December 10 at 6! Please write your name on the board. This is a FUN & CHALLENGING event for everyone to participate in!

3.Winter closure dates -Take a break, relax, and enjoy time with family and friends! EDHBJJ will be closed December 24-January 1. We look forward to training with you in the new year!

See you on the mat!

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Friday

Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Promotes Black Belt Sacramento, CA | GRACIEMAG

Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Promotes Black Belt Sacramento, CA | GRACIEMAG

A great article featured in Gracie Magazine about Eliot Kelly's promotion to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt! The ceremony was held at Yemaso BJJ in Sacramento with many friends, family members, and teammates from El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in attendance. Congrats to all of those who were promoted and to all members of Team Yemaso!!

Thursday

11/29/2012

In this email:

--Promotion Ceremony

--Year End Tournament

--Reviews

As we look forward to the last month of 2012, we have some exciting things coming up!

--This Friday, November 30, we will be hosting our Promotion Ceremony!! The kids ceremony will be at 6 pm and the adults ceremony will be at 7 pm. If you're available we would love to see you there....this is an opportunity for us to celebrate the accomplishments of our ENTIRE TEAM! We train to improve ourselves and each other, so this your opportunity to see the fruits of your labor! Please come dressed in your best Gi, ready to ROLL!

--Our final in-house tournament is on the calendar! With a few changes, it will be held on December 7th for ADULTS and December 10th for Kids. One of the changes is that it will be FREE! The other is that it will be held during the week to accommodate busy holiday schedules. There will be medals and prizes so sign up with Eliot, Jenni, or Kevin ASAP!

--Has Jiu Jitsu changed your life? Have you made lasting friendships at EDHBJJ? Do you look forward to training and spending time with your teammates? Then head on over to https://plus.google.com/113204491749618721828/about?gl=US&hl=en-USand http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-dorado-hills-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-el-dorado-hills

and tell everyone about it!

Tuesday

10/2/2012

No Wrestling Class Tonight

There will be no wrestling class tonight, but there will be wrestling on Thursday!!! As the wrestling season comes closer and close, we will be spending our classes on personal assessment and trying to get everyone a personalized game plan that they can start with and work on during the wrestling season. Please don't hesitate to send video and ask questions about a position you don't know what to do. If you are getting beat in a position, chances are you don't really know it. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK!

Sunday Training

There will be no Sunday training this weekend or next weekend. If you would like to go watch our team compete in the US OPEN in San Jose, Independence HS, that would be amazing! The Following weekend I (Eliot) will be out of town to compete in the Abu Dhabi Combat Championship (ADCC) Trials down in San Diego. GO TEAM!

An AMAZING Seminar

Thank you everyone who was able to support our second seminar with Grand Master Mansor. He was full of compliments, and said he would like to come twice a year if he could! This is an awesome compliment, coming from someone who not only teaches multiple seminar's at many different academies, but also who has been around Jiu-Jitsu from its beginning in Brazil. I'm honored to be surrounded by such great students with honor and dedication! So my question to you.... Which one was better the kids seminar or adults.... They were both AMAZING!! If you missed out this year, you're in luck! The Master will be BACK!

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Saturday

9/23/2012

DEAR EDH GRAPPLERS,

We had some of our team members participate in the Tough Mudder this weekend! Please send them your congratulations! From what I've heard everyone made it through the event safe and alive! GO TEAM!

MASTER MANSOR SEMINAR

One week left to register for the Seminar with Master Mansor! The Master, one of Helio Gracie's original students, is a very unique and charismatic man. His stories about the beginning of Jiu-Jitsu philosophy on training and life are mind opening! There will be a special KIDS seminar, followed by an ADULTS seminar. If you are interested in attending please register with Jenni, Eliot, or Kevin ASAP! We will also have a BBQ dinner after the seminar. E-vites will go out tomorrow!

7 AM TRAINING SUNDAY (9/23)

YES!! Another SPECIAL Training session tomorrow at 7 AM! Bring your Gi! It's going to be GREAT!

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Monday

9/10/2012

Good Morning EDH GRAPPLERS!!!

It's already September 10th, and the month is 1/3 of the way gone! What will you do with the remaining 20 days of September? We have a couple of exciting announcements and events to share with you! In this message:

1) US Nationals Champion

2) 10 Acts of Kindness

3) Master Mansor Seminar

US NATIONALS CHAMPION

Eliot went down to Carson, CA this weekend to compete in the No-Gi US Nationals. He finished with the Gold in the Heavy weight division (-202) and lost in the qtr finals of the absolute division. To all competitors: It's time to gear up the training in preparation for the US OPEN on October 6/7! Or Master/Senior Worlds on the same weekend!

10 Acts of Kindness Challenge

This month we challenge everyone to PERFORM 10 acts of KINDNESS. This might be daily, weekly, or monthly, you pick how much you want to challenge yourself! No matter how BIG or how SMALL, let's make a difference in our community!

Master Mansor Seminar 9/30/2012

For the second time, we have Master Francisco Mansor coming to El Dorado Hills! He is a 9th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Red Belt, who was one of Helio Gracie's original students! This is your chance to meet, learn, and train with a very special man. The flyer for the seminar is attached!

We will be sending out E-vites to all EDH BJJ MEMBERS for a VERY SPECIAL BBQ with the master after the seminar. Please RSVP!!

See you on the mat!

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Friday

8/24/2012

EDH Grapplers!

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows our schedule for the next few days! If you have not signed up for the tournament on Sunday but would like to, tomorrow is the deadline to register! If you can't make it in before then, please send me an email with your RANK, BELT and WEIGHT.

TODAY:

NoGi Kids & Adults @6:30

SATURDAY:

Kids NoGi @11:30

Adults NoGi @12:00

SUNDAY:

Doors Open @9:30!

Kids@10:00

Team picture at 11:30

Adults@12:00

Please send me an email, give me a phone call, facebook message or text message if you have any questions!

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Thursday

8/22/2012

El Dorado Hills Grapplers!

School is back in session for the most of us, and I hope everyone is settling in with their new schedules. Our new schedule to finish the year of 2012 is set! We will begin our new schedule next week!!! Please see our attached file or view a detailed schedule online! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call or send us an e-mail!

We are now offering:

- Beginner Kids Jiu-Jitsu

- Advanced Kids Jiu-Jitsu

- Beginner Adult Jiu-Jitsu

- Adult Gi/NoGi Jiu-Jitsu

- Competition Jiu-Jitsu

- Judo

- Wrestling

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Tuesday

8/21/2012

Jiu-Jitsu fighters of El Dorado Hills!

I hope our schedules are getting settled with School back in session! In the next couple of weeks we will be talking about BULLYING and how we can help prevent it. If you, your child, or anyone you know is having a difficult time with bullying please don't hesitate to contact me at any time. Lastly, our revised schedule (starting next week) will be posted online tomorrow.

T-SHIRTS:

Our newly designed T-shirts are available for $20. Please let us know what you think of our new design!!

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NoGi Tournament:

This Sunday we will have our 2nd Annual NoGi Tournament! Registration is $30 before August 23 and $40 after. This is going to be another fun and family friendly event, so bring your friends and family members to show off you skills and have them see what you have been training to do all summer long!! Please see attached flyer for details.

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Monday

8/13/2012

Dear EDH Grapplers!

In this message:

1)VEGAS RESULTS

2)NoGi IN-HOUSE Tournament

3)No BJJ Class This Week

1)VEGAS RESULTS

We're coming off a very exciting weekend of competition at the IBJJF Las Vegas Open. Jordan, Garrett, and Eliot all brought back 4 medals from the tournament! 2 Gold and 2 Bronze! Check out our facebook page for pictures and detailed results of the tournament! Please give these competitors a BIG congratulations when you see them!

2)NoGi IN-HOUSE Tournament

Coming Sunday, August 26 is our 2nd annual HOT AUGUST NOGI TOURNAMENT. I've attached a flyer of the tournament! Also, we will be taking a TEAM photo between the kids & adults tournament. Please show up wearing your EDH Gear!

3)No BJJ Class This Week

There are NO jiu-jitsu CLASSES this week. We will have OPEN MAT from Monday~Thursday from 7:00-8:00pm. Get on the mat and drill, roll, ask and answer questions! Judo & Wrestling class will take place as usual!

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Tuesday

7/24/2012

EDH BJJ & Grapplers!

As we look forward to a new school year we are also looking forward to getting more involved in the community! Over the summer we hosted some local sports teams for a self defense seminar. Not only did they get some great cross-training, but they also learned about body awareness and some BJJ techniques for self defense and bully prevention. We'd love to offer this opportunity to other local teams in our community! If you know of a local team that would benefit from some training on the mat that is also useful in the real world, please let us know!

Also, we're currently hosting a Back to School Supplies Drive for Sacramento Children's Home. This project was started by three of the students in our kid's class.....a great example of leadership skills and real world application of what is learned on the mat! if you or your children have an idea for a community project we'd LOVE to hear it, so feel free to share it with us!

Our goal is for our students to be leaders on and off the mat and for our school to be a positive influence in the community. Thanks for helping us achieve our goal!

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Thursday

6/28/2012

Dear Grappling Enthusiasts!

I wanted to make sure EVERYONE was aware of our SUMMER SCHEDULE! Please note the AM Kids & Adults Classes on Monday and Wednesday. If you have any questions about our schedule please let me know because you are probably not the only one.

SEMINAR: Proven Guard Techniques

- Taking place in Rocklin, CA our friends from NOVA UNIAO have invited us to attend this seminar. Please contact Shane at (916) 865-6636 to secure your spot!

SEMINAR in EDH

- I am finalizing details for a seminar in El Dorado Hills with BLACK BELT WORLD CHAMPION, Professor Marcos Torregrosa. However, I need your input. Please send me an email, give me a call, or talk with me in class!

1) DATE: July 10th but how long? (2~3 hours)

2) THEME: What would you like covered? Chokes, positions, sweeps, passing? He is very systematic in his teaching, so the more FOCUSED we can get the better!

3) Would you like a KIDS Seminar separate from the ADULTS? (~1 hour)

In addition to being an incredible competitor, Professor Torregrosa is an AMAZING technician and teacher. I train with the guy 3 days a week and I'm still looking forward to this!!

COMING in SEPTEMBER:

EDHBJJ will make history (AGAIN), by hosting a LADIES ONLY SEMINAR by a FEMALE BLACK BELT. Thanks to Instructor TODD JONES and his BJJ connections, we will be able to host this event in the near future! Stay tuned & EXCITED!! This is going to be an incredible event! Prior to the LADIES ONLY SEMINAR, we would like to have a shorter FATHER & SON/DAUGHTER Seminar!!

See you on the mat!

Eliot Kelly

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Monday

6/18/2012

Did everyone have a wonderful Father's Day?? This week we have some very
exciting things going on in El Dorado Hills!! Dad's get on the mat and
train!!!!

*Today is the 2nd LADIES ONLY BJJ CLASS! *
We will be learning BASIC exercises to complement the technique learned
that day. The class will also emphasize an on going discussion on the
difference between self-defense BJJ and sport BJJ. The goal of this weekly
class is to get an AWESOME WORKOUT, LEARN, and have FUN!!

*KIDS PM CLASS: 5:00~5:50 Tuesday & Thursday*
This is the summer of NO GI training! PM Class is now from 5! Friday class
starts at 6:30 with the adults!

*KIDS AM CLASS: **12:00~1:00 Monday & Wednesday*
During the summer we will be having kids class combined with the adults
on Mondays and Wednesdays! There is also a Saturday class from
11:30~12:15!

*JUDO CLASS: 6:00~6:55*
Come learn JUDO "the stand up version of BJJ," under the guidance of Black
Belt instructor Garrett Aldrich!

See you on the mat!

3/5/2012

Members of EDHBJJ!

It's starting to get warm! Please make sure you are well hydrated before you come into train & hydrate after training! Here are some announcements for the week!

Make A Difference

We will have our FIRST VIP meeting (Very Involved Parents/People) meeting tomorrow @6:30~6:45pm.

We will discuss:

- Creating Volunteer Opportunities

- Organizing a Fundraiser for an Organization/Cause

- Enrich our school & curriculum

I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

REGISTRATION is OPEN for our 1st Tournament of the year:

March 18 (Click Here for FLYER) Also attached!

In-House Tournaments are a great opportunity to COMPETE without having to travel a great distance. They are also a great way to experience COMPETITION with people you train with on a daily basis. The LEARNING & MATURATION that takes place as a result of competition is HUGE! ALSO, we will have two matches going on at the same time!!! Guaranteed 100% EXCITEMENT!!

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Eliot Kelly
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Tuesday

1/31/2012

Dear EDH Brazilian Jiujitsu Enthusiasts,

The excitement in our academy is growing as we transition into the year! Thank you for being a part of our growing team & the new improvements! As our Kelly family grows with the Jiu-Jitsu Academy we thank you for being patient with any difficulties we may encounter.

We are very grateful and thank you all for the unconditional support!

THIS FRIDAY: Stanford vs Utah Valley Wrestling in Palo Alto @6:30

If you want to go start talking about it with other members and arrange carpools! There will be no Jiu-Jitsu Class in the evening. In addition to the 6:30 match there will be a Utah Valley vs Cal Poly match starting at 4:30. This is a RARE opportunity to see the BEST Wrestling LIVE in Northern California!

NEXT WEEK: VIP WEEK

Very Involved Parents Week an opportunity to get on the mat with your son or daughter! GET on the MAT to Learn, Train, Play, & SMILE with your son/daughter during this weeks kids class!

~~~~VIP COMMITTEE~~~~

We are starting a VIP Committee for parents interested in enhancing their child's Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, & Martial Arts experience. The purpose of the committee is to get feedback & ideas from parents, organize leadership activities, assist during kids class, and more! The Goal is to make a difference!! The Committee will meet for 30~45 minutes every month.

2/19 JUDO CLINIC

Satoshi Ishii is an Olympic Gold Medalist & among the elite of the elite! Sign up before the 12th to get the discounted rate!

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Eliot Kelly
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