New Spring Schedule up now.
Check out our new Spring Schedule, we added early morning classes - 6-7am Mondays and Wednesdays and also added No Gi on Fridays 6:30-7:30pm.
How To Tie Your Belt
Here’s a quick video to go over a basic way to tie your belt for Jiu Jitsu class.
Lots of people have all kids of variations on how to tie the belt.
Share your favorite way to tie the belt in the comments.
Coach Tenocht promoted to blue belt!!!
We had a very special birthday and promotion this week. Our very own Coach Tenocht turned 16 this past weekend and was promoted to blue belt on Monday. It is a huge accomplishment for Tenocht, who began training with Professor Cindy Hales at the age of 5. He has consistently trained and earned each of the kid’s belts under Prof. Hales. Tenocht attends adult classes regularly and has also helped with the kid’s classes for the past couple of years. The whole team is very proud of Tenocht and his accomplishments and we eagerly await what the future holds for this talented young man. Congratulations Tenocht!
Proving Grounds 2.1.2020 recap
Another successful Proving Grounds Submission Only tournament in the books. We brought 6 competitors in total and everyone had a great showing of technique and sportsmanship. In the kids divisions, Joshua, Christopher and Ryli all displayed tons of heart and technique and we able to bring home some hardware. Dwayne and Ricky competed in the adult divisions and also left it all on the mats both bringing home medals as well. Tenocht competed in the juniors, as well as adult divisions, and was able to secure two gold and a silver medal with tons of heart and technical savvy displayed in all divisions.
On top of the competitors, we are always very proud of those teammates who worked at the event. A big thanks to Cassy, Amber, Gael and Kelly for devoting the day to helping the event and the sport. Also a big thank you to all the family and friends who came to lend support and encouragement. You are all appreciated! Thank you to everyone for making it another wonderful event.
Forgotten Children's Fund benefit seminar with Tom Steele a success!
Thank you to Professor Tom Steele of West Idaho BJJ / Team Yemaso for making the trip over to teach some moves for a great cause. Tom showed a slick armbar set up, to a tripod sweep and following leg lock submission series. He also shared some good details and concepts on guard passing. All the proceeds for the seminar will be going directly to the Forgotten Children’s Fund. Thank you for everyone who attended and donated to this cause.
Winter 2019 Sleeper Jiu Jitsu Kids Team Promotions
We had our first round of Sleeper Jiu Jitsu Kids Team promotions in our new space. It is very exciting to see the progress the continuing students have made and exciting to have new students receiving their first stripes and taking part in their first promotions ceremony as part of the Sleeper Kids Team. Congratulations to everyone on their hard work, dedication and perseverance leading up to this round of promotions. You all are awesome and we are proud to have each of you on the team.
Welcome to Sleeper Jiu Jitsu - a walk though video of our gym
A quick walkthrough video of our gym filmed by Mike Baltierra Photography
Our Grand Opening was a huge success!
A couple of weeks ago, we held our grand opening party weekend and its was an amazing success! The celebration was spread over two days with the kids kicking off the weekend with a free class open to all kids in the community. We had over 30 kids in attendance, most new to the sport of Jiu Jitsu / grappling. Everyone jumped right in and began learning moves, playing games, having fun and making new friends. It was awesome to see all the kids working hard and having fun.
On Sunday, we had another outpouring of support, love and friendship from across the PNW BJJ scene. The mats were packed with old and new friends and it was incredible to get to celebrate the opening of our new school with so many amazing people.
I can’t begin to thank everyone enough for all of the love and support. You all are amazing and I appreciate you all! A big thank you to Mike Baltierra (Mike Baltierra Photography) for his video of the event and to Nick Wong for his wonderful photos from kid’s day.