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Phil Braica Orange Belt Test 9-13-2010

September 13th, 2010 Pat Cassidy Comments off

phil-braica-orange-belt-2693 Congratulations Phil on being promoted by Sensei Leigh to jujitsu orange belt on 9-13-2010.

Some nice technique demonstrated here. It’s obvious from the pictures how hard Phil was pushed tonight. It was a pleasure watching him work the problems, and demonstrate efficient application of core principles.

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Pat (as dojo image king)
Photos by Pat and Maria

Sport Jujitsu National Championships

September 8th, 2010 Leigh Rossi Comments off

Congratulations to Richard Hubbard for his first place finish in the Sport Jujitsu National Championships. Way to go Richard! Stay tuned and we will try to get some video and Pic’s up with this post.

Welcome to the newest member of the Checkmate family

September 7th, 2010 Leigh Rossi Comments off

Congratulations to Joe Maguire and his family on the birth of his son Ronan !

Categories: Announcements

2010 Ohana Award *** Pat Cassidy***

September 7th, 2010 Leigh Rossi Comments off

The Ohana awards are awarded to NON BLACK BELTS in the dojo that have gone above and beyond to help other students learn and progress to the next level, furthering the spirit of Ohana and Jujitsu America in their dojo. This year’s recipient is Pat Cassidy. Pat demonstrates the spirit of this Award daily by leading a helping hand to Jujitsu and Judo student who are trying to wrap their brains around Nage Waza or Ukemi, snapping action shots and Videos of fellow students tests, teaching the Judo classes, and keeping our web site operational as well has the author of so many posts on this site and facebook. It is with Great appreciation that I nominated Pat for this year’s recipient of the 2010 Ohana Award.

Sincerly,

Sensei Rossi

Announcements from the 2010 Jujitsu America Convention

September 7th, 2010 Leigh Rossi Comments off

I would like to thank all of you that attended the JA convention in Florida this past weekend. It was a fantastic time at a great venue! The weather was perfect and it was a great way to reconnect with old friends and share in the Martial Arts. Without your continued participation in these events the organization suffers. Check back and we will post some picks of the event. You can also check our Facebook site for some updates as well!

Overdue Congratulations

September 7th, 2010 Leigh Rossi Comments off

I wanted to congratulate the following Members Checkmate for their recent promotions to their Next rank.

Senpai was promoted to Nidan, 2nd degree Black Belt with Jujitsu America and received his Shodan from Prof. Castoldi.
Nate also received his Shodan from Prof. Castoldi

Maria T. Was promoted to 3rd Brown skipping over her Blue Belt rank.

All well deserved promotions for everyone!

Reminder no kids class Saterday and Labor Day

September 3rd, 2010 Leigh Rossi Comments off

Reminder no kids class this Saturday, September 3rd or Labor Day Monday. We are open this coming Monday for Adult classes.

I apology for the late Notice as this update did not get posted because of a technical issue on my part.
See you then!

Categories: Announcements