THE RED CORNER

NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

WEEK OF JUNE 30th, 2025

Happy Monday Team!

We just wrapped up one of our most intensely packed weeks ever!

 

Big congratulations go out to Matt Geiger on his promotion to black belt, as well as Paul Sims (1st degree black belt), Charlie Cottone (purple belt), John Kahn (purple belt), James Brodovsky (blue belt), Brian Brosnan (blue belt), and John Martin (blue belt).  In addition we handed out a few linear miles worth of stripe tape too 🙂

 

On the heels of our Jiu Jitsu promotions, WBC champion and #1 ranked fighter in the USA, Gianna Vadino successfully defended her Warrior’s Cup title to improve to 23-2 overall with a second round TKO!

 

We move directly into a holiday week so please note that we will be 100% closed on Friday, July 4th in observance of the holiday; also, all Saturday classes are cancelled and in their stead we will have 10am striking open mat and 11am BJJ open mat.

 

Also, for those of you who would like to contribute to the recovery efforts in North Carolina via our guest instructor, Charmaine Mills, please use the following Venmo Link: Hurricane Helene Recovery.

Big thanks to Charmaine for running an awesome class last week — we hope to have her back as soon as she returns to the area.

 

We have our BIG MOVE coming up AT SOME POINT in the VERY NEAR FUTURE — once we have our timeline locked down, you all will be the first to know.  In the meantime, please stay patient with us and roll with the punches.  There may be some last minute adjustments, substitutions, and cancellations in the coming weeks.  But something amazing waits for us at the end of that rainbow and I can’t wait to share it with you!See you on the mats,

–Coach Jackson

You can find this week’s Monday Mindset HERE

You can find this week’s Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge HERE