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 […]
STOWAWAYS WEEK OF 6/30/25 I do some of my best thinking in the garden. For many of you reading this, the gym is your escape. It’s where you do your best thinking. It’s my escape too, but it’s also my office! So I tend to find my escape in other areas as well. Since […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: INITIATIVE WEEK OF 6/30/25 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is BLUE for initiative! We have a fun one for you this week! Students — plan a fun and pleasant activity for a friend, parent, or sibling, and see it through as a proper host. Be creative and don’t get […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JUNE 23rd, 2025 Happy Monday Team! It’s gonna be HOT this week. Barring any sort of emergency situation (power outage, demons from hell sprouting from various Philly potholes) we will be open as normal. Please stay hydrated and […]
GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK WEEK OF 6/23/25 Seriously! Give yourself a pat on the back from time to time. We start our journeys as wide eyed beginners, wholly focused mostly on whether we can, or cannot, actually do something. That is the beginner’s burning question: “can I do this?” As we […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: TECHNIQUE WEEK OF 6/23/25 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is GREEN for technique! Students can earn their green stripe by completing 20 practice reps of their favorite BJJ technique at home!
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JUNE 16th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! I hope all the fathers had a nice and relaxing holiday yesterday! Because today it’s back to work on the mats 🙂 Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 24th — our […]
IT’S GOTTA HURT A LITTLE WEEK OF 6/16/25 I see it all the time: new student joins the gym, “falls in love” with the arts, and is training nearly every day. And then, something small happens: an awkward exchange in the gym, a small injury, a small change in schedule, etc. And then, poof! […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: FITNESS WEEK OF 6/16/25 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is RED for Fitness! Students can earn their red stripe by completing the following workout four times over the course of the week. Exercises can be broken down into manageable chunks and do not need to be performed consecutively. 50 […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JUNE 9th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! First of all, congrats to Coach Trevon on his dominant win Saturday night at Freedom Fighting Championships. Trevon put on an aggressive boxing clinic from the first bell to the last, nearly […]