THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF AUGUST 25th, 2025 Monday Mindset, Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge, and Facility FAQ Links all available at the bottom! Happy Monday Team! Writing this newsletter to you from the Windy City of Chicago! Little known fact: I was […]
RIDE THE WAVE WEEK OF 8/25/25 If there’s one lesson I’ve taken from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it’s that you have to learn to ride the wave. Some waves are big and choppy. You may have to scratch and claw just to keep yourself above water. Some waves are smooth and low, and you can […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: TECHNIQUE WEEK OF 8/25/2025 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is GREEN for technique! Students can earn their green stripe by teaching the Mantis Guard (aka the De La Riva Guard) to a parent or sibling. Make sure to teach and emphasize the three specific points of control!
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF AUGUST 18th, 2025 Monday Mindset, Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge, and Facility FAQ Links all available at the bottom! Happy Monday Team! Now that our big move is behind us, it’s time to really focus on getting back […]
SIGH OR SHRUG WEEK OF 8/18/25 It’s always something, isn’t it? The other day, we had a few leaks pop up in our brand new roof here at the church. Little ones, but alarming nonetheless. Not cool! I’ve been down this road before. Screws come loose, a handle pops out of place, a leak […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: FITNESS WEEK OF 8/18/2025 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is RED for fitness! Students can earn a red stripe by completing the following workout 3 times: 50 pushups 50 squats 2 minute plank These exercises can be broken up into much smaller chunks!
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF AUGUST11th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! Two weeks in and it’s starting to feel like home! We have a number of improvements still on the horizon — in fact we just secured some mats for the basement area […]
INEVITABILTY OF FAILURE WEEK OF 8/11/25 Failure is like a force of nature. We simply have to accept it. That doesn’t mean we have to accept our specific, personal failures, but we need to accept the existence of it. Of Failure, with a capital F. You can’t have day without night. The opposites define […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: INITIATIVE WEEK OF 8/11/2025 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is BLUE for initiative! Students, find a friend, parent, or sibling in need of some help and give them a hand!
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF AUGUST4th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! We survived the first week at our new location on Germantown Ave! Still plenty to do at the academy but we hit the ground at 100mph without missing a beat, so again […]