THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 13th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! Writing you on the heels of a long and successful weekend of competition across both disciplines. Make sure to hit the links at the bottom for our Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge […]
PRE-PARATION WEEK OF 1/13/24 There are many lenses through which we can understand our human experience. Some of these are in the fossil record, others are in written history, and others are through the myths and legends that are passed down through the ages. But one that I particularly find useful is in the […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: INITIATIVE WEEK OF 1/13/24 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is Blue for Initiative! Students can earn their stripe this week by taking lead on cleaning up after dinner on two separate occasions. This includes all plates washed, surfaces cleaned, and food put away. Students: if you need help, just […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 6th, 2025 Happy Sunday Team! I am incredibly excited to put the holiday stuff behind and get back to work in an serious and consistent way. For those of you that took a little break — […]
CARDIO ISN’T “PROGRESS” WEEK OF 12/30/24 …And being out of shape doesn’t mean you “fell behind.” This is the time of year when many of us are steeling our minds for the challenge of getting back into the groove of things. A big part of that is anticipating some difficulty in “knocking off the […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: FITNESS WEEK OF 1/6/24 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is Green for Technique! Students can earn their stripe this week by learning all six methods of scoring points in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The scoring system (and a ton of other super useful stuff) is available inside our Parent’s Guide […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF DECEMBER 29th, 2024 Happy Sunday Team! Sending this newsletter out a day early because I want to update our Monday schedule — we will be operating on a normal evening schedule tomorrow. However, morning classes are still cancelled. […]
CYCLES WEEK OF 12/30/24 Everything is a cycle; everything has a rhythm. From the beat of our heart, to the respiration of our lungs, to the path of the sun, to the changing of the seasons, to the orbit of our planet. And on and on in both larger and smaller scales. Training, too, […]
JUNIOR SAMURAI STRIPE CHALLENGE: FITNESS WEEK OF 12/30/24 This week’s Junior Samurai stripe challenge is Red for Fitness! Students can earn their challenge stripe by devising a workout plan of 100 total reps, then working through it on three separate days. For example, a workout could be 25 jumping jacks, 25 situps, 25 pushups, […]
We will be running an adjusted class schedule from December 24th through January 1st. The lineup is as follows: 12.24 TUESDAY | XMAS EVE — 10AM All Levels Striking class / 11AM Open Mat (Sparring + Rolling + W/E) 12.25 WEDNESDAY | XMAS — CLOSED 12.26 THURSDAY — 5pm Youth Muay Thai, 6pm Adult Open […]