MONDAY MINDSET: PASSION WEEK OF 9/23/24 I’m a huge fan of etymology, the study of words and their origins (not to be confused with entomology, the study of bugs, which is also pretty cool I guess). If we understand the history of words and their uses, we learn more about what it means to […]
MONDAY MINDSET: BE UNDENIABLE WEEK OF 9/16/24 Nothing worth having comes easy. And sometimes the difficulty is not in the actual work, but in achieving the recognition of that effort you’ve been putting in. There will often be gatekeepers who stand between you and the goals you are working to achieve – and whether […]
MONDAY MINDSET: THE REAL TREASURE IS THE FRIENDSHIPS YOU MAKE WEEK OF 9/9/24 There’s a cliche in storytelling that’s crossed over into meme territory at this point. That being: at the end of a long journey, when you finally reach the buried treasure, it’s empty — there never was a material prize at the […]
MONDAY MINDSET: MOMENTS WEEK OF 9/2/24 Sometimes, it’s just not your moment In fact, unless you’ve really, really prepared for it, it probably won’t be.And even if you have done everything humanly possible to prepare, sometimes it just doesn’t pan out. We tend to think in narratives, that our story is the main arc […]
MONDAY MINDSET: PERFECTLY IMPERFECT IS THE END GAME WEEK OF 8/26/24 May of this year marked my 9th year as a Jiu Jitsu black belt (I earned the initial rank in 2015). That promotion was equally both one of the most exciting and most disappointing moments of my life. Exciting because I had finally […]
Happy Monday Team! February’s Slamboree was a great success — congratulations to both Mike and Coltrane on their advancement to blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu! Although technically only the second adult belt in BJJ, the blue belt is not easy to achieve. It demands a working understanding of the basic mechanics of the art, […]
MONDAY MINDSET: THANKSGIVING Mental tips, tricks, and new perspectives Just want to give a shout out to everyone reading this that I am incredibly grateful that you are all part of this academy!. Visitors regularly compliment me on how awesome the gym is, and I am quick to tell them that it’s the people that […]
THE RED CORNER || 11.27.23 || JIU JITSU CLASSES News and updates from North Star Mixed Martial Arts Happy Monday Team! Sadly this will probably be the final Monday newsletter with this format — we are transitioning over to a new software and its e-mail editor kinda stinks. As with all good things, […]
Hey Team! Just a reminder that our new Friday night class starts this week! Friday Night’s Jiu Jitsu 101 “Nogi Live Drills” class will focus on positional, live drills both incorporating and moving beyond the position of the month. This class is open to all BJJ students with 1+ months experience, and the nogi apparel […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND EVENTS FROM NORTH STAR MMA Happy Monday Team! Just wrapped up a great training session with the Tap Cancer Out competition team and everyone is looking super sharp! The TCO tournament is scheduled for November 11th in Hatfield, PA. If you would like to donate to the cause, you can visit the team fundraising page here (and donate […]