THE RED CORNER: NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF 4.22.24 Happy Monday Team! Wow.. what a weekend. Three events over two back-to-back days and over a dozen competitors! On Saturday, Isis Toledo competed in the Place of Peace invitational BJJ event. She dropped a competitive decision […]
THE RED CORNER || 01.15.24 || NEWS AND EVENTS AT THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY IN PHILADELPHIA Happy Monday Team! We are finally back to our regularly scheduled programming here every Monday! In October, we were told that our gym management software — which basically runs scheduling, tuition, e-mails, and everything in between — was literally […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND EVENTS HERE AT NORTH STAR MMA Happy Monday Team! Big congratulations to marquee fighter Gianna Vadino who went 6-0 with 3 stoppages en route to double gold in both the Muay Thai and K1 divisions at the ISKA World Championships in Munich, Germany. Gianna squared off against athletes from […]
THE RED CORNER News and events here at north star mma Happy Monday Team! Lots coming up this second half of October. Yeesh. Rather than drawl on and on about it, I’m going to organize everything into neat little bullet points below for your reference: Gianna Vadino heads to Germany to represent the USA […]
THE RED CORNER || 10.02.23 || UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR MMA ACADEMY IN PHILADELPHIA Happy Monday Team! Hard to believe we’re already in Spooky Season, aka October! It’s my favorite time of the month (largely due to Halloween and a much-needed break from the hot weather), and also one of my favorite times on the mats. People are […]
Monday Mindset: Discipline Bridges the Gap I feel like we all know what we should be doing.Eating better, sleeping more, exercising often. It’s not complicated. And yet, most of us are probably not at the level of health and fitness that we’d like to be. Simply put, discipline is the bridge between where we are, and where […]
Happy Monday Team! We had an amazing turnout this Saturday for our Fall PRO/AM Invitational Sparring Meetup. Over 55 athletes, with over 230 combined bouts, were in attendance from the region’s top competitive gyms. Getting together for some friendly but hard rounds is what it’s all about! We’re already halfway through September (and the beginning […]
Happy Monday Team! Back for another tough week on the mat. This weekend, The North Star Academy will be hosting athletes from all across the tri-state area for another PRO/AM Sparring meetup. This event draws amateur and professional MMA, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai fighters from the top gyms in the region for a day of […]
Monday Mindset: Labor Day Today we’ll divert from the usual routine and instead take a moment to honor the members of our community here who are out there getting things done every day. The first responders, construction workers, truck drivers, and so on. The people who rarely get the spotlight but keep the wheels of […]
Happy Monday Team! Wow! What a weekend! We had a great time at the WKA National Tournament in Delaware (well, outside of the 47 hours of waiting and all that.. IYKYK). Coach Tre went 1-1 in a stacked division and Gianna had a few dropouts in her division, but finished the finals match with a […]
Happy Monday Team! I greatly appreciate everyone’s understanding this past Wednesday — we had to cancel classes due to a plumbing emergency. Luckily, we got everything under control before any damage could occur and the emergency repair team managed to fix everything up in its entirety. Crisis averted! I want to also highlight one of […]
Happy Monday Team! It’s going to be pretty smooth sailing these next two weeks until we return to action at the end of the month for the WKA National Kickboxing Championships in Harrington, Delaware. The distance and tournament format of this event doesn’t make it very spectator friendly, but we’ll keep you posted […]
Happy Monday Team! It’s HOT outside so this is my annual reminder to stay hydrated. If you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated! Make sure to drink a ton of water throughout the day, and especially before (and during) training. If you are doubling up on sessions at the gym, take a hydration break in […]
Because eventually, every round will be become a hard round. If you walk head first into a challenge, you have already won. Whether you “win” or “lose” the exchange is secondary. There are going to be hundreds, if not thousands, of hard rounds between you and whatever your goals are. You might […]
Happy Monday Team! I hope you all had an awesome weekend! Make sure to mark your calendars for the Six Year Anniversary Party rescheduled for Saturday, July 15th, from 2-5pm! More details to come but it’s a pretty simple affair 🙂 By the way, yes — we are open as normal today […]
Happy Monday Team! Rolled the dice on Saturday’s weather not being up to par and lost that one — after a torrential downpour it actually turned out really nice! Oh well, that’s how it goes.. there is probably a good “Monday Mindset” topic in there somewhere 🙂 We’re rescheduling our 6 Year […]
Happy Monday Team! Next weekend is our big Six Year Anniversary Party at Attic Brewing Company! Make sure to join us from 2-5pm (or later, you party animals) in the beer garden. Friends, family, strangers, interstellar aliens — everyone’s invited! All attendees will receive a free raffle ticket as well (winners will […]
Before I got into MMA (and for a very long time throughout my MMA career as both a competitor and coach), I worked in the landscaping and gardening industry. I’ve always been fascinated by the similarities between seemingly extremely disparate things. On the surface, martial arts and gardening are in totally different categories. […]
Happy Monday Tuesday Team! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I spent the past few days in the nation’s capital celebrating a family wedding. No complaints, but I’m ready to get back to the mats tonight and keep things moving forward. On deck, a number of our students will be participating in the […]
We often think of ourselves as static, unchanging individuals. We can internalize failures and believe that certain achievements, feelings, or lifestyles are completely out of our reach. In short, we see ourselves and much of the world around us set into a state of unchanging permanence. Obviously, there are some limitations on what […]
In our dreams and aspirations, we tend to focus on achieving something close to perfection — an unblemished record, a perfect physique, a rigorous diet free of cheat meals and hiccups. But perfection cannot be achieved in the real world. Our ideals are like cardinal directions in that we can orient ourselves by […]
Happy Monday Team! We are fresh off an exciting weekend of competition, with Timmy Green executing a near flawless performance en route to a big win in the cage on Saturday. We are right back at it again this coming weekend with Ade Solebo making his competitive debut at Striker’s Cup in […]
Muay Thai is known as the “Art of 8 Limbs,” referring to the pairs of hands, elbows, knees, and feet that we can use to systematically break down our opponents. As a competitive fighter, I jokingly referred to Muay Thai as the “Art of 7 Limbs,” as on any given day I’d have […]
We all have a why — the reason and driving force that motivates us to work hard, be consistent, and work towards our goals. For some, it might just be to improve our self-confidence and feel safer in our own skin. For others, to be a competitive athlete. Whatever your why is, it’s a powerful motivator that […]
We had two massive competitive events in a 24 hour span this past weekend. While the team overall did a great job, we ran into some issues dealing with pressure on the whole. Sure, becoming so strong and powerful that you can basically crash through every obstacle is a great way to win […]
Your first round is never your best round, is it? It takes awhile to get your body loose, limber, and attuned to the demands of combat sports. Most athletes find their “flow” a little deeper into a training session, when everything starts to sync up. This is especially true on days where you […]
Happy Monday Team! We are on the other side of an incredible weekend here at the academy. Over 60 competitive athletes from 10+ schools converged onto our mats for a full day of 20+ sparring rounds at our PRO/AM Sparring event. It’s absolutely important to get good at martial arts. Being an […]
Words are a source of power. The right words can empower us and set us up for success. The wrong words can strip us of our agency, or put us on a path that only leads to failure. They shape the world we live in — the very way we see and interact […]
Happy Monday Team! We have a ton of cool stuff coming up in the next few weeks! I’ll detail them below, but before we get into all that, I wanted to take a moment today to introduce an idea that’s been in the works for awhile. Words have power. They can (and […]
Happy Monday Team! April is shaping to be a competitive and busy month! Make sure to mark the following dates on your calendar: 4/7 – 4/9: Adjusted Class Schedule due to the Movement Archery Workshop hosted at North Star MMA (details TBA) 4/21: Warrior’s Cup Full Rules Muay Thai in Queens, NY 4/22: Grappling Industries […]
It’s super easy not to really go for anything. No risk, no reward, but also no failure. And there’s something nice about that. Because what if we fail spectacularly? What if everyone sees us fail? Often, it’s not so much the failure itself that causes stress. It’s failing publicly. My next door neighbors growing up […]
Happy Monday Team! It’s FIGHT WEEK! Gianna’s hard work will come to fruition this Saturday night as she squares off for the USKA Full Rules Muay Thai championship belt. Gianna is currently #2 in ticket sales, but if you’re not first you’re last 🙂 So let’s make her #1! You can grab tickets […]
I want to preface this entry by saying that, yes, it is absolutely important and OK to have your own specific, selfish goals in training. In fact, we all do, and it’s both healthy and normal! With that said, the Tragedy of the Commons is a situation in which individuals take from a […]
Happy Monday Team! Big congrats to our Jr. Samurai alumni and also assistant instructor, Madison, on her clean sweep this weekend at NAGA. Madison has been significantly maturing as a grappler over the last few months especially, and showcased an intelligent and aggressive style en route to winning both her divisions. She is, […]
Quick one for you today. Often times I have students reach out to me concerned that they are not making progress because they are always exhausted after training. Conflating exhaustion with a lack of skill, progress, and/or conditioning is a common fallacy, though. Consider this thought experiment: you are a runner […]
Happy Monday Team! Yes, we are open today! Last weekend (2/11) we had a great showing for our “Path to Blue Belt” in-house seminar. We are considering doing a more regular seminar series so as to take some deep dives into basic, but large, concepts. What would you like to see? Let me […]
Ha, I know some of you have seen me juggling like a clown here and there in the gym. So, why juggling? Aside from the surprisingly deep metaphorical similarities that juggling has to life, jiu jitsu, fighting, or whatever, it’s also a pretty simple yet difficult task. As a coach, I often […]
Happy Monday Team! Full disclosure: it’s currently Sunday @ 3pm as I’m writing this (I write these in advance, because “early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable ). So maybe it’s a super happy Monday, or maybe it’s a super sad Monday. Either way, I hope you all enjoyed […]
One thing’s for certain, if you attempt something beyond your current level of comfort, there is a good chance you will fail (or, as the kids say, “Take the L”). You absolutely have to get used to the feeling of losing. Losing out on other opportunities. Losing out on junk food. Losing rounds […]
Happy Monday Team! Today starts the debut of our new Striking 101 Curriculum! While the coaches and I are definitely excited to move forward with our new approach, the reality is that on the mats it won’t be too different 🙂 Before we get into the details of what’s changed, I want […]
“I’ll see if I can make some time to ABC..”, “I’ll see if I can find the time to XYZ… Look, time cannot be created or destroyed. And it’s everyone around us — we don’t have to find it, either. Pay close attention to how we structure our excuses! Time cannot […]
Happy Monday Team! Hard to believe, but next month is our 6 year anniversary! I have some crazy stories to tell from the “early years” but believe it or not, we have some ride-or-die students still with us from the get-go. Big shout out to Jamie Ueberroth, Ken Mosely, Colleen Tozer, Coach Bill, […]
Happy Monday Team! And, yes, we are open as normal today. What else would we be doing on a wonderful Monday evening 🙂 ? Tonight is also the start of a small change in our Striking 101 program. From here on out, shin guards are required for all Striking 101 classes. […]
Happy Monday Team! We are in the process of organizing some competitive events this Winter, so stay posted for some cool announcements! In the meantime, we’ve made some small changes to the schedule. Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the class lineup and keep NorthStarMembers.com bookmarked for reference! We are also […]
Regardless of your religious or spiritual beliefs, the Christmas holiday is important in the sense that it also marks the Winter Solstice: the turning point between the shortening and lengthening of daylight hours. As a martial artist, especially one who pursues competitive success or exceptional advancement, you will have cycles of both dark and […]
Happy Monday Team! I hope everyone was able to spend some time with their families this week, or at least get a little bit of R&R in. I definitely needed the downtime after an intense open mat on Xmas eve 🙂 We are running an adjusted schedule this week. Please make sure to […]
In any combat sports competition, we can often say that the person who made the second to last mistake is the winner. This is especially true for submission grappling or no-holds-barred fighting, where victory is absolute. The key, then, isn’t to be flawless. That’s impossible, and also unnecessary. Rather, the key is to be […]
Happy Monday Team! One final push left this year with the holidays, and then we’re officially in 2023 with a wiiiiide open schedule to really get back to business on the mats. I have two updates for you in this newsletter — first, a quick note about some upcoming changes in 2023, and […]
Monday Mindset: The Progress Spiral It’s all about perspective. So much of our practice is routine — in a sense, we are running the same route over and over again. Rope, shadowbox, pads, spar. Warmup, drill, roll. Day in, day out. The scenery doesn’t really change too much and it can be easy […]
Happy Monday Team! We’re back for another busy week of training here at the academy. Please note that the academy will be fully closed on Saturday, December 24th. We will be open as normal on New Year’s Eve (12/31). Also, for the remainder of the year, all friends and family are welcome […]
If you are training long enough, at some point you will have to take some time off. This is inevitable. Work, family, friends, relationships, injuries — these can all demand significant amounts of your time (and, rightly so) and pull you out of a comfortable training routine. Coming back from a long layoff […]
Happy Monday Team! We had a great seminar on Saturday with Jon Blank. For those who attended, I hope you picked up some neat little tricks. I do have a bullet point list of all the techniques and skills we went over — if you want a copy, just let me know! Regarding […]
Three years ago, almost to the day, I underwent a serious shoulder reconstruction to repair a torn labrum on my left arm. So today’s Monday Mindset feels appropriate. When you have a chronic, debilitating injury, you rehabilitate it. To re-habilitate is to come back and build new habits, essentially. To “re-habit.” To create a […]
Happy Monday Team! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday this past week. It was a great opportunity to relax, reflect, and rest. We’re moving into a slower season here at the academy. As such, our curriculum for our intermediate classes will be more relaxed. If you have any skills, drills, or […]
The training room is a high pressure, high intensity environment. And at some point, when we get through the initial on-boarding of how to actually train, we start engaging in live drills and even full, occasionally hard, sparring rounds. It’s easy to think that we are then working against our fellow students, rather than working with them. […]
Happy Monday Team! We are fresh off a successful weekend at Tap Cancer Out! We placed second overall in single-team fundraising with over $10,000 raised. That’s an incredible amount and I am so impressed with the team’s efforts to not only prepare for competition, but also apply themselves to the fundraising in parallel. […]
When we first start something difficult, it’s like we’re at the base of a giant mountain. With very little experience or understanding in how to navigate the steep inclines, we start plodding our way upwards. The journey in the beginning is full of confusion, doubt, discomfort, and occasionally even embarrassment. But after a […]
Happy Monday Team! We continue to have non-stop events lined up over the next few weeks! Our full event schedule is listed below. But first, we are hosting Jon “Thor” Blank on Saturday, December 3rd, for a 90 minute workshop on the False Reap and Reverse De La Riva. These are cutting […]
With Halloween all around us, it seems appropriate to talk a little bit about “faking it till you make it,” or the act of putting on a facade (the word comes from the same root as “face,” by the way). Typically we apply a negative meaning to “putting on a facade,” as if the act […]
Happy Halloween! Just a reminder that we are running an adjusted schedule tonight. The lineup is as follows: 6pm All Levels Striking 7pm Touch Sparring (201+) 7:30pm BJJ (gi) Our 5pm youth class is cancelled today. We had a great turnout Saturday night for our Kick or Treat 2 Happy Hour! Although […]
Happy Monday Team! It’s crazy to think we are already at the end of October, 2022 — and yet, here we are! We have a bunch of SPOOKY events coming up in the next week, so make sure to come out and get in the spirit with us. First up, we […]
Unlike more traditional martial arts, which have highly regimented curricula and skills that must be learned and demonstrated for each successive rank advancement, Thaiboxing and Jiu Jitsu are more performance based. You either can, or cannot, execute the skill against your opponent. As such, it can be difficult to know where to invest your […]
Kind of an appropriate one for today, as I’m traveling about 6,000 miles roundtrip at an altitude of 30,000+ ft — and enjoying the passing scenery below of the entire United States! One of the biggest paradoxes of martial arts is that everything is both incredibly simple and also incredibly complex at the […]
Happy Monday Team! I’m probably flying somewhere over the Midwest as you’re reading this now! After a quick trip to the West coast for a wedding, I’ll be back on the mats tomorrow without skipping a step. We are ramping back up for a ton of activity over the next couple weeks so buckle […]
What are our routines? The word itself is related to “route,” meaning our routines are the routes we take through our habitual cycles. Humans are creatures of routine. I remember in college, when we had no assigned seating, that my fellow students and I all generally sat in the same seat each day. It […]
Happy Monday Team! It’s officially October! Which means we are only weeks away from our second annual “Kick or Treat” fundraising party at Attic Brewing Company! I’ll have more information available shortly, but make sure to keep Friday, 10/28, open — we’ll have prizes, karaoke, and more 🙂 This event is a […]
We’ve all been here. First, we think about something we want to accomplish. Let’s say, starting a martial art. Then, we furiously research the topic and start to plan it out. Finally, we get so overwhelmed by all the information that we get stuck in a cycle of trying to plan out the best […]
Happy Monday Team! We are on the other side of a super busy series of competitive events across the spectrum of combat sports, so it’ll be nice to get back into a less frenetic rhythm for the next two weeks! While we didn’t get the result we wanted, Trevon Scales put on […]
If you really want to have success at what you’re doing, you gotta love it. In the fight game, there are basically two classes of competitors: Amateurs, and Professionals. Amateurs don’t get paid. They are essentially volunteers. Professionals get paid. That’s the main difference, on paper. This dynamic is a great example of the […]
Happy Monday Team! What a weekend! Friday night saw competitors Brittany Walker and Paul Sims engage on the Ground Zero Grappling stage here in Philadelphia. Both put in strong performances but did not walk away with wins. So it goes sometimes! Saturday we shot up to New York City for Gianna Vadino’s […]
My two favorite words in the English language. Yes, and No. Yes is usually my first favorite, because it means I’m going to get what I want, or that we are in agreement so we can move forward. No is also super useful. Now, I may not get what I want, or maybe we […]
I’m guilty of really rambling on and on about mindset, paradigm shifts, etc. — but one lesson I learned as a competitor is this: The extra work is a choice. Inaction is a choice. Losing, too, is a choice. Making the right choices isn’t always easy, though. We are extremely good […]
Happy Labor Day team! I apologize for missing last week’s e-mail — my excuse is legitimate, but terrible: I was somewhere along the western coast of Ireland dodging mountains and sheep 🙂 Internet cafes aren’t much of a thing in Ireland, even in Dublin and Galway. So, apologies there! We have an extremely busy […]
Happy Monday Team! We’ve been working our tails off this month and I’m excited to wrap it up with a strong showing at the Finisher’s Submission Only Grappling tournament this weekend! September is shaping up to be a huge month for competition as well — we still have some irons in the […]
Happy Monday Team! Heads up that we will be running a modified class schedule the week prior to Labor Day (8/29 – 9/3). Often, during a week leading up to a holiday, we compress our 101 and 201 classes and loosen our ties a bit. However, the class times may change a bit […]
Happy Monday Team! Just want to send you a quick (and final) reminder that our format for the Striking 201 program has changed a bit. These changes include: Classes are now 75 minutes long (excluding Thursday boxing). Free sparring/clinching will continue after the “official” end. Gloves, shinguards, mouthguard, and kneepads are required* Additional […]
Every new thing comes from the destruction of something old. New, better habits must come at the expense of old bad ones. So if you are having trouble visualizing yourself achieving a considerable goal, don’t stress about it. Try a different perspective. You, as you are, will not be the one achieving that goal. […]
Seeing Progress. Yes, I’m aware that a few weeks ago I wrote a similar e-mail. I’m also aware that I also recently wrote an e-mail about the importance of Redundancy 🙂 So bear with me. This is important. Hence the redundancy! I often field e-mails from students (at the academy, and abroad – we […]
There comes a time in your training career where it feels like you are just not progressing at all. And if it hasn’t happened to you yet, it will. We have to remember that “progress” is a relative term. Unlike in weightlifting, us martial artists don’t have a quantifiable metric to track (i.e. how […]
Happy Monday team! Have a little more for you to chew on today.. we are covering three topics in this newsletter so sit down with a cup of warm joe and make sure to get yourself up to speed! We are hitting the mats fresh off another successful weekend in competition. On […]
Quick note: I originally wrote this a few years ago, after being a day late on my weekly newsletter (I often pull from the archives for the Monday Mindset section). Typically I have everything done by Sunday evening and scheduled for Monday morning, but yesterday I was out of state visiting family and didn’t […]
Happy Monday Team! Looking forward to another great week on the mats with you all. Don’t forget, Trevon Scales is competing this Saturday for Gut Check Championships in Hockessin, Delaware (about an hour from the gym). We have tickets available at the front desk! On Saturday, June 25th at 1pm, we will […]
“The path of the Warrior is lifelong, and mastery is often simply staying on the path.” Pop-culture often makes a big deal of “The Warrior Path,” making it seem that the apprentice fighter must walk over coals, survive in the wilderness with just their wits, defeat hordes of faceless enemies, and stand on poles […]
Happy Monday Team! June is going to be a busy month here at the academy — we have something cool happening almost every weekend! 6/18 Gut Check Championships featuring Trevon Scales Hockessin, DE. See Trevon or a coach for tickets. 6/26 FLOWwork movement workshop with Coach Alex Brazinski Info and Registration can […]
I wrote a Monday Mindset article a in February of 2020 with the same title, basically, while overseas in Paris. I really had no idea how different my life trajectory would go in only a month with the onset of the COVID pandemic and all associated shutdowns, restrictions, anxiety, and general instability of the next two […]
Feliz Lunes, equipe! I am writing to you from sunny (very, very sunny) Catalonia, Spain! Aside from some great BJJ training, it’s basically been hiking, history, beach, and wine. Can’t complain! I’ll be back on the mats Friday, June 3rd, ready to go — hopefully I can avoid sunburn over the next […]
Happy Monday Team! We have a beautiful week of training ahead of us, let’s get after it! Please remember we have an adjusted schedule for Memorial Day Weekend (see below). This will affect class times throughout the week starting this Wednesday. Please make sure to check, and double check, the schedule before […]
I originally wrote this in the early Spring of 2019, when we had just secured the large space we now call the “Thunderdome.” Prepping 3400 square feet (including demo) while also teaching a full schedule of classes was not easy 🙂 Novelty, Plateau, Reward. These are the stages of every endeavor. It’s funny, 15 […]
Every year as the weather starts to warm up I give my annual “hygiene chat,” which is basically just a quick guide for you — yes, you — to follow so that we can all get down and dirty on the mats without getting, well, actually dirty 🙂 Before we get to that, big congrats […]
Simple one for you this week. Just show up. Feeling tired? Just show up. Sore? Just show up. Hungry? Just show up. I’ve been training for nearly two decades, and I can tell you the hardest — and most important daily step in your training regimen — is just to show […]
Happy Monday Team! Let’s give a big congrats to The Wall himself, Paul Sims, on a stellar performance yesterday at Finishers Sub Only! Paul swept his division en route to Gold and continues to cement his place in the region as one of the top grapplers. Reminder — for those interest in […]
The purpose of this exam is twofold: to test your knowledge, and also review the entire curriculum to fill in any blind spots you may experience. Regular participation in group classes should be sufficient in preparing you for the exam, but additional work is always encouraged. The exam is roughly 80 minutes long. Participants must […]
Happy Monday Team! I am exciting to announce our return to a more formal grading and testing system to both hasten, and focus, the progress of our students in their pursuit of striking mastery. One of my most bittersweet memories as a coach was Wednesday, March 11th, 2020. We had a packed […]
Picture this — you’ve been running around all day, and at your last stop you go to pull out your wallet to pay for something and, whoops, realize it’s missing. What do you do? A reasonable person would retrace their steps — can you tease out any moments where you might have taken […]
Hey Team! We are only six weeks away until the unofficial start of Summer (Memorial Day Weekend) which is seems crazy. Time is just flying, and yet we are packing each week in with a ton of great training and also a hectic schedule of competitive events. We have a break from […]
Picture this. You’re zooming down a stretch of flat road on your bike, when suddenly you encounter a hill. It’s steep. You quickly downshift into first gear, pedal like a madman, and struggle to the peak. Up top, you shift back to your high gear, and coast down the other side. Pretty […]
Ultimately, what you put in, you’ll get out. That’s the beauty of what we do in these combat sports. The process is simple, but you have to look at it from a wide vantage point. Week to week you may not see results. Even month to month it’s not guaranteed. Year over year? Ok, […]
Happy Monday Team! We are fresh off another banger of a weekend, and back to the mats for another week of tough practice. Let’s give a big shout out to Timmy Green on a dominant and educated performance Saturday night at Art of War MMA! As a coach, one of my greatest joys […]
Own your mistakes. After all, you made them, right? Here’s the thing–most people have it twisted. In our hyper-connected world, we are privy to the “success” of other people. At least, a cultivated image of success that they often present on social media and other myriad outlets. It can be challenging to not feel […]
WOW! What a weekend! I want to thank the students and coaching staff here for being integral ingredients in the recipe for Gianna, Tre, and Isis’ success this weekend. While our competition team is filled with highly motivated and gritty athletes, it’s the environment here that keeps them sharp and moving forward. Is […]