I come away from Euro’s extremely humbled. Super grateful for the opportunity to have been there to witness such a prestigious event. You can learn a lot coming to such a high level event not just as an athlete but as a coach as well. The sport continues to evolve at such a rapid rate […]
After a long time on December 12th we had our Body of Four team gathering again!! A lot of people have been patiently training hard for the past year and now they are going to level up to new belts. Great times were had by all at the Body of Four team gathering/grading. So […]
Once again I had the privilege to be Canada’s coach at the JJIF world jiujitsu championship. Every year I have been involved with the national team it has been one the most memorable experiences of my life. It has been an absolute honour to represent Canada at the world stage. Thank you […]
As some of you may have noticed, competing is a significant part of many BJJ practitioner’s training. They train focused on competitions and work an specific areas of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for tournaments. However, the vast majority of people just train and don’t compete and understandably everybody trains for different reasons and goals. Having said that, […]
Congratulations to Melanie, Craig, Sarah, Julia, Kyla, Gar, Jonrex and Badral on your performance at the GTA Classic BJJ Tournament this weekend. Everybody made weight and stepped up to face new challenges (1st tournamnet, heavier division etc.). Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy members did amazing with 2 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronze. Plus all these […]
This is a few weeks late but a big congratulations that got promoted to a new belt on June 23. This was the 1st grading at Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy and it was a lot of fun and went really well. The day started off as expected with everybody slowly trickling in around 12 pm […]
As proud owners of Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy we feel the need to continuously grow, learn and understand the direction the martial arts community is going. So, it was with some apprehension that we decided to go ahead and attend this years Martial Arts SuperShow. This being our 1st time attending we were hoping the […]
What an insane weekend. It all started on Friday with the much anticipated Para Bellum Quintet Event where our team was pitted against SBGNiagara in a 5 vs 5 Purple belt team competition and I was very confident that we would do very well. I know my team is very talented but figured we would […]