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I had a student come up to me after Wimp 2 Warrior practice the other day, and she said she was getting frustrated because she couldn’t remember the moves that she’d been practicing. This is a [...]

Everything I know about learning from difficulty, I learned from the Kansas state motto. Ad astra per aspera. To the stars through difficulty. I used to think that come hell or high water, no [...]

Choose Positive Teammates In every class, I tell my students in the Kalispell and Whitefish gyms: surround yourself with good people. Surround yourself with people who will hold you to a higher [...]

Columbia Falls, MT, April 14, 2018 – SBG Montana Gorilla Cup BJJ Tournament Straight Blast Gym of Montana held it’s largest Gorilla Cup Tournament in its 8 year history on Saturday, April [...]

At our most recent Gorilla Cups, the Gorilla Booster Club raises close to $2,000 in donations with the support of our competitors, spectators, volunteers, and their families. And with each [...]

KALISPELL, MT, February 23, 2018 – Straight Blast Gym Bully Buster Seminar Approximately 50 children attended Straight Blast Gym of Montana’s Bully Buster Seminar on Saturday, February 23rd. [...]

Spokane, WA, January 6, 2018 – Northwest Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament SBG Bigfork’s Will Allen and Head Coach Cody Bessette medaled in the Northwest Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu [...]

KALISPELL, MT, December 29, 2017 – SBG MONTANA BLACK BELT PROMOTION Ryan Asay became SBG Montana’s newest black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on Friday, December 29th. Approximately 50 members of [...]

Tacoma, WA, November 4th & 5th, 2017 – Revolution XXXV Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament As SBG celebrates the opening of new locations in Bigfork and Missoula, they sent twenty competitors to [...]

If you look out on the mats of one of our Foundations BJJ classes, you’ll see something that is becoming more common in jiu jitsu schools: female practitioners. It’s not just a few token women [...]