Your Life Is Not Like Others. Make It Great.
By Head Coach Travis Davison Every week I get a message from a student who is either traveling out of town or moving, and they ask, “Hey, is there an SBG in _____ .” This is a funny thing to say. They don’t ask whether there’s a jiu jitsu school. They ask whether there’s an […]
How To Surround Yourself With People Who Make You Great
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 standard. You want to be around people who are going to encourage you to be your best self. Our highest value in SBG […]
8 Benefits Of Your 8 Week Transformation
How many times have you thought about a goal you’ve always wanted to reach but didn’t feel the motivation to go for it? Our most successful students know that there is no motivation, only getting after it. Getting started is the hardest part of achieving any goal, and with SBG’s 8 Week Warrior Transformation. Do […]
Strong Bonds & Team Spirit At Gorilla Cup Tournament
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 14th. The tribe spirit was energetic and celebratory in the gymnasium of Columbia Falls High School. With locations in Kalispell, Whitefish, Bigfork, and […]
PRESS RELEASE: SBG Athlete Takes Gold in Washington State Championship
KENT, WA, FEBRUARY 17, 2018 – Washington State Judo Championships Straight Blast Gym of Montana’s Stella Davison is one step closer to making the USA Olympic Judo Team. Davison placed 1st in the International Judo Federation Junior Division at the Washington State Judo Championships. The 16-year-old athlete and green belt in Judo is reaching for […]
Kill Your Cravings With Healthy Substitutes
Healthy Alternatives to Your Favorite Comfort Food Have you found yourself craving food that you know is terrible for you? Often late at night or when you are the most exhausted? People eat for reasons other than hunger. Food can be a remedy for emotional pain, boredom, and sometimes simply a deeply ingrained habit. In […]
Self Care For The Warrior Woman
Most people are quick to treat physical pain and injuries yet easily ignore psychological pain until it can have lasting negative consequences. We are always hardest on ourselves. When your own inner dialogue shifts toward self-destructive patterns or maybe you just have a case of the “blahs” here are some immediate steps to practice self […]
Strength Training: The Fountain Of Youth
It is never too early – or too late – to start lifting. Most women would not consider lifting weights as a path to losing weight and gaining lean muscle tone. The popular misconception is that lifting heavy makes one bulky and heavy while cardio is the best method of getting “shredded.” In reality, strength […]
Reconnect this Month
Women fill so many different roles – mother, daughter, sister, wife, professional, and it just goes to show the big shoes that women fill and just how incredible they are! But the pressure of distance, time, and the daily grind can cause you to drift away from the people you love. You can get so […]
From Students To Leaders: The Future Of Women In BJJ
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 either. Many of them are filling the ranks of the jiu jitsu classes. All schools have some women in them, […]