DEVOTION JIU JITSU

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A special Friday night-we wrapped up Circle of Honor with a sake toast to Devotion’s World Champ Matthias W.

Bad place to be.

Something else to go with that gold. Matthias is promoted on the podium by his longtime coach. Congratulations on an amazing day. World Champion and Brown Belt

Matthias takes GOLD ABSOLUTE DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION.

Insane decision loss. Two worlds in a row now, where Matthias was clearly the winner. With that said: Join us in congratulating Matthias Waggener on the first ever WORLDS medal for Devotion Jiu-Jitsu!!! 🥉

Matthias in dominating fashion: wins quarterfinals by submission Takedown, pass, kimura. On to the next…

Update: Matthias now 7:41pm eastern 4:41pm pacific

Flograppling subscribers 5:22 pm pacific time Mat 4 Matthias goes for gold at IBBJF WORLDS in Anaheim, CA

A complete read through of “The Way Vol 1” by Paul W. https://youtu.be/S1-ij0HXS7o

One longstep at a time.

The Great Work.

“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.” - Hermann Hesse

It’s a great day to train Jiu-Jitsu.

Good vibe on the mats. Lots of hoodies under the gis as temps are in the teens and low twenties for morning class now. It can be hard to get out of bed when it’s dark and cold outside…but you do it, because what does the alternative offer you? A sense of accomplishment, better health both of mind and body, being harder to kill…traded away for a few moments of comfort. That’s not a good bargain. Stop ripping yourself off.

The transfer of knowledge and technique happens during AND after your training. Paul and Khan breaking down their roll at the end of Thursday’s cypher.

Matthias got 3 hours in on the road at Empire Jiu-Jitsu in San Francisco. Empire is a Kurt Osiander school - and home to world champion Jake Scovel. Jake recently won Worlds with a 5-0 record and zero points OR advantages being scored on him. Truly impressive!

Friday night Circle of Honor at the temple while Matthias continues preparation in LA for another run at a world title next month. Hope you all had a great week on the mats!

Great morning on the mats. Our Wednesday am group had a beginner today. What was the first technique/submission you ever learned? Mine was the standard butterfly sweep with an over/under (so we drilled that today) I still use this sweep every single day. My first submission was a triangle choke. While I got away from using these the past year or so, I’ve been finding my way back to them this last month.