DEVOTION JIU JITSU

When I got to the gym this morning, I had a few extra minutes and I spent some time thinking about this quote from the great Chris Haueter. “You’ll be somewhere in 10 years…why not be a black belt too?” I don’t where I’ll be, but if I’m still breathing, I’ll be a black belt. Go train today so you will be too.

Thursday. Boxing straight into Jiu-Jitsu open mat.

The whole gang back together on the home mats in Virginia. No place I’d rather be (although the Florida weather was really nice ☀️)

Matt loses in the second round. It’s tough being the standard-bearer. The pressure to not only compete, but win at the highest levels every single year is more than many people can bear. Traveling all over the country constantly placing yourself in that vice of stress, nerves, weight cutting, training etc is taxing. When you’ve risen to these challenges to claim gold as often as our standard-bearer has, we can forget how hard The Way can be. We start to expect the wins, and even worse start to take them for granted. Hail Matthias.

Matthias W. 12:52 PM EST MAT 1

Waited to have a great video posted over there to remind you that we have our more behind the scenes content from Florida on our new X account! Follow here Congrats Josh! (He’s on X too!)

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Josh wins his second consecutive PAN Championship gold medal 🥇 Zero pts scored against him. Hail the victor.

Josh W. up at 4:26PM MAT 1 ULTRA HEAVYWEIGHTS INCOMING 🦍

Josh W. up at 4:26 PM EST MAT 1 ULTRA HEAVYWEIGHTS incoming.

Schedule for our remaining ULTRAS (mat numbers and times will be posted day of for those interested in streaming) Josh W. - Saturday Matthias W. - Sunday (Pool day today may not be in the cards thanks to the rain)

The aftermath of an absolutely insane open mat at White House Jiu-Jitsu. White House is where a lot of the well-known killers train while in FL for PAN Championships. The mat tonight was littered with more than a dozen black belts and highly ranked competitors from all over the world. A true testing ground.

A tough first day and first time on the big stage for Manuela. Take the positives, learn from and move past the negatives-and we move on to the weekend and the rest of the crew. On the plus side, she got to drink a couple of margaritas tonight. Next up is some training with good friends in FL, and then Big Dog Josh W. goes on Saturday!

For Flograppling subs: Manuela B. is on mat 5 Right now saying 5:26pm Let’s get this party started.

Manuela B. is first up for the Devotion crew at IBJJF PAN Championships today in Orlando. She’s on weight - just has to manage the nerves until 6pm when she heads to mat 5 to chase gold.

Headed out for PANS early in the morning, roadtripping to Orlando, FL where Matthias, Manuela and Josh hunt for gold. Updates on matches, results etc will be posted here as always! If you want more behind the scenes, road trip, off the mat fun with the crew, follow us on our new X account! FOLLOW US HERE!

All the hoodies getting ready to ship out! Thanks for all the support! Remember we’ve got a few ULTRAS fanny packs and car decals left on the site right now! SHOP HERE

Check out how Devotion blue belt Mars uses his ULTRAS hip pack. We have 4 of these left on the website as of this posting. Grab one fast if you want it! SHOP HERE

Hoodies getting ready to ship out. If you missed this drop, I’m sorry! This is probably my favorite piece we’ve done so far. Simple, classic look and the hoodie is really nice quality, loose fit no drawstring, fleece lined.

THE GI IS SOLD