February at Strive Academy

February 2020 At Strive Academy

We finally made it through the first month of the year and we have to say everyone has been absolutely crushing it in class! We couldn’t be more proud of how hard all our students from kids on up to adults are working to achieve their goals this year so far! 

One thing we really want to emphasize as so many people are dreaming so big at the Academy is our illness policy: for the sake of all students we ask that students exhibiting signs of any illness be kept at home till 48 hours after symptoms are not present. We really miss you guys while you are gone but for the sake of all our students, parents and siblings we hope you understand. We would hate for anyone immunocompromised persons to catch something dangerous.  This applies to the playroom as well as regular classes. Thank you all so much for helping us keep the Strive Family healthy!

There are a few tournaments coming up for those who wish to compete: As always we encourage you to  check in with Professor Rocha before signing up: 

Naga Fighter is February 29th in San Jose -  a long standing tournament with a more submission only mindset for the adult brackets.  Kids have a chance to win a cool sword so the brackets are usually a good size for those divisions!

Jiu Jitsu World League is March 28th in San Jose - this tournament is always run like a well oiled machine and comes with huge rewards for signing up early so please make plans as soon as possible if you want to do it! 

Grappling Industries is May 2nd in San Jose (seeing a pattern yet?) This tournament system boasts round robin style brackets meaning you will get a chance to face everyone in your bracket regardless of wins or losses. These tournaments are great to get a high volume of matches and really test yourself and check your progress!  

 Kids Class Belt Testing: 

March 6th at 4:30pm.  Come at 4 to study and get ready then be prepared to test at 4:30! As always testing includes their certificate and belt and is $50 per student. The names of students testing will be posted soon as we finalize the list! Train hard, guys!