BJJ Instruction for Rocklin, Roseville, Loomis, and the greater Sacramento area.
Our parents and students have been heard again! Synergy was recognized for being one of the best martial arts schools in South Placer County. The categories that Synergy was recognized for was Kid’s Activity, Kid’s Fitness Program, Local Sports Coach, Martial Arts or Studio, and Child Development Specialist. Thank you Synergy parents and students!
We’re happy to announce we now offer Yoga for BJJ on Sundays at 8:15am guided by @le.dorothy. Yoga is a great way to strengthen your breathing and bring mobility to all those tight spots from the same repetitive motions and positions from training Jiu Jitsu. Let yoga help enhance your flexibility and movement for BJJ. This is a donation based class, all are welcome and no experience required. Optional to bring a yoga mat, block or strap. See you on the mats! (suggested donation $5)
With the growth of our kids program on the continued rise, we decided to carve out a separate time for our younger grapplers. Make sure you check out the new class schedule as it relates to this age group!
What’s better than Jiu-Jitsu? Why more Jiu-Jitsu of course! Synergy is excited to expand our class offerings to now include weekday day classes. Beginning the first week in November, Tuesday and Thursday day classes will be offered. Class times will be the same as our Saturday morning offering starting at 10am and finishing up at 11:30am.
This past November, Professor Nate and four Synergy competitors decided to take their skills to Long Beach to compete in the 2014 Master Worlds. Synergy had a very strong showing coming home with four medals. Thomas got the medal party started by earning the Bronze Medal in his age and weight class. Sean and Ed were pretty much on the mats at the same time both earning medals in their respective divisions. Sean dominated his class until a small lapse in concentration had him settling for the Bronze. Ask him about it because it’s a great story! Ed used guile and his guard to make it to his division final but a referee’s decision left him with the Silver. Lastly, Jeff made his competitive debut and grappled his way to a Bronze Medal! Congrats to everyone!
Several Synergy adults and kids took their jiu-jitsu skills to Truckee to compete in the 2014 installment of the Tahoe Classic Tournament. It was a fun day by all! Three of our kids medaled in their respective divisions as well as five adult students! A huge shout out to C.J., Ava, Issac, Duncan, and Mckenna for competing in the kids portion of the tournament. And lastly, shout outs go to Kendell, Thomas, Jon, Anthony, Jesse, and Andrew for competing as well. And many thanks to our parents and other students who came to cheer on our Synergy competitors!!!
Great time for a great cause!
Team Synergy opened up it’s heart and wallet this past Saturday as we were invited to participate in a fundraiser for a little boy named Kaden. Kaden is the son of a Jiu-Jitsu student at another school here in the local area. Over 200 people showed up at the event that was held at Cassio Werneck’s school in Sacramento. The event raised over $7000 dollars for him and his battle against leukemia! The event was a 4 hour roll-a-thon that saw many Jiu-Jitsu practitioners get their groove on! Thank you to all who donated and who took the time to show what Team Synergy is all about! Happy Holidays!
Nate looking to pass in the Gold Medal Match.
US Open XVIII is the longest running Jiu-Jitsu tournament in the United States that saw nearly 1400 competitors step on the mats. With that being said, 8 Synergy athletes made the 3-hour drive down to Santa Cruz to join the party. Saturday saw two of our teens display some solid work! First, Jesse took his division with a solid 8-0 win and was Synergy’s first US Open Gold Medalist. Next up was Chloie and she did great in her first ever competition giving a much more seasoned teen a run for her money.
Sunday saw 6 adults taking the mat. First up was Nate and he dominated his Masters Black Belt Division with a submission win in his first match and a 19-2 win in the Gold Medal match. Other highlights of Sunday included Thomas’s sweet triangle submission of his first opponent, Andrew’s thrilling come from behind win in his first match, Anthony’s tough match where we saw him hit a beautiful single leg take-down, and Ed’s closed guard work in his three matches that earned him the Silver.
The day was finally capped off by Jason “The Deuce” Wallin’s competitive debut. Jason won his first match in convincing fashion. The final score was 7-0 after a crushing guard pass to mount. Jason lost to the eventual winner in the Semi-Final, but he came home with the Bronze Medal! Congrats to all.
Time to Eat in Belmont Shore!
Synergy sent their first athletes to compete in the 2013 Senior Master Worlds that were held in Long Beach over the first weekend in October. Nate, Ed, Thomas, and Sean stepped on to the mat and tested their jiu-jitsu against very game opponents. Highlighting a very successful weekend was Sean’s Bronze Medal in the Senior 2 Heavyweight Category. Congrats again Sean! Also, our whole trip was highlighted by meeting great people at the venue (Long Beach Pyramid), our hotel, even at one of the restaurants where he had dinner! Everywhere we went we met some of the coolest people who also practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. So if you thought about competing on the biggest stage for Jiu-Jitsu, make the commitment to make it happen!
Champions on and off the mat!
Five of our outstanding kids took to the mats in San Jose this past weekend at the United Grappling Federation Kids Tournament. They wanted to test their jiu-jitsu and themselves as they took on other kids from around the region. Ava, Avery, Isaac, Carlos, and Jake all had multiple matches and many good moments during their competition. Four of them came home with a medal hung around their neck. Congratulations to all of you!
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