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08/31/2026
⚡️solid session of low risk/high reward takedowns, reversals + technical nuance by Cris Rodriguez, Eric Rodriguez + yours truly. Jeff Miranda, Ahmed Braimah + Barry s getting after it ✔️
jiu jitsu is beautiful thing if you speak to it enough 🖤
08/29/2026
⚡️to new beginnings… fist bumps, movement, colors + submissions. to new york by way of chicago—to footprints…
Kostya, thanks for your energy, efforts + practice… till we share the mats again… you’re our boy, ⚡️
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08/28/2026
⚡️solid day of drilling + rolling with these fine gentleman, who are improving with every session ✔️
⚡️mondays jiu jitsu vibes—> 🔥
⚡️trying to submit the world while body surfing to killer tunes… thank you, gentlemen 🖤
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08/11/2026
⚡️tornado sirens went off, Cris Rodriguez shared the fine art of knee-deconstruction… then we kicked the s**t out of each other while smiling ✔️ love these people
⚡️A talented jiu jitsu practitioner doesn’t arrive by accident. On the contrary, they show up practice after practice, tap after tap, year after year—tired, unmotivated, and sometimes overwhelmed by life’s stresses—slowly and steadily climbing, surrounded by and lifted through the exchange within the room.
There is no jiu jitsu drive-thru, no quick fix, life hack, or Amazon order. Only the slow, painful act of consistency that eventually leads to an almost magical ability to control someone who has every intention of not being controlled.
Jiu jitsu is the ultimate martial art. You don’t want to have your arm snapped by somebody or take an involuntary nap. You do, however, want to possess the skills that give you the opportunity to do exactly that. Get to your local jiu jitsu temple… The juice is worth the squeeze.
07/30/2026
⚡️wrestling, ‘arm-wrecks’ + triangle setups from z-guard on this fine afternoon with Greg, Marcos, Jack + Jeff ✔️ thank you, gentlemen 🙏🏼 let’s get after it again tomorrow‼️
07/28/2026
⚡️todays jiu jitsu lesson plan: roll ever long, and then roll some more ✔️ solid work with Leo, Danny, Eric + D.G. | jiu jitsu vs. everyone | 🤘🏼⚡️
⚡️ It’s been a minute since I’ve written about our studio and jiu-jitsu—both of which have been a labor of love. We were on the forefront of this art when it initially found its way to Chicago, and I’m still proud of that fact. Beginnings etch deep… Jiu-jitsu was all but a punk rock scene back then. There were few, not many. Now there are plenty. Our past is now distributed across several locations with former students. Our future is our next session, and those that follow.
This art form shows its best face in the moment: full attention, zero distractions. When I’m not on the mats, I am watching them via YouTube from my favorite artists. I’ll always gravitate toward those with a sense of graceful movement while hunting and an almost spiritual vocabulary when speaking about training.
People lose me when the primary focus becomes sales and belt ceremonies. I prefer the moments, miles, and mountains we climb while pulling one another to higher heights—a collective collab by way of like-minded people who still dig the roots of punk rock…