City of Palms Jiu-Jitsu

No gi was cooking today. 🔥

Great energy, great rounds, great crew. 🙌

Lasso guard is the system we’ve been building on lately. 🥋

Breaking down the details grips, hip position, and how to use the lasso to control, sweep, and set up attacks. Getting the reps in and putting it all together in live rounds.

Love watching the crew sharpen this one up. 🙌

ADCC Miami in the books. 🥋

Some of our kids and adults tested themselves this weekend. There were wins, there were losses, and there’s a lot to take back to the mats and grow from. That’s the whole point.

The outcome isn’t what we care about as an academy, the effort is. And every one of our athletes went out there, competed with heart, and represented the crew with class win or lose. That’s what matters. 🙌

Proud of you all. On to the next one.

Happy 4th of July from the whole City of Palms crew! 🇺🇸🎆

Enjoy the day with your people. See you back on the mats soon. 🥋

Your next belt is not something you chase. It is something you earn by forgetting to chase it. S When promotion becomes the goal, everything changes and not for the better. You stop experimenting. You start performing. You compare yourself to those around you instead of celebrating them. And somewhere along the way, the joy of actually learning jiu jitsu quietly slips away.

The grapplers who grow the fastest are not the ones thinking about what they deserve. They are the ones who show up every day, put in the work, absorb the knowledge, and trust that the belt will reflect that when the time is right.

Stop obsessing over the destination. Fall in love with the process. Swipe through to see exactly how that obsession might be holding you back.

Big day at the academy. A huge thank you to for taking the time to share his game with our crew.

It’s one thing to learn from someone who’s well known in the community. It’s another to watch them break down their game in a way that actually clicks.

A few takeaways from the seminar:

• The details are what separate good from great. Small adjustments in grips, angles, and timing change everything.

• Concepts travel further than techniques. Understanding the why behind a move means you can apply it across positions.

• High level jiu-jitsu isn’t more complicated, it’s more refined. Less wasted motion, more intent behind every movement.

What stood out the most was how down to earth he was. He didn’t just teach and leave. He stayed on the mat, answered questions, and rolled with as many of our athletes as he could.

Grateful for the time, the knowledge, and the rolls. Opportunities like this are why we love being part of this community.

Thanks again Shawn Doors are open anytime.

Open to everyone 🤙

No Gi workshop with black belt

❕ May 5 at 6:45pm ❕

The Dirty 930 at City of Palms.

No egos on the mat this morning — just people willing to put in the work next to each other.

That’s the whole thing, really. You show up, you learn something, you help the person across from you get better too.

Safe travels back north, Dan. Grateful you rolled with us while you were here. Always a seat on the mat for you when you’re back.

Most people wait until they’re “ready” to compete. The truth? You never feel ready — and that’s exactly why you should sign up. 🥋

The nerves before your first match. The training that gets serious the moment you register. The pressure of standing across from someone who wants to submit you just as badly as you want to submit them. That discomfort isn’t something to avoid — it’s the whole point.

Every round in the gym where nothing is on the line only takes you so far. Competition is where real growth lives. It exposes the gaps in your game, tests your mental toughness, and forces you to become someone your old self couldn’t have been.

Win or lose, you walk off that mat a different grappler than when you walked on. Swipe through to see exactly why competing changes everything. ➡️