Coach Alex Karimzad shown here teaching the kids some very important bully prevention tactics. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a great way to help kids feel confident and also to have concrete Anti Bully skills that can help them to get away quickly if needed and even control a bigger child who may want to harm […]
Nice training this weekend with Spanish Judo team member and European Judo Champion Klary!! Klary is a Jiu Jitsu and Judo practitioner and police officer in Spain and came to Level Up to enjoy and get her Jiu Jitsu training in this week! Thanks for visiting Level Up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu West L.A. !!
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ~ Chinese Proverb The Guatemala Jiu Jitsu Mission was a huge success! The kids of the Level Up Jiu Jitsu school in Xela, Quetzaltenango Guatemala now have mats, uniforms, and a real Jiu Jitsu curriculum and system. Also […]
Level Up sponsored Coach Felipe Makoto teaches children for free, who live in one of São Paulo’s biggest slums known as a favela. Through donated uniforms and support from the International Jiu Jitsu Education Fund (IJEF) and through the support of Level Up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, these children have a bright future in Jiu Jitsu […]
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” ~ Zig Ziglar Congratulations to all the Level Up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu West LA kids on your belt promotions! These kids have been working very hard to achieve this new belt rank. They have been improving on […]
First Life Skill paper in for August! This month the kids are studying Preparation.. great month to do that in preparation for school, especially with summer coming to an end. Congratulations Justin, great paper! Keep up the great work Level Up Kids..don’t forget all Life Skills papers are requirements for moving up in your Jiu […]
The Guatemala Jiu Jitsu Mission was a huge success when Professor Erik Klinger and the IJEF (International Jiu Jitsu Education Fund) team arrived at Level Up Jiu Jitsu Guatemala with uniforms and mats for the kids who have been training there. The kids and Coach Oswaldo Vasquez, their teacher, were so happy to see the […]
Professor Erik Klinger and the IJEF crew just arrived in Quetzaltenango, Xela Guatemala with donated Jiu Jitsu uniforms for the kids and donated mats from Gracie Barra Guatemala. Tomorrow Professor Erik will conduct the first Jiu Jitsu class for kids taught by a black belt at the Level Up Guatemala school. Also Haleh Davoudi from Blossom […]
Professor Erik Klinger taught a packed Jiu Jitsu seminar this week at Gracie Barra Guatemala. Thank you Professor Lazaro Murcia and Gracie Barra Guatemala for your tremendous hospitality and generous donation of mats for our IJEF project in Quetzaltenango with Coach Oswaldo Vasquez and his Level Up Guatemala Jiu Jitsu school. Thank you also for a […]
Amazing training and Jiu Jitsu seminar at Castillo Team Guatemala, with Professor Erik Klinger. What an incredible experience! Coach Oswaldo Vasquez was there from the Level Up Jiu Jitsu academy in Xela Quetzaltenango Mario Barrios from www.GuateBJJ.com Guatemala Jiu Jitsu blog, and many of the Castillo Team Jiu Jitsu students. Professor Erik focused on passing and […]