On September 17th, CrossFit Santa Fe will be participating in Fight Gone Bad 6. Fight Gone Bad is a grueling 17 minute workout that CrossFitters all over the world band together to do once a year to raise money for charity.

Well here at Undisputed, we’re going to make it an even bigger day and hold belt promotions for our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students. All of your hard work over the past year is going to pay off when you get that pretty new belt!

Belt promotions will be held from 12pm – 1:30pm between Fight Gone Bad heats. There will be some technique taught, rolling time and then presentation of new belts. So make sure you invite all your friends and family so they take can take pictures, show their support and see what you’ve been so dedicated to all this time!

September 17th. Save the date!

I should have posted this a few days ago but I was a little busy traveling to Los Angeles for a business seminar along with my fellow office cohort Shannon and Coaches Ruben and Luis (Weezy) where we spent some time on the beach, went to one of Kenny Kane’s hip hop dance classes (HIGHLY recommended! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150261901894690&oid=74496307121&comments), worked out at CrossFit Los Angeles and attended one of Eddie Bravo’s classes at 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu (more on that later…. )

Last Saturday was Southwest Grapplefest V in Rio Rancho and our guys tore it up! List of medals goes:

Nico Roth – 2nd in gi

Zion Sandoval – 2nd in gi

Jacob Jiron – 1st in gi & 1st in no gi

Kai Omori – 3rd in gi

River Dillon – 3rd in gi & 4th in no gi

Eddie Mcgovern – 2nd in gi & 3rd in no gi

Shannon Stephens – 4th in gi

Jason Herrera – 2nd in gi & 3rd in no gi

Nate Harris – 3rd in gi

Coach Henry Martinez – 1st in no gi

Congratulations to all who competed; you guys rock!

And now, I will leave you with this; a letter received from Charlie Roth, one of our resident CrossFitters and father of Nico Roth, one of our amazing young athletes.

Tait,

A note to let you know that Nico Roth placed second in his age, weight and belt group at the July 30, NM GrappleFest in Rio Rancho. That was out of nine kids. As you know, he’s been practicing Jui Jitsu under Profs Ben and Henry only since October. He clearly deserves credit for a strong performance. But equally clear is the enormous credit due to Ben and Henry. They are obviously talented, charismatic Jui Jitsu practitioners and coaches who know how to connect to the kids. Simply put, Nico couldn’t have gotten as far as he did last Saturday without them. He was thrilled, and now couldn’t be more enthusiastic about Jui Jitsu and wrestling. I’m deeply grateful for that because I think they’re wonderful sports for all the reasons that you know better than I. On a side note, from a what I could see, Undisputed’s older students participating Saturday also benefited richly from their instruction, both day to day and on Saturday as the two were coaching them continuously through the matches, many of which they won.

As for my CrossFit instructors, Crow, Heather and Nate are fantastic. I grew up playing sports competitively year round, and weight training was long a part of my program. I thought I knew a lot about weightlifting and exercise, and to be honest (if immodest), I did. But the truth is, after my eight months (so far) at Undisputed, I now know much more than I used to, and am delighted to be getting back into good shape. I’m trying to find the time to get there more often than twice a week.

You have a terrific crew.

Charlie Roth