Busy weekend with promotions and competition. Congratulations to Noha,Yona,Elle,Liv and Ryan for receiving 1 stripe on their white belts. Our only adult competitor who pretty much does every event possible earned a silver medal in which was a really tough battle from what I heard....
Michael Bogue received his first stripe on his white belt taking one small step towards his blue belt. David Bolter received his second stripe marking the half way point to his blue belt. Keep up the hard work as I will be watching my students...
New Greenwood Jiu Jitsu Gi's for kids. Available colors are blue and pink with black coming soon. Get yours while supplies last....
This past weekend Steve Shipinkas had a 15 min Submission only super fight with Gabe. It took place in Montreal at the Grappling Industries Tournament. Unfortunately there was no tap so the fight ended in a draw leaving to crowd wanted more. Hopefully these 2...
Brain Austin has been doing Jiu Jitsu for a long time. He was a student at a school when I joined for the first time. I received my puruple belt while fighting him in 2007 so it was an awesome feeling to award him his...
On December the 16th it was an honor to promote a long time student and friend to the rank of Brown Belt. They say only 5% of everyone the starts the journey of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu makes it to Brown Belt. Congratulations goes out to...
The Kids look sharp with the new Checkmat Custom Gi's. No other kids in the Toronot area will have these Pearl Weave,Rip Stop Pants,Loop Style Draw Strings and light weight. I am looking forward to watching the kids grow into better students on and...
http://grapplingindustries.com/announcing-sponsorship-of-steven-shipinkas/ Congratulations to Steve Shipinkas for getting sponsored by Grappling Industries. Our team is just over a year old and already we are putting the checkmat name all over the place. This is just the start to many great things headed towards Checkmat Canada. http://grapplingindustries.com/announcing-sponsorship-of-steven-shipinkas/...
Checkmat student of the year...
Last night a few select students were promoted. Paul first stripe white belt Isaac 2nd stripe white belt (I took one away for slacking so now he has it back) Frankie purple belt Nev purple belt Yash purple belt Steve S purple belt And there is more to come over...
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