Platte River Judo

WE ARE 4 WEEKS OUT!!!

Sensei AnnMaria Demars will be teaching some techniques on the mat, and discussing coaching topics.

There will be some other guys showing some stuff too 😉

All are welcome, but space is limited!

Some of you may have noticed that Landon and I were missing for the last few classes.

We were in Fargo at the Marine Corp Recruiting Junior Nationals, literally the biggest wrestling tournament in the world- 8500 high school age wrestlers over the week. Landon was competing, and I was part of the Team Wyoming coaching staff.

Landon had qualified earlier in the year, and this was the culmination of his first Olympic style season. While it did not end the way he wanted, he did pretty darn well! He won some matches, progressed well into the second day of competitions, and was able to hold his own against nationally ranked/experienced wrestlers. That doesn't sound like much, unless you have been to Fargo...The sheer number of wrestlers that are there, and the number of them that go 0-2 is crazy. And these are all good wrestlers. In short: this tournament is extremely tough to win anything.

Wrestling season is finally over for both Landon and I, so we'll be back on the judo tatami full time now.

I think we have a few judoka still hitting up some wrestling camps...so once everyone is done, I will likely post a spring/summer recap.

Good morning PRJ-

REMINDER THAT ALL CLASSES ARE AS NORMALLY SCHEDULED!!

Eric and Iverson and others will be running classes. So if you need something reach out to them!

Justin and Landon are out of town with the rest of Team Wyoming for Greco/ Freestyle wrestling in Fargo.

Happy Independence Day!

I hope everyone is out there and enjoying the weekend. Be safe and take care of each other!

Since this is how the mats look currently, at 7PM, I am assuming the 6:30 class will be fairly light? 😐

We almost made it to the 4th of July before I got no-showed this summer...So not too bad!

On a serious note: I know folks are enjoying the weather, and I WANT kids to be out and experiencing the summer activities...Just please give me a little head's up though? If nobody is planning on coming to a class, I could spend a rare evening at home with my family.

Happy Father's Day!

Cadets/Juniors from Team Wyoming were back on the mats at PRJ today!

Greco-Roman for the morning session, Freestyle for the afternoon.

Thank you to the clinicians, Vinny Mayberry, Hunter Velarde, and Stetson Davis for coaching this weekend!!

Awesome to see kids from around the state putting in the work!!

Good grappling is good grappling.

Wrestlers from Team Wyoming took over the dojo for the first session of a weekend mini-camp.

The camp is being run University of Sioux Falls wrestlers Stetson Davis, Vinny Mayberry, and Colby College wrestler, Hunter Velarde.

1 session down, 3 more to go!

Solid work, folks.

Staff from the Seton House were back on the mats yesterday!

These ladies have been putting in the time working on grappling fundamentals for self-defense.

Those of you that train with regularly know that learning movement patterns/positions can be humbling, if not frustrating, at times. That is the biggest barrier to training in general.

But the ENTIRE STAFF are out on the mats, working through things together! How awesome is that?

Strong work, ladies.

We'll be putting things together in the next session!