Mt. Pleasant Martial Arts

This weekend was also the Black Tie Jiu-Jitsu Summer Bash, where some very talented and generous black belts shared their expertise with us! To top it all off, Mr. McQueen earned a stripe, too!

Wow, it's been quite the weekend for Mt. Pleasant Martial Arts! We had a great group of competitors and supporters make the trip to Big Rapids, including multiple first-timers. How did they do?

Miles - 2nd Forms, 1st Combat, 1st Sparring
Scarlett - 2nd Combat, 3rd Sparring
Amelia - 2nd Combat, 2nd Sparring
Juan - 3rd Combat, 1st Sparring
Grant - 3rd Combat, 3rd Sparring, 1st Creative Weapons, 1st Extreme Forms
Sydney - 1st Forms, 2nd Weapons, 1st Sparring, 1st Creative, 1st Creative Weapons, 1st Extreme, 1st Extreme Weapons
Kerry - 1st Forms, 2nd Weapon Forms, 1st Combat, 1st Sparring
Aidan - 3rd Forms, 1st Weapons, 1st Combat, 3rd Sparring
Kylo - 2nd Forms, 2nd Weapons, 2nd Sparring, 1st Creative, 1st Creative Weapons, 1st Extreme, 1st Extreme Weapons
Dannie - 2nd Forms, 1st Weapons, 1st Combat, 1st Sparring, 1st Extreme Weapons
Michael - 3rd Combat
Isla - 1st Weapons, 3rd Creative, 2nd Creative Weapons
David - 2nd Forms, 2nd Combat, 1st Sparring
Sophia - 1st Forms, 1st Weapons, 2nd Combat, 2nd Sparring
Landon - 3rd Weapons, 1st Sparring, 3rd Creative Weapons, 2nd Extreme Weapons
Ms. Coffee - 2nd Forms, 2nd Weapons, 1st Combat, 1st Sparring
Mr. McQueen - 1st Sparring

We also want to thank Daymien and Everett for being fierce competitors, and Virgil, Lizbeth, and Xavi for attending and cheering on their fellow students! And finally, a big shout out for Miss Dannie, who competed up in both rank and age and still brought home gold!

Come and see us at the Back-to-School Bash on Wednesday and do some Martial Arts in the park!

Having fun with fundamentals at Monday morning class!

We want to give a big shout out to El Jinete - thank you for providing a great meal for the students at our June training camp! We definitely suggest dropping in for lunch or dinner. And the kids can enjoy one of these fun MPMA activity sheets while you're there!

We had a great time at last night's Nerf Wars! Thank you, everyone, for coming out and being such respectful competitors!

Come on down to the Farmer's Market today and say hello!

We had a great group for Sunday night gi class, including some visitors from out of town! Thank you, everyone, for all the rolls and the great work you put in tonight!

Working on getting tournament ready in tonight's Intermediate/Advanced class. Technique and focus are their own reward, but they're also essential to success in competition!