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Focus of the Week

17 June |  Focus of the Week |  Carlos Espinosa BJJ | Kickboxing | Muay Thai | Kids 6.17.2019 – 6.23.2019 BJJ Fundamentals Rear Choke Defense Position – Back Escapes Risky Side Escape Intermediate Drills: De La Riva to Anaconda Takedown: Double Leg (Snap & Go, Chop Arms) Ground: Flower Sweep Series. Fan Sweep No-Gi Video KICKBOXING – LEG KICKS This week in […]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and High Altitude Living

Breathing A fundamental to life is proper breathing, especially at high altitudes. It is a well known fact that breathing at high altitudes is challenging. When the outside air pressure is lower than inside your lungs, it is difficult to breathe in the thinner air, making it harder to pump oxygen throughout your body. It […]

Focus of the Week

06/10/19 https://eastonbjj.com/move-of-the-week/2019/focus-of-the-week-06-10-19/ BJJ | Kickboxing | Muay Thai | Kids 6.10.2019 – 6.16.2019 BJJ Fundamentals Dragging Rear Naked –  Back Control + RNC + Armbar + Switching Sides – Position – Back Attack Intermediate Drills: Rafa Steps to Leg Drag Takedown: Single Leg (Dump & Outside Trip) Ground: Pass Guard Knee in the Middle Video KICKBOXING – ANGLES OF ATTACK […]

Focus of the Week

06/03/19 https://eastonbjj.com/move-of-the-week/2019/focus-of-the-week-06-03-19/ BJJ | Kickboxing | Muay Thai | Kids 6.3.2019 – 6.9.2019 BJJ Fundamentals Punch Defense to Side Clinch Punch Defense to Back Take – Position – Closed Guard Bottom Intermediate Drills: Rafa Steps to Leg Drag Takedown: Single Leg (Dump & Outside Trip) Ground: Pass Guard Knee in the Middle Video KICKBOXING – TEEPS & PUSH KICKS […]

High Altitude Martial Arts to High Altitude Combat

Rocky Pham joined the High Altitude Martial Arts family in 2015 and has never regretted walking into those doors. Rocky found wrestling in his youth and fell in love with it. He found the more he trained, the better he got. It was the one sport where your victories and defeats fell squarely on your […]

High Altitude Martial Arts takes on Red Rocks

HAMA hosted its first Red Rocks workout and it was a great success! BJJ blue belt and kickboxing blue shirt, Violet, led 30 students and friends in a vigorous hour long workout. She started the group with a warmup consisting of jumping jacks, squats, and push ups. The group was feeling good. She then broke […]

Youth BJJ for Self Defense

Girl Scout Troop 60724 took an introductory jiu jitsu lesson from three wonderful teachers, Maddie Mitchell, Melissa Meyers, and Kristine Bartholomew. They learned mat etiquette, how to fall and how to get back up. The girls worked on how to protect themselves from bullies, how to change the roles, if they are attacked and how […]

The Way of Jiu Jitsu

One of the activities I planned for this trip to Denver was to attend a drop-in class at Way of Jiu Jitsu Academy this morning. I was all set, and Google maps on my laptop indicated I was only 10 minutes from the academy. My Google phone maps indicated that it was 24 minutes away, and then […]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Therapy for PTSD

My name is Scott Russell and seven years ago, I walked through the doors at High Altitude Martial Arts and started my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu journey.  Now, I am a purple belt under Professor Cody Donovan.  After twenty two years and multiple combat tours with the US Marines, I retired as a Master Gunnery Sgt.  […]