| New Belt Colors For Christmas Of 2011
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| The end of the year training was another one that didn't dissapoint. A full mat with good friends, good training and few new belts!
Congratulations to Gilotine Narvaez and Oguz Turkdamar for Joining the ranks as FTW purple belts! That makes the 2nd and 3rd home grown purple belts given out to date.
Also Brent Simpson for his well deserved promotion to blue belt.
Thank you FTW team for making 2011 another great year. The staple of talent is growing at a mind blowing rate every day. You guys are doing all the work, all I do is carry the torch.
You all make me very proud! I can't wait to see what you will accomplish in 2012!!!
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| The FTW KIDS Program Is Expanding Starting Dec. 1st, 2011
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Due the demand of the kid's program we will be hosting an all new format for a Thursday evening kid's competition class. With the addition of the class we will also be adding to line up of Instructors. Our own Garrett Tyler will be heading the class and working hand in hand with Debbie to improve the ever growing future talent.
The Monday and Wednesday Kid's classes will keep the Gracie Jiu Jitsu/Self Defense format. The new Thursday night class will cover more sport Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It will put more focus on point systems, rules, time limits and more grappling.
This is just the beginning! The Kid's program will continue to grow, and the classes will grow with them. Kids in the class currently range between 6-13 years old. Contact us for more details.
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| ROYCE GRACIE JOINS THE TEAM NOVEMBER 10TH, 2011
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UFC legend and Steve Hall's instructor Royce Gracie came in for an amazing three hour seminar. This was his biggest seminar to date in the Charlotte area, boasting more than 70 people on the mat. He showed techniques that everyone was raving about after the session.
To top the night off our own FTW Judo Instructor MATT MESCAN was promoted to a long over due and well deserved BROWN BELT!!! Congratulations Matt.
Pictures from the evening can be founf on the Team Facebook Page.
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| Our 4 Year Party Brings New Color To The FTW Mat July 16TH, 2011
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The support of the team is never stronger than when we get together to celebrate the years accomplishments. This year brought with it many great changes, and this Saturday was no exception. First we have several new blue belts, keep up the great work guys! AJ Babcock, Justin Green, Chris Lin, Jim Haig, Erich Cloninger, Tommy Gillman, and Chris Mckeehan. Congrats to Joey Plyler on his promotion to yellow belt. Lastly a huge congrats to Casey Fisher being promoted to Purple belt. Although the FTW team has several strong purple belts within the ranks, Casey is the first person to be promoted under Steve Hall from new student to purple in North Carolina since Steve moved here in 2007.
Also, thank you again Debbie Hauff for another great presentation of the year at FTW. We are all very appreciative for the work that you put into the slide show each year. It is one more thing that sets us apart from all the rest.
It was a great day, with a great end at Dave and Busters. Thank you all for making this possible. We can't wait to see what next year will bring!
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| BJJ,INC. JOINS FTW APRIL 30TH, 2011
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Today both teams joined forces to become stronger as one. We would all like to welcome Instructors Jon Plyler, Luke Amos and Erich Cloninger officially to the FTW TEAM!
This is another big step forward for Jiu Jitsu in the Charlotte area. We all look forward to training together for many years.
For more info about BJJ, Inc. of Denver, NC check out the updated web site
www.bjjinc.com
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| FTW CLEANS UP AT NAGA CHARLOTTE APRIL 9TH, 2011
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It was a great day for the Fight To Win team! We had an amazing showing bringing home the 3rd place
OVER ALL TEAM title, 2nd place over all Gi title, 4th place over all kids and teens and 4th place over all No-Gi title. The best part of all of this is that we did it with a fraction of the competitiors of those who beat us.
Congrats to everyone that competed from the FTW home school, and the affiliates who supported the team from Beckley MMA, Annex BJJ, Hard Target and Ground Attack Combat MA. We couldn't have done any of it without every one of you.
I would also like to thank everyone from the team that helped out with running the tournament. It was a smooth event because everyone came together for a common goal. It was run so well that we are talking about running two NAGA tournaments in Charlotte next year!
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| RODRIGO GRACIE COMING TO FTW JANUARY 25TH, 2011
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Once again Rodrigo Gracie Joins the FTW team at the Concord location! Rodrigo is a great guy and has some of the best jiu jitsu on the planet. He has fought in several MMA and Jiu Jitsu competitions all over the world. I highly recommend everyone clear their schedule for this one.
He will be here Tuesday January 25th, 2011.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $75 member or pre-pay
$80 guest or day of
Get your money in today to reserve your spot and save $5.
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2011 Brings a NEW YEAR and New Possibilities
Last year was the best year we have had as a team to date. We already have big plans for the New Year, so make sure to check back often. There will be some big changes going on that are going to make the team stronger than ever!
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