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March 28, 2023

Last week, Mr. Kevin Rose was promoted to the rank of Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! Kevin’s dedication to his art and his team over the past 12+ years were recognized in an awesome seminar event with Professor Caio and tons of friends and family in attendance.

Over the years, Kevin has started his own Jiu-Jitsu program in Murphy, Texas. Twice a week, he is proudly representing the same CTA mission with his own students and building their future.

He’s been a loyal student, fierce competitor and engaging teacher, but I’m most proud to call him a dear friend. Thank you and congratulations Kevin! You couldn’t be more deserving!

March 10, 2023

This next week is lined up to be a truly exciting one for all of our students! Before an action-packed weekend, our Lesson Plans will focus on the Closed Guard position. Once we’ve recovered Guard, that means we’ve established control and it’s time to improve our position with some a sweep attempt. Our focus will begin on our opponent’s posture before executing a Sit-Up Sweep to advance to Mount!

Click here to view the Sweeping from Closed Guard Lesson Plan

A common submission that is used in cooperation with the Sit-Up Sweep is the Kimura. We will continue to use the battle of posture to help us isolate an arm and then go on the attack!

Click here to view the Kimura Lesson Plan

Our week will finish with showing The Goonies at the academy for the CT Kids Movie Night on Friday, a few Adult promotions Saturday at Noon, then followed by Professor Caio returning to teach a seminar that night and Kevin Rose’s promotion to Black Belt to wrap things up! See Professor Collin for details!

March 28, 2022

It was an honor to have Professor Caio in town and on our mats, as he taught an amazing Guard Passing Seminar this past Saturday. We had nearly 50 practitioners of every belt level in attendance, all excited to learn the techniques that made Professor a 12-time World Champion.

He discussed some simple principles of hip control that unlocked the high-level techniques. Once he covered the basic concepts that connected the different passing options available, everyone in attendance was executing the moves without a problem. He referenced his match at F2W 146 and also our Fundamental Curriculum where he applied the same techniques he was teaching to us.

The Seminar concluded as we celebrated a big day for our teammates at Sloth BJJ in Euless as well, as Professor Nathan Hallford promoted his first Black Belt, Mr Chris Gray! Congrats, gentlemen!

January 6, 2022

Last week I looked up and noticed how long it had been. There’s so much to reflect on in that time…the birth of my daughter, my wife’s battle with cancer, losing loved ones, career changes, relocations, global pandemics, wins, losses, setbacks and comebacks on repeat.

In all that time, there was also Jiu-Jitsu. It kept me healthy. It helped me stay focused. It held me accountable.

My coaches and teammates and students were there too. They’ve been my comic relief, my words of advice, and shoulder to cry on. We’ve helped each other chase our dreams and lay a strong foundation for some incredibly special things to come.

I’m passionate about what I do because of how valuable this is to me. It’s my life.

February 4, 2018

I have been a teacher for the last 13 years, and over that time, I’ve gone through the ranks of Purple, Brown, Black, and now 1st Degree Black Belt. For the last 6 years as a Black Belt, I’ve struggled with feeling “worthy” of the title Professor.

My students refer to me by a lot of different names – Professor, Coach, Mestre, and simply “Collin” a lot of the time during class, but nothing feels as comfortable to me than hearing my own name. When they ask me what I prefer I always say Collin. I don’t know if that makes us different from most academies, but for some reason it just feels right at ours.

I look at my students as my friends. I call them by their names, so it only feels natural for that to be returned. Although I’m the teacher at heart we are all students. I study, learn and work hard to get better – to be a better teacher, practitioner and person.

If you’re interested in trying a new way to work out or already train=, I humbly invite you to stop by and give the academy a try. Just ask for Collin.

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