THIS YEARS FIRST BELT PROMOTION WAS ALREADY A FIRST HIGHLIGHT.
THE ACADEMY WAS CROWDED WITH MEMBERS, GUESTS AND VISITORS.
AS WELL STUDENTS OF OUR PARTNER GYM - FIRST CHOICE GYM FROM LIESTAL - WHICH IS PART OF THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU NETWORK - WERE COMING TO GET PROMOTED.
OUR SPECIAL GUEST FOR THIS YEARS FIRST GRADUATION PROFESSOR TIAGO BARROS OF THE FAMOUS CICERO COSTHA ACADEMY FROM SAO PAULO BRAZIL WAS ATTENDING THE EVENT AND WAS ROLLING WITH THE STUDENTS.
OUR STUDENTS WERE VERY BUSY OVER THE YEAR. THEY TRAINED HARD, FOCUSED AND A LOT OVER THIS PAST PERIOD.
MANY OF THEM PROGRESSED FAST AND BECAME VERY GOOD, MANY OF THEM COMPETED AND WERE VERY SUCCESSFULLY BY DOING THAT.
ALL THIS PROGRESS AND SUCCESS HAS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND HAS TO BE EVALUATED. THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU ACADEMY HAS A TRANSPARENT AND FAIR BELT PROMOTION PROCESS. ALL THE CLASSES ARE GETTING TRACKED.
TO MAKE SURE, ALL THE EFFORT WILL BE LISTED - EVERY CLASS COUNTS.
TO GET TO THE NEXT STRIPE OR BELT LEVEL THE STUDENTS HAVE TO FULLFILL BELT REQUIREMENTS - WITH BOTH QUANTITY AND QUALITY GOALS. FOR EACH STRIPE THERE HAS TO BE MILESTONES TO REACH.
FROM WHITE TO BLUE YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO YEARS BY TRAINING AVERAGE THREE TIMES A WEEK.
FROM BLUE TO PURPLE YOU NEED AT LEAST THREE YEARS BY TRAINING AVERAGE OF FOUR TIMES (MINIMUM) A WEEK.
FROM PURPLE TO BROWN YOU NEED AT LEAST THREE YEARS BY TRAINING AVERAGE OF AS WELL FOUR TIMES A WEEK (MINIMUM).
FROM BROWN TO BLACK WE AT PARA BELLUM DEMAND AT LEAST TWO YEARS AND FIVE TIMES TRAINING A WEEK. THE EFFORT OF TRAINING RAISES WITH THE BELT LEVEL CONSTANTLY AND PARALLEL.
THE BJJ JOURNEY IS THEREFOR A LONGTERM PROJECT. THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS TO THE BLACK BELT - AT LEAST NOT AT OUR ACADEMY.
YOU NEED TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT WILL BECOME MORE OF A LIFESTYLE AND RATHER A SPORTS TO PLAY.
BJJ IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, BJJ IS ONLY FOR THE ONES WITH A SPECIAL DETERMINATION, DRIVE AND COMMITMENT.
BUT ONCE YOU FELT IN LOVE WITH IT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP ANYMORE.
WE ARE LUCKY AND MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ALREADY FELT IN LOVE WITH IT AND SHOWED GREAT PROGRESS.
WE WANT TO CONGRATS OUR YOUNGEST AND CUTEST TWO MEMBERS - LILLY AND LEO - FOR THEIR NEW AWARDED STRIPES ON THEIR GREY BELTS.
IN THEIR YOUNG LIVES, THEY ALREADY SHOW CONSTANT PROGRESS AND FOCUS IN BJJ.
TWO GREAT EXAMPLES FOR ALL OF US.
FURTHER CONGRATULATIONS GOING OUT TO KATRIN, ANDREAS, ANDREW & PHIL, ALL OF THEM EARNED ONE MORE STRIPE ON THEIR WHITE BELTS.
ALL OF THEM ARE WITH US SINCE ALMOST THE BEGINNING - ONE YEAR AGO AND ALL OF THEM ARE SHOWING GREAT DEDICATION, WORK ETHIC AND UNBELIEVABLE WILL. BESIDES OF THAT, ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE STUDY AND HAVE FULL TIME JOBS - GREAT EXAMPLES ALL OF THEM!
BUT WE HAVE MORE TO CELEBRATE.
SIMON AND DAVE, BOTH WENT FOR THE BLUE BELT TESTING.
BOTH DID CONVINCE US WITH THEIR WORK AND EFFORT THEY PUT IN BJJ OVER THIS LAST YEAR, BOTH ARE PERFORMERS AND BOTH WON MEDALS AT REGIONAL & INTERNATIONALS COMPETITIONS - BOTH FULLFILLED THE BLUE BELT REQUIREMENTS.
DAVE PASSED THE BLUE BELT TEST WITH EASE AND SHOWED GOOD QUALITY OF HIS JIU JITSU AND GOT AWARDED IMMEDIATELY THE BLUE BELT.
SIMON ON HIS SIDE SHOWED AS WELL THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO APPLY THE REQUIRED POSITIONS & TECHNIQUES, BUT HE WILL GET TO KNOW HIS RESULT OF THE BLUE BELT TESTING AFTER THE IBJJF EUROPEANS MIDDLE OF JANUARY.
WHAT WE CAN ALREADY SAY IS - HE DID A GOOD BLUE BELT TESTING. LET'S SEE IF HE GETS THE BLUE BELT AFTER THE EUROPEANS.
CONGRATS AS WELL TO OUR HIGHER BELTS - NICOLAS OUR PRESIDENT AND PARTNER AT PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU, AND CONGRATS TO ANDREW MUELLER OUR NEW MEMBER AND STRONG PERFORMER - EACH FOR ONE MORE STRIPE ON THEIR BLUE BELTS. CONGRATS TO KRISZTIAN OUR FASHION ICON WHO GOT ONE MORE STRIPE ON HIS PURPLE BELT.
CONGRATS AS WELL TO CHAIM FERNANDEZ WHO COULDN'T ATTEND THE PROMOTION CAUSE OF JOB OBLIGATIONS BUT WILL GET AS WELL ONE STRIPE ON HIS PURPLE BELT, PROPS TO LOUIS WHO CHANGED HIS WORK ETHIC TOTALLY TO THE POSITIVE AND IS TRAINING A LOT THESE DAYS GOT AS WELL ONE MORE STRIPE ON HIS PURPLE BELT.
CONGRATS AS WELL TO OUR COACH EMIL WHO GOT HIS SECOND STRIPE ON HIS BROWN BELT AND CLOSES THE GAP TO THE SOON TO REACH BLACK BELT. HE IS A OUTSTANDING HARD WORKER AND PERFORMER, WON SEVERAL MEDALS DURING THIS LAST YEAR - OFTEN AS WELL AGAINST HEAVIER OPPONENTS!
CONGRATULATIONS GOING OUT TO PATRICK DRES - THE LEADER AND HEADCOACH OF THE FIRST CHOICE GYM IN LIESTAL - AND HIS STUDENTS OF OUR PARTNER ACADEMY.
PATRICK GOT HIS FIRST STRIPE ON HIS BROWN BELT.
BESIDES OF HIS FULL TIME JOB HE IS A GREAT LEADER AND IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN LIESTAL TEACHING KICKBOXING, MMA & BJJ. A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR A HARD WORKER.
TWO OF HIS STUDENTS - KONSTI AND AARON - GOT THEIR HIGHLY DESERVED BLUE BELTS! AND SIMONE (BLUE BELT) AND DARIUSCH (WHITE BELT) GOT EACH ONE STRIPE ON THEIR BELTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM FOR THEIR PROMOTIONS - KEEP GOING LIKE THAT.
THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU ACADEMY IS PROUD TO BE SURROUNDED WITH QUALITY PEOPLE LIKE OUR STUDENTS, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
WE FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU IN OUR LIVES AND TO BE PART TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL OF OUR GREAT TEAM AND NETWORK.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS AMAZING JOURNEY!
AND NOW GO AND TRAIN SOME JIU JITSU!
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