AUG 2023 – Last week we wrapped up a three-week self-defense series! We had a great group ranging from early teens to older adults, both men and women. Many had little to no previous training. I’ve been preparing to teach this for some time and was intent on offering something Read more
Thanks to Rob Biernacki of Island Top Team for teaching two great seminars over the course of the weekend. We’re going to have fun playing with that ankle lever mechanism! We also appreciated getting a good start on working with 50/50. The group was small this time, but we had Read more
We have a small team, but a ton of heart! Solarte’s BJJ competitors did very well at the Revolution 48 Tournament. Chip and Alex both had dominant performances, winning gold medals in their intermediate no gi divisions—the result of years of hard work and perseverance. Chris took silver, demonstrating strong Read more
Every Saturday morning at 10:30am, we have BJJ Skills Development Training. [NOTE: We now have another session on Monday evenings at 6:30pm.] But what is BJJ Skills Development? It’s an opportunity to work on whatever you want at the pace you want! There’s always an instructor on hand to direct Read more
Snow-jitsu BJJ…is it a thing? Maybe not. But these two goofballs, Alex and Cooper, were willing to give it a go. We don’t usually get a lot of snow in Sequim, so the guys were celebrating the snowfall and cooling off after a good BJJ training session indoors. No, we Read more
Striping Ceremony: Sequim BJJ for Kids Our Sequim BJJ for kids program recently had evaluations, feedback and striping for both the Beginner and Intermediate students. Rather than testing students based on memorized techniques, we evaluated students on their progress in four key skill sets as they applied them during live Read more
Rob Biernacki returns to teach a back control seminar at Solarte BJJ! I’m very excited to get the latest updates on this key skill set. I especially appreciate the fact that he’s always updating what’s considered “fundamental” instead of staying stuck on a set curriculum. Things do change after all. Read more
We are excited to again host a Rob Biernacki BJJ Seminar at Solarte in Sequim, WA. It’s been two very looooong years since he’s been able to visit us from Canada. So we can’t wait to have him share his knowledge. This time his instruction will focus on the art Read more
Solarte BJJ in Sequim — Classes have been on break since Washington State’s enactment of the Stay Home, Stay Safe directive in March. During that time, we’ve provided online content on Self Defense Concepts (accessible FREE by request) and FREE parents & kids lessons on our YouTube channel. Solarte BJJ Read more
Solarte BJJ just hosted another visit by Rob Biernacki and there was a great aside about how to learn more at a BJJ seminar. Check out this excerpt from Saturday’s session. To put it in context, Rob was about to add on another movement to a half guard series we’d Read more