On the eve of Monday April 30th you will have the opportunity to train @ TPTM-SBG Toronto with none other than the man himself, the President and Founder of SBGi…..Matt Thornton!

This special 2 hr clinic (7PM to 9PM) will be something that you do not want to miss!!

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Straight Blast Gym Toronto

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A beautiful, warm, sunny day welcomed the team as they enjoyed a late afternoon bistro lunch, caught some fly dub-step at the McGill campus, and took in the sites from Mt. Royal.

The team made great use of the hotel fitness area, stretching out in the gym, having a quick swim in the pool, and a very relaxing steam room. All were in peak physical & mental form and ready for battle – Pro Deal indeed!

Arriving at the event around 9am, our host guided us through the registration process where we all made weight (thanks steam room!). It was held in a small fencing gym, with a nice setup of 4 pro style rings. The tourney was very well run, and the reffing was outstanding. However, the standard game of waiting for your division to be called began that is the norm for all events like this, so we hunkered down to watch many great matches. By 4pm our 1st divisions began to be called.

PK lit up the tourney donning his now famous pink gi, making friends with everyone he came into contact with in his trademark style. With great posture, he had several close battles in Gi, but saved his aggression for the NoGi, denying one opponent anything from standup before a beautiful sprawl, back take to rear naked choke for the tap!

Derek, donning the Gi for the 1st time in competition, blasted through his opponents with relentless, dominating pressure, utilizing his newly sharpened ‘shoulder of justice’ to great success. During the last of his Gi matches, Derek tweaked his back and could not continue into the NoGi event.

Kier showed fighting tiger spirit in his first Gi match, bringing heavy pressure to a spider guard player. Down on points and short on time, he finally blasted through to land in half guard and immediately sunk in the sleeve choke, but ran out of time before getting the tap. Somewhere during the match he got his arm/shoulder wrenched and could not continue for the remainder of both events.

Candice, with energetic patience, stood by her crew with cheers, always on the ready to support our players during the grueling (increasingly smelly) 12hr event. Barely taking her eyes off the matches, it was obvious a new die-hard BJJ fan and future competitor was born.

After giving our thanks and goodbyes to our host (who didn’t take a break from reffing all day) we made our way back to the hotel to begin our recovery/debrief and celebrate a well fought day. After a return to the spa, a nice meal and a few drinks we turned in for the night to prepare for the ride home.

Such a great experience was had by all! Many things were learned and confirmed about how to properly prepare and manage a long day event such as this. All were happy with their performances, and were on track with aspects that each are currently working on with their individual games, yet all took away many new things to work on. The most important aspect of the trip was the team spirit that was leveraged which made us more than the sum of our parts. All have vowed to bring this newly kindled fire back home to infect the rest of the gym to take us all to the next level of competition performance.

Here’s some feedback from after the clinic:

Quality….Legit….Money….Likeabauce…

Just a few of the adjectives that I overheard during John Frankl’s BJJ clinic this morning @ SBG Toronto….just saying.

Humbled and honoured to be part of process.

 

Spent the morning with bjj black belt John frankl. That was a game changing morning. Feeling pretty lucky.

Awesome seminar today at TPTM with John Frankl thanks Jay!

Thank you John.

New Beginners BJJ class starting soon @ TPTM-SBG Toronto.

The perfect opportunity to partake in something that you’ve always wanted to experience….

…… in the ideal environment that fosters rapid growth…

….with real people….just like you.

‘The Tip of the Iceberg’ with Jun

Every Mondays at 8pm starting Feb 6th.

We had a few members of SBG Toronto’s ADD Squad competing last weekend at the Ontario Provincial BJJ Championship.Noah,PK, Kier and Derek all represented extremely well…along with some great support from Sherman ,Mark and Kevan who came out to cheer them on.

Kier won the Gold in the Masters Blue Belt division and the Bronze in the Adult no gi division.

Derek popped his tourney cherry and brought home the Silver in the Beginners No Gi division.

4 competitors,3 medals,2 days with 0 injuries made for 1 happy and hungover coach!

Huge THANK YOU to all the Coaches that have helped us over the years.

Honoured and humbled to be a part of the process.

Viva SBGi!!!

“I assume if you’re reading this article that you’re familiar with the Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaching organisation known as Straight Blast Gym International. The people at SBGi say that their coaching is the easiest way to learn functional skills for competitive fighting and self defence, and I agree, but I have issues.

There are thousands of people just like me who have experience teaching martial arts using great training tools such as kata, forms and patterns. Most of us earn a very good living with these tools and wouldn’t think of using anything else. Then along comes SBGi. What kind of a name is Straight Blast Gym anyway?

Recently I decided to go to a Straight Blast Gym affiliate known as Aliveness Gym in Aberdeen. And after doing so, I want to give you my top 5 reasons why you do not want to train at Aliveness Gym or anyone associated with SBGi.

Ease of learning
Their curriculum is so simple to learn that a monkey can do it.* And that’s the problem. I’ve spent years developing my kata skills and patterns so that I can charge £30 per hour teaching my advanced system for people just like you. If you decide to train with Aliveness Gym, the days of me teaching traditional martial arts are over.

Who in their right mind would pay me to to teach them how to learn choreographed movements that bear little resemblance to the real world when they can train with aliveness safely at any Straight Blast Gym and get really good really quickly in all three ranges of combat?  Please, I have a family to support.

Training Methods
SBGi’s curriculum is completely alive. And when I say alive, I mean alive. You don’t have to learn pre-arranged patterns, forms or kata which they claim is a waste of your time. You learn something called the i-method instead which is designed to have you training safely with Aliveness in stand up, clinch and ground. They say it gets you as good as possible as quickly as possible.

SBGi will not only make it impossible for me to earn money teaching with poor training methods, but it will take away my ability to charge you for grading by simply demonstrating a series of movements every three months. How can I support myself when SBGi is taking away my ability to do so. It isn’t right.

Service
I don’t think it’s right that you as a member student should expect me to answer to you every time you have a simple question about a technique I have shown you. It sets up the wrong impression. If I jumped every time you had a question about why or if something works, you would begin to take me for granted. Besides, I am a black belt master so you just need to have faith in what I say and know that we cannot train with partners using resistance because what we do is far too dangerous.

In this case, the problem isn’t with Aliveness Gym, it’s with the entire community of SBGi who believe in a healthy training environment where critical thinking is encouraged. They tell you to question everything and cite the so called ‘i-method’ as the best martial arts bullshit meter that money can’t buy.  They say that you will never be deceived by martial arts instructors again once you fully understand the i-method and the principles of aliveness.  All I can say to those people is, “Get a life.”

Curriculum
Traditional Martial Arts contain the most comprehensive Kata’s, Patterns and Forms on the planet. They can do everything. When you have a black belt from one of these programs it’s the same as telling your friends that you have the Mercedes-Benz of black belts. Think of the pride you’ll feel.

Yes, the curriculum at SBGi can also give you everything you want and more by teaching functional fighting skills in a fun and friendly environment, but that’s not the point. You can learn techniques from the best delivery systems on the planet such as Thai Boxing, Boxing, Greco Roman Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to name but a few.  You will learn how they all fit into the MMA game which is the fastest growing sport in the world.  You can also choose from other programs that are trained with aliveness which are designed for defending against bladed weapons (S.T.A.B.) and an alive curriculum for law enforcement called ISR Matrix.

You can also choose from dozens of classes each month and learn how to be a coach too if you want, but again, that’s not the point. The point is, you want to be able to tell people that your ‘martial art’ is better because it was learnt using a system that is far too dangerous to ever be trained alive.  And it was expensive. When I give your belts and certificates you will be be proud of them.

Black Belt ‘club’
Martial Arts teachers like myself don’t just teach martial arts for people like you, we enrol people into our ‘Black Belt Program’ too. This is one of the main ways we earn money from you after your training has begun.

It’s also one of the most profitable things we do in our business.  Once you either gain your black belt or are enrolled and paying to be in the elite Black Belt Club, then we will teach you some stuff on the ground, plus our version of ‘grappling’ and ‘MMA’.

SBGi is trying to lure you away from that part of our business by telling you that you can do all this right from the start and get access to the best coaching without having to wait months or even years. They’ve even created intro classes to their popular MMA programs to help you get started. Worse yet, sites like www.straighblastgym.com offer a forum loaded with tips on training in Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to help you get good really quick. They’re giving away their secrets and taking money out of our pocket. It’s just not fair.

Please, don’t go to Aliveness Gym or any SBGi to learn Mixed Martial Arts or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. While you’re at it, don’t go to www.alivenessgym.com to learn how to get started in Aberdeen, Scotland either. It’s not fair to our brotherhood of traditional martial arts instructors if you’re able to learn functional fighting and self defence without first going though an apprentice or ‘black belt’ program..

And don’t tell your friends about this organisation either. Just say, “No!”

* The monkey must have basic intelligence, social skills and enjoy having fun whilst learning functional skills”