10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Walnut Creek

We are getting ready for another action packed White Belt team event! We will be using the quintet ruleset to facilitate team building and competition development. Our team captains will be Ron and Greg, and we will divide the White Belts into teams with a Belt Anchor on each team.

In the Quintet ruleset, each team decides on a batting order, if the first to grappling eliminates the first on the other team, then they go against the next person. If neither submits the other, both are eliminated and the next on the team goes up. The team with survivors at the end wins.

This is going to be super fun, check out the video from last year's event!

On Saturday February 10th, we have our next Parent's Night Out Scheduled. Our event will run from 5-9pm, kids 6 and older are eligible. We will be having a Nerf Battle, other team building games and Jiu Jitsu matches. We will also be serving pizza, and have wind down time with a movie.

Team building is an essential part of growing up. It helps kids develop important social and emotional skills that they will need throughout their lives. Team building activities often require kids to work together to achieve a common goal. This means they need to communicate effectively with each other, both verbally and nonverbally. As they practice communicating with their teammates, kids will develop better communication skills that they can use in all areas of their lives, from school to friendships to future careers.

Team building activities often involve challenges that kids need to solve together. This helps them develop their problem-solving skills by thinking creatively, working collaborative...

A few weeks ago on Jan 14th, JT from Bulletproof for BJJ gave us an amazing workshop with tons of great takeaways. JT started us off with an assessment of where we are with some mobility KPIs in regards to being injury resistant, he also gave us tools for improving our problem areas.

A proper warm up and cool down is essential for improving mobility leading to greater performance and safety, we all want to play our best and to be able to play for a long time. Thank you JT for sharing your expertise!

Our academy now also has a membership with Bulletproof for BJJ so if you are an adult student in good standing, send us your best email and you will have full access to their apps and programs.

JT is based out of Australia and is a Black Belt under Lachlan Giles 

Here are some examples of required equipment for our Kids Striking Class

Headgear, Gloves, Shin Guards and mouth piece are mandatory, we also suggest a groin protector and equipment bag.

Boxing headgear link
Gloves for under 100 lbs link
Gloves for over 100 lbs link
Shin Guards for under 70 lbs link
Shin Guards for over 70 lbs link

This year's IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation) NoGi Worlds showcased some high level Rubber Guard. For a long time, rubber guard was not taken seriously, seen as a "less than" or stalling technique, this year at IBJJF NoGi Worlds it was shown to sweep divisions.

The most notable example was Richie "The Boogeyman" Martinez, submitting three opponents back to back in under three minutes total mat time, one of which with a new submission unseen before. Jenn Dietrick of 10pHQ also secured gold with a rubber guard submission and Chris Vickers of 10th Planet Walnut Creek securing a dead Orchard in the first round of the Black Belt event.

It is great to see the paths converging within the mainstream tournaments where development has continued with and without the gi, Jiu Jitsu as a whole is leveling up

Here is our schedule, match times and divisions subject to change dependent on check ins and weigh ins.

Weigh Ins 8:30-10am - Show up any time within this window to check in and weigh in

Rules Meeting 10am-10:30am - We go over allowed techniques and scoring criteria, feel free to ask questions.

Matches Start 10:30am

Division Order:

• Tiny Tigers
• White and Grey Belts Under 60 Lbs
• White and Grey Belts 61-75 Lbs
• White and Grey Belts 76-95 Lbs
• White, Grey, Yellow+ Belts 96 and up

Divisions subject to change at checkin and weigh ins.

Scoring Criteria

Positions must be held and advancements must be maintained for 3 seconds
Takedown - 2 points
Sweep - 2 points
Guard Pass - 3 points
Side Control - 2 points
Knee on Belly - 2 points
Mount - 4 points
Back Control - 4 points

Allowed Submission Techniques

Tiny Tigers division will have no submissions.
All other divisions will be allowing the following techniques:

• Rear choke
• Triangle choke (no head pull)
• Arm Triangle
• Arm in Guillotine
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Everyone who has met her knows how hard of a worker Alana is. Not everyone may know that she is also a stellar student at school as well as a wrestler. It is great to see her hard work pay off!

Sunday October 22 she went down to Jiu Jitsu World League in San Diego and came out champ of her division with two submissions, and arm lock from guard and a belly down rear naked choke.

Andrew Alexander is the head instructor of 10th Planet Grant's Pass in Grant's Pass Oregon. He is an Eddie Bravo Black Belt and has been traveling and competing for years, honing his craft and becoming a wealth of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu knowledge.

On Saturday he and some of his team Kellen and Noah came to share their game with us. Covering passing, Open Guard and Back Attacks, Andrew showed us technical routes while teaching core Jiu Jitsu concepts along the way.

Everyone was excited for what was covered and can't wait to link up with 10th Planet Grant's Pass again!