Women’s BJJ Winter Camp with Vanessa Wexler

18 Monday Nov 2019

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Gracie Barra black belt Vanessa Wexler is hosting a one-day women’s jiu-jitsu winter camp on December 1st. The camp is held at Gracie Barra Colorado Springs, the gym she co-owns with her husband Bryan. The day camp includes gi and no-gi seminars, discussion panel, food, hot chocolate, raffle, giveaways and much more. Half and full day tickets are available and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to TESSA, a local safe house for women seeking help from domestic and sexual violence in Colorado Springs. The much needed donations will help TESSA to continue providing legal aid, counseling, children’s programs and other services to women going through hardship.

Camp Schedule:
9 am Check-In
9:45 am Warm up and group photo
10 am No-gi seminar with Vanessa Wexler
12 pm Lunch provided for full day ticket holders and craft corner
1 pm Gi seminar with Vanessa Wexler and group photo 2
3 pm Snacks and raffle
3:30 pm Women’s panel: Discussing all things BJJ for women
4:30 pm Yoga
Finished by 6 pm

Fenom Kimonos is supporting the camp by donating a gi to the raffle and the lucky winner can pick whichever color, design, and size she likes from our product line. Good luck ladies!

Women’s Grappling Camp

15 Monday Apr 2019

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AJ Clingerman along with her husband James run Indiana Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Fight Hub HQ in Greenwood, Indiana. This jiu-jitsu power couple will be running their 6th Women’s Grappling Camp May 3rd-5th. The event has become so popular that the initial limit of 60 sign ups was reached in a record time. Due to overwhelming demand the organizers had to rent a larger venue and extend the max capacity several times. The camp is expected to have 150 participants and this year’s guest instructor is Emily Kwok who is a third degree black belt, a world champion and the founder/master instructor of Princeton BJJ.

AJ spoke to us about how it all started and what to expect this year, “I attended a training camp that Rachel Casias of Zenith Team in Tennessee organized a few years ago. It was such a great event that I knew I wanted to do something similar. Rachel is the only instructor who has taught in all of my events. Women love her teaching style and energy and she really knows how to get ladies fired up at the end of a long weekend.

I run a competition and rolling session during the camp but I bring in the big guns do the actual teaching. Besides Rachel, I usually invite another guest instructor. In the past we have had Michelle Nicolini, Nikki Sullivan, Angelica Galvao, Angela Marino, Julie Kedzie and Vanessa Wexler. To be honest, I mostly choose instructors who I want to train with and learn from. If I am excited about it, other ladies are probably too.

We always work with a charity for all our events. I am on the board of My Bruises Are From, a charity benefiting domestic violence victims and I think it is important for strong women to help other women in their time of need. We have donated to the Julian Center, a domestic violence shelter for women and children, at each of our previous camps and will continue doing so this time around.

I want to make sure that the ladies have the absolute best time possible, so I do everything I can to make it happen. I have an amazing husband and a women’s team who help me with it all. I could not do it without them!”

Fenom Kimonos is donating one gi to the camp raffle and the lucky winner can pick a gi of her choice from the product line of 19 different women’s gi designs. Good luck and happy training!

Brag and Win February

01 Friday Mar 2019

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It’s time for February gi giveaway! Tell us something good that you accomplished or something nice that someone else did for you last month for a chance to win a Fenom gi. Good luck!

*If you are a sponsored athlete or a brand ambassador for another gi company, you will not be eligible to participate in this giveaway.

Jiu-Jitsu Gypsies Fourth Anniversary

17 Thursday Jan 2019

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Jiu-Jitsu Gypsies, a women’s BJJ group in South Florida, is celebrating its four-year anniversary next month at Carlson Gracie Miami gym. The event is hosted by Cathy Jones, Carlson Gracie Miami first female black belt. Between 80 and 100 participants are expected, and the organizers are encouraging everyone to bring women’s products which will be donated to a local women’s shelter for victims of domestic abuse. The anniversary event will have food from Healthy Chef, gi raffles from several gi brands, games, technique instruction, and plenty of friendly rolls. This is the third year in a row that Fenom Kimonos donates a gi to the raffle. The lucky winner can pick whichever color, design, and size she likes from Fenom’s product line.

Jiu-Jitsu Gypsies was created in 2015 by Teresia Carreon, and with the help of Heather Raftery, the Gypsies started regular open mats with 10-20 women in attendance. After a while life took Heather to California where she earned her black belt under Andre Galvao; Teresia moved to Texas to be closer to her family, and Olivia Aleida took over as the main organizer. With her consistent hard work, 30-50 women and girls have met up monthly in as many different gyms in the South Florida area as possible. Jiu-Jitsu Gypsies is not just a women’s training group; they give back to the community by collecting school supplies, non-perishable items for food pantries, toys for local Toys for Tots campaign, and women’s items for local shelters.

Jiu-Jitsu Gypsies have built a fantastic women’s BJJ community where women who train at different gyms, and compete against each other at tournaments can come together at open mat events, and hang out as friends. Happy birthday Gypsies!

Luiza Monteiro in San Francisco

23 Monday Feb 2015

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Ralph Gracie San Francisco Women’s Team is hosting a women’s BJJ seminar with a multiple time world champion Luiza Monteiro on March 21. Luiza Monteiro will be teaching a three-hour seminar on Saturday, and as a bonus, will lead a women’s class the night before, on March 20. Space is limited, don’t miss out!