Dara, Davide & Luke graded successfully for their yellow belts on Wednesday.

Well done guys, keep up the mischief!

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No training on this Saturday (October 13th) due to the Dublin Open Submission Tournament.

The junior competition is on Sunday, good luck to the Agoge, in particular Danny, Kirsty and Nikita who moved up from the monkeys this summer.

Remember, Crossfit Kids programs start this Tuesday, October 16th and Wednesday October 17th is Bring a Friend Day

Thanks,

Colm & Daniel

Darragh & Luke playing with the “lightsabers” for the first time.

mpg of the duel (23 secs, 5.7MB)

It’s great to see kids that only a small while ago were apprehensive about taking part in the class laughing and volunteering for games and willing to get into contact.

Guard Spinning is a game we play at the start of a lot of classes to help build up mobility while on your back. This helps the kids develop a good defence - the more mobile you are and the better you can move your hips the better a wrestler/martial artist you’ll be.

MPG of Guard Spinning (Right click, save as: 27 secs, 6.9MB)

Thank You

Before we tell you of upcoming events and news we’d like to thank all the children and parents that make up The Agoge and Clever Little Monkeys: For your support of our club and our sport, and particularly the dedication you’ve shown throughout the Summer months and the move. It was really motivating for us to see you all make the trip to the new place and inspires to work harder for you.

Thank you!

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Both Colm & Daniel are away, sorry! Training is back on Monday as per usual.

Young Danny graded for his blue belt today with the Agoge. Danny has really grown in the last while , displaying great maturity and a willingness to learn. He’s quite humble in class, without being too shy!

Here’s one clip of him escaping a hold by a much bigger training partner as part of his grading:

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Danny now moves up to Spartan MMA. Congratz little man!

Guard is very important in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Submission Wrestling. It allows a child on bottom to keep their partner’s weight of them and also gives them an opportunity to flip them over so they’re in top (called a sweep)

In this guard drill, the kids on top were instructed just to hold their partners down while the guys on bottom looked to take the back or sweep their partner.

Round 1 (right click, save as. 31 secs, 7.7MB)

Round 2 (right click, save as. 31 secs, 7.7.MB)

“This is the best thing ever!” - Lilly

Out a bit too long Alannah?

Glad to have you back on the mats enjoying yourself!