The Foundry Jiu Jitsu

10/12/2026

As the flyer states this is the new membership pricing beginning January 2027.

Holiday deal coming soon for new members as well.

10/08/2026

Tuesday night class. First submission learned. Lets see what you do with it.

10/03/2026

First adult stripes are on the belt at The Foundry!

Congratulations to our adult students who earned their first stripe this week. Stripe one isn't handed out for showing up. It means you've built the foundation: you can hold base and posture, you know how to bridge, post, and frame, and you understand why those things work instead of just copying the shape. That's the stuff everything else gets built on.

It also means you've officially been cleared to get choked. Stripe zero is about learning to survive and move safely, so chokes stay off the table until you've shown you can stay calm under pressure and tap early.

Now that door is open. Expect your training partners to start hunting your neck, and expect to spend some time learning what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a collar choke.

Tap early, tap often, and pay attention to how they got there. That's how you learn to stop it.

Proud of this group, there are more to come next week. Every one of you put in the reps, asked good questions, and kept your ego off the mat. Stripe two starts Tuesday. See you there.

10/03/2026

Calisthenics workout prior to the promotions this week. No one quit. You should all be very proud of yourselves. See you Friday.

09/25/2026

09/23/2026

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09/15/2026

What actually happens the first time you roll?

If you've never trained, "rolling" (live sparring) most certainly sounds intimidating. You may have a vague picture of getting choked out by a stranger while everyone watches. That's not what it looks like, and it's not how we run things here.

Your first roll isn't even really a roll. You're paired with a partner who's controlling the pace, usually starting from a specific position instead of a full-speed scramble, and the goal isn't to submit you, it's to let you feel pressure and movement in a live setting for the first time.

In fact, as a new white belt with no stripes, you're on strict catch-and-release status. You aren't submitted until you've earned your first stripe, which takes about four to six months on average. After that, tapping is expected and normal, not a failure. Most people are surprised by how much slower and more controlled it feels compared to what they imagined.

The nerves before your first roll are universal. Everyone who's ever stepped on a mat felt them, including the people who've been training for years. What changes isn't the nerves going away, it's that you learn what to actually do with them: stay calm, breathe, and trust the framework you're building one class at a time.

Curious what it's actually like? Come watch a class or try it for yourself.

Adult classes run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 7:10 PM in Burlington.

09/15/2026

I'm too old...
Too out of shape...
Not athletic enough for jiu jitsu.

We hear some version of this almost every week, and it's almost never true. Jiu jitsu isn't built for the biggest or strongest person in the room. It's built for the person who understands leverage, timing, and position well enough that size stops being the deciding factor.

That's the entire point of the art: a smaller, calmer person can control or neutralize someone much bigger, if they know what they're doing.

That includes women who assume this is a "guys' sport." It isn't. We have several women training right now, and the same principle applies to them as to anyone else walking in the door: you don't need size or prior athletic experience, you need to learn the mechanics, and the mechanics work regardless of who you're up against.

At The Foundry, new students don't get thrown into hard sparring on day one. You start with movement, positions, and escapes, the same slow progression everyone goes through, no matter their age, size, or fitness level. Nobody expects you to show up in shape. You get in shape by training consistently, and the skill builds alongside it.

If any of the following is holding you back: "I'm not athletic enough" or "this isn't for someone like me," that's not a real barrier here. Come and see for yourself. Adult classes run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 7:10 PM