Shark Pit Jiu Jitsu

We had a few other special moments yesterday beyond our promotions that we'd like to take a moment to highlight.

Two of our students earned takedown tokens, an idea developed by our Takedown Class instructor, Coach David Kovak. The tokens are given out to students who show a dedication to improving their takedown abilities, whether it be from executing takedowns in a competition setting or diligently working on them during live rolls at the gym.

Coach Brit earned a token for her performance at Joan of D’Arce on Saturday. She had several impressive attempts to take her opponent down and displayed an ability to chain together different options on her feet.

Andrea also earned a token for an impressive takedown that she hit during the open rolling portion of our ceremony yesterday.

Dave aka "Hulk" also received a unique Shark Week shirt. Last month we did a special event for Shark Week where any students who trained at least once every day that week earned a free shirt. Hulk decided to take it a step further and do every single grappling class on our schedule (and we have a LOT of classes!), so he earned this one-of-a-kind shirt with him and his dog Fiya as sharks! What an impressive accomplishment!

If any other students completed Shark Week and have not yet received their shirt, they are waiting for you at the gym! 🦈

🌐 www.sharkpitbjj.com

Our Monday class schedule:
Adult Gi from 9AM to 10:30AM
Shark Pups Gi from 5PM to 5:50PM
Kids Gi from 6PM to 7PM
Adult Gi from 7:15PM to 8:45PM

Today was such a special day here at Shark Pit! Our building was packed full of our students, coaches, and friends from other gyms. Of the approximately 100 people in attendance, around 50 were women, over 20 were black belts, and 7 were lady black belts!

We will have a lot of posts full of pics from today, but first we want to say congratulations to all of our students who were promoted, including our FOUR new Shark Pit black belts! 🙌

⚫️ Dakota DeLeonardis
⚫️ David "Hulk" Christman
⚫️ Will Potter
⚫️ Rochelle Potter
🟤 William "Beast Boy" Potter
🟤 Paul Ensogna
🟣 Charles Carpenter
🟣 Tom Barber
🟣 Dakota Mabe
🔵 Andrea Whitlock
🔵 Ryan Shaw

Big props to Patrick as well for earning 2 stripes on his blue belt!

Today was incredible not only because we were able to recognize so many students, but because so many people showed up to support them as well. Thank you to everyone who helped make today so meaningful!

Our Sunday Class schedule:
Battodo from 7AM to 9AM
Strength & Conditioning from 9AM to 10AM
Takedowns from 10AM to 11AM
Open Mat from 11AM to 12PM
Summer Promotions from 12PM to 3PM
**No Women's BJJ Class Today**

🦈 SHARK PIT BJJ'S SUMMER PROMOTION CEREMONY 🥋

IT'S TOMORROW! 🚨 Sunday, August 16th — come celebrate with us! We'll be handing out belt promotions — including black belts — plus technique instruction and live rolling. This event is free and open to all gym affiliations, so bring your friends!

🕐 12PM – 3PM TOMORROW

Modified Sunday Schedule (8/16):
- 7:00 AM — Battodo Class
- 9:00 AM — Strength & Conditioning
- 10:00 AM — Takedowns
- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Open Mat
- 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM — 🎉 Summer Promotion Ceremony 🎉

⚠️ Note: Women's BJJ class is cancelled tomorrow (8/16) due to the ceremony — but all ladies are welcome and encouraged to attend the celebration!

Don't miss it — see you on the mats TOMORROW!

Our Shark Pit ladies had a clean sweep in their Joan of D'arce superfights today! Our only loss of the day came in the chaos absolute division against the girl who won the whole bracket. It was an epic day from start to finish!

We are so proud of all of our competitors. They looked incredible out there!

Huge thank you to our coaches, teammates, and friends who showed up today for support. And thank you so much to Joan D’Arce for another great event!

Our Saturday class schedule:
Kids Gi from 10AM to 11AM
Adult Gi from 11AM to 12:30PM

Our Friday class schedule:
Adult No Gi from 6AM to 7AM
Adult Gi from 9AM to 10:30AM
Shark Pups Gi from 5PM to 5:50PM
Adult No Gi from 6PM to 7PM
Open Mat from 7:15PM to 8:45PM