Congratulations to Professor Mauricio Carra on winning Silver in his No-Gi division at the American Nationals BJJ Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also competes in Gi later this weekend. Awesome work!!
Congratulations to our newest "Student of the Week" - Silas! Silas is a grey/white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has the goal of earning his blue belt someday. Silas was chosen as student of the week because he consistently…
Checkmat Minneapolis traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada this week for the IBJJF Master's World Championships. Professor Karen Antunes won double GOLD in the Master's Women Black belt division. Way to go Coach Karen!
The Cellar Gym and Checkmat Minneapolis had a successful weekend at IBJJF Chicago. Coach Mayko Araujo Bjj won Silver in his Men's Black Belt Gi Division and Bronze in his No-Gi Division. Michelle Donovan won Gold in the women's light…
The Checkmat Minneapolis team traveled to Las Vegas last week for the 2016 American Nationals. Professor Karen Antunes won Gold in both Gi and No - Gi Women's Black Belt Featherweight division! Mayko Araujo took 3rd place in his Men's…
Maggie has been taking classes at The Cellar Gym since November 2015 with the goal of learning self-defense. She is a green belt in karate and a grey/white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Maggie comes to class almost everyday and…
This weekend, Saturday, June 25th was The Cellar Gym's bi-annual Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Belt testing. This was the first group belt promotion since Professor Mayko and Karen arrived last year. It was a great event and we had many students…
Karen Antunes made her way onto the podium at the 2016 IBJJf World Championships last weekend and won the Bronze medal. Karen had tough competition and lost her semi-final match to World Champion, Mackenzie Dern. Their match ended in a…
Congratulations to Tommy Talarico who is The Cellar Gym's "Student of the Week"! Tommy is an Orange belt in karate and wants to be a black belt someday. Tommy is a great listener and always has his hand raised when…
Competition at the 2016 IBJJF World Championships are complete and we are very proud of all our Cellar Gym/CheckMat competitors! This was the first Worlds tournament for many on our team and they did awesome! We won some great matches…