Congratulations to our "Student of the Week"- Teagan Bros! Teagan is in the Cellar Gym's Lil' Ninja program along with her little sister. Teagan has a great personality, positive outlook and always works hard! Check out our exclusive interview with…
Congratulations to The Cellar Gym / Checkmat Minneapolis' newest blue belt, Kaitlin Youwer. Kaitlin has been extremely successful competing as a white belt both locally at the 2016 IBJJF Pan Am. We are excited to see her continue this success…
The Cellar Gym / CheckMat Minneapolis took home both the Adult team trophy as well as the Overall team trophy from the 2016 MNBJJF Spring Open! We had nearly 50 students compete at the 2016 MNBJJF Spring Open last Saturday.…
The Cellar Gym had an excellent showing at the 2016 Grappling Games in Hudson, Wi last Saturday! Ryan Grant won Gold in both his Gi and No-gi divisions. 16 year old, Javen Guzik, won Gold in the Adult Blue Belt…
Congratulations to "Student of the Week"- Amy Cano! Amy is in karate, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and muay thai! She is a role model to all her sisters as well as other students. She is focused, dedicated and as tough as they…
The Cellar Gym and team Checkmat traveled to Chicago this weekend for the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Chicago Open. Results: Professor Mayko took Gold in his Black belt Gi Division and Bronze in No- Gi. Dave took Gold in his…
The Cellar Gym's brown and black belt athletes competed on Saturday and Sunday at the IBJJF Pan Ams in Irvine, CA. Lemmy Sturua and Dave Margraf both competed on Saturday while Mayko Araujo and Karen Antunes finished up the tournament…
The Cellar Gym and Checkmat Minneapolis had a fantastic showing with 8 competitors at the IBJJF Pan Ams in Irvine, CA this past weekend. Ethan Baumann, Michelle Donovan and Kaitlin Youwer competed on Thursday and Kevin Skadsheim competed on Friday.…
It was a big weekend for The Cellar Gym's BJJ competition team as our Head BJJ Coach, Mayko Araujo Borges won Gold at the IBJJF Houston Open, Blue Belt Ethan Baumann took home Silver, and Brown Belt Dave Margraf won…
Pam "Bam" Sorenson improved her professional MMA record to 2-0 on Saturday night when she picked up a big win against Nico Montano from New Mexico. The fight took place at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN under the banner…