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…
We had three students compete today at the Eau Claire Open and once again these guys were awesome! Jordan got 1st in traditional form and Cameron and Henry got 4th, but they both came back to become 1st place consolation…
The night didn't go our way...Antonio lost by unanimous decision: 48-47, 48-47, and 47-46. Antonio probably landed the harder and more effective shots but didn't land as many as the tough German. It was an exciting fight and the biggest…
Congratulations to "Student of the Week"- Thomas Barlow! Thomas has been taking classes at The Cellar Gym since he was 4 year years old. He is a red stripe in karate and a yellow belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He…
This past weekend, the Cellar Gym hosted the WAKO Team USA Kickboxing Training Camp. It was a two day event with 4 world class coaches and over 50 athletes in attendance from 9 different states. The goal of the camp…
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.…
Kelly Block and Brook Kabanuk took part in the Unite and Fight Police, Fire, Emergency Charity Event on Saturday, March 12th. This event was Brook Kabanuk's amateur boxing debut which he won by 2nd round TKO. Kelly Block also had an excellent performance but…
This week's "Student of the Week" is Josephine Zalazar. Josephine is a Lil' Ninja at The Cellar Gym. She loves everything about karate especially the fact that they get to run around during warm-ups and games! Her role model is…