Twisted Fitness

Well, Our first annual “Leave the Freeze” event was a complete success.  We spent 8 beautiful days in Guanacaste, Costa Rica and it was perfect.  We had the most amazing morning Yoga practices as the sun rose over the mountains of Guanacaste, ate some of the finest Costa Rican cuisine, and even had some time to explore the surrounding area.  These trips included a mud bath and Hot springs at a volcano, Zip lines through the forest canopies, and a few relaxing days at the beach swimming, surfing, and catching some rays.  We are already beginning to plan our trip for next year so start saving your money now and look for more details to follow!

That’s Right!! Team Twisted is now affiliated with the top BJJ team in the country. After winning the World’s (Mundial) team trophy the past two years, Alliance BJJ has proven themselves to be the top team in the world for BJJ. The Alliance has produced some of the finest BJJ champions ever to set foot on the mat, including Jacare Cavalcanti (the head instructor at Alliance USA), Fabio Gurgel (the head instructor for Alliance in Brazil), Marcelo Garcia (multiple time Abu Dhabi and Mundial champion), Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles (Has won the world’s 4 years in a row), and many more. This gives us unique opportunities to have Jacare, Cobrinha, and others to travel to us for seminars and promotions. Make no mistake about it, this will raise the level of BJJ in our gym and be proven through our competitions. I expect every member of Team Twisted to realize what a large responsibility this is. We will be representing the top team around and I expect everyone one of us to act and train accordingly.

And for anyone wondering what happened to Cameron Diffley, absolutely nothing! Cameron is still trying to achieve many of his own personal goals and is not yet ready to start an association of his own. He is definitely supportive of our decision and thinks it is a great opportunity. Cameron wishes us the best of luck and will still be by the school once in a while to keep us on our toes!

Hey guys, the holidays are upon us and so is the first Annual “Leave the Freeze” team trip to Costa Rica. The schedule on the website is updated so it will reflect the class schedule over the next few weeks. We only had to cancel a few classes due to lack of instructors, but most classes will go on as normal. Here is a quick rundown of the changes, but if there is any questions, please refer to the website schedule. Thanks and have a Happy Holidays from all of us at Twisted Fitness!

Closed December 24th, 25th, and 26th-Classes resume as normal Monday December 27th.

Closed December 31st at 12:30 p.m. (after the morning BJJ class), closed January 1st, 2010 (Happy New Year!!!) Open January 2nd as normal.

The Costa Rica Trip will run January 2nd through the 9th and there were only a few changes to the schedule. Yoga will be canceled for the week, The Monday and Wednesday 5:30 p.m. wrestling classes are canceled. The Monday 6:15 p.m. MMA will also be canceled. All other classes will run as usual. Thanks for your understanding and enjoy your holiday break!

Twisted Fitness

Hey everyone, there is a new highlight on the video page. It is a compilation of combat corner 3, NAGA 2009, and The Arnold’s 2009. Go check it out!

We are going to stay closed Today,  Wednesday December 9th, due to the city wide snow emergency.  Because the City has shut down all non-essential services, all major schools, the bus lines, and have asked that people stay off the roads, we figured it best for us to remain closed.  All  scheduled classes will resume Thursday December 10th as normal.  Thanks for your understanding and we hope you have a great Snow day!

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Everyone had a great time at our first Trance Dance, which was held November 21st, 2009 here at Twisted Fitness.  We re-decorated the entire facility to have a great, relaxing  atmosphere and people were shocked at how the space looked.  They couldn’t believe it was actually the same rooms we normally use for classes.   We had almost 30 people in attendance and everyone left smiling and asking for more.  Twisted Fitness also raised nearly $130, which was donated to the Dane County Humane Society.  We are definitely going to plan more dances for the future, and are considering our next date for the end of January to celebrate the new year.  Look for the announcement on the website or in our monthly newsletter.

What a way to kick off our Friday open mat.  We were lucky to have former UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk drop by and train with us for our first Friday night open mat.  Sean just happened to be in town for the day and was looking for a place to train.  He was very fun to train with and gave out a lot of pointers to all the students he worked with.  It just always seems like you never know who will be stopping by to train with us.  Let that be a lesson to all those who skip class, you never know what you are missing!

Attention all Twisted Fitness Jiujitsu Students:  Starting Friday November  13th, we are moving our Sunday night open mat to Fridays (5:30-7:00).  We feel this will better serve our students and allow for an increase in attendence for our open mat class.  Please see a member of the Twisted Fitness Staff for any further questions.  Thanks!

A big congratulations go out to Andy “Shaggy” Acker for winning his professional Mixed Martial Arts debut last night at Madtown Throwdown 21.  It took Shaggy all of 29 seconds into the first round to secure a triangle choke and finish Jay Ellis who trains out of  Neutral Ground in Milwaukee.  Shaggy took the fight on short notice against a fighter with over 40 prefessional fights and was never in doubt he would be victorious.   In true Twisted Fitness fashion, Shaggy showed that hard work and hard training definitely pay off!

Congrats to Sonya who just returned from a weekend of Yoga Trance Dance training with Shiva Rea at the beautiful Kripalu Yoga Center in Massachusetts

Yoga Trance Dance is a meeting of yoga and dance  It is an exploration of the eternal flow of natural movement through yoga.  Beginning with prana initiating yogasanas, yoga trance dance flows into an exploration of free-form, breath driven movement to liberate one’s creative life force.

There were over 80 yoga teachers, practitioners, and dancers attending the training, culminating in a 2 hour YTD Saturday night open to the public.  With over 150 attendees, the energy and flow was incredible.  I wish you all could have been there to experience what I did.

We are planning to have a special YTD in Novemeber to celebrate Sonya’s Birthday!  We will keep you posted on the date and time.