Twisted Fitness Gym

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.

Yes, Last weekend was the third installment of the Combat Corner Tournament.  Once again our team showed up in large numbers and brought home numerous medals, etc.  A big congrats to everyone that competed.  We will have some video up shortly to highlight the event.

And of course, a big congrats to Andy “Shaggy” Acker for another Victorious Super Tournament.  Last year Andy destroyed the competition in the 170 lb bracket and this year he was invited back to compete at 185lbs.  While Andy was certainly the Smallest in the division, his superior technique carried him to another glorious victory and another belt to wear with Pride.

Congrats to everyone, and keep up the hard work.  Team Twisted has once again proved that it’s hard work ethic, technique, and conditioning pays off in victory!