Annoucements.

Yesterday morning, June 27th, A-Team had a pair of visitors while a few of us were rolling after the kid's class. The visitors were Chris Franco and Ali's teacher and Head of CheckMat, Leo Vieira. Leo had been in town and decided to pop-in and train with the guys at A-Team.

In other news, yesterday was also Matthew's 8th birthday. We have had a few birthdays recently, including: Robert (8), Brennen (9), Devon (13), Jakey (7) and Calyssa (9). Happy birthday, everyone! If there are any mistakes or if anyone else had any recent birthdays, feel free to leave a comment.

Finally, A-Team will be closed on July 3rd and 4th (Friday and Saturday) for the holiday and then will re-open on Monday. Have a fun, safe Fourth of July.

A promotion & an addition to the family.

On Tuesday evening, a promotion that has been a long time coming finally occured. The student who has been promoted has been training with Master Ali for a long time and has deserved this promotion for awhile now ( abilitiy to come and get mat time was limited, which was the main reason why it had taken so long). This student has great technique, has always been a threat at any of the tournaments he's competed in and has a lot of heart. A-Team looks forward to seeing more good things coming out of this guy and I don't think we'll be let down by any means.

Congratulations on your orange belt, Diego.

In other news, a new addition to A-Team has arrived earlier this week. This currently nameless pup is a 3-month old soft-coated wheaton terrier is a smart, loving dog has already begun to feel at home at the school and loves to play around with the kids. At the moment, Ali is currently deliberating between a few names for the pup, but it seems that he might be leaning towards Titus Pullo. Welcome to A-Team!

Edit: The puppy's name is officially Titus Pullo.

World Championships (6/4/09)

Tomorrow is the World Championships at Cal State University Long Beach. Ricky and Bryan will be fighting in the morning around 9 am, while Bronson and Danny will be fighting around 2 pm. General admission should be around $10, if you can come and support.

There will be no kids class, but, there will be an adult class still.