Gogoplata Falls,

Hey guys,

So were getting back to normal after the labor Day long weekend, and what a crap-tastic weekend it was! (Weather wise that is) For the last few years I re-call Labor Day always being nice and warm, although my Birthday is coming up, and that’s always a nice day (first day of fall.) So I keep getting comments about how people like reading my blogs, so I’m gonna really try and make an effort to blog at least once a week. It would be awesome if all the people that tell me they are reading it become followers so I could hopefully get some free shit, ha ha.

So we had a good week of training last week, and I actually took a day off training (Saturday) my first one since Brasil. Sunday was great; BJJ followed by the performance class with Don, I hope as summer winds down, more of you will start to get involved regularly coming to performance classes. After class Vanessa, Morgan, and I took Kate on a nice little hike up to Gogoplata Falls (formerly Crystal Falls.) Monday was good I actually made it out to Maple Ridge to roll, although I was little disappointed as there wasn’t to many guys out.

So some big things going on right now, Chris Fraser ( Fraser’s Kickboxing) is going to be working with us in Maple Ridge, Abby, and Poco to help with our Kickboxing program, and were also going to be trying out a few other instructors in Vancouver and Poco to see how they fit in with the team. I’m also working on getting a Wrestling Coach who can come out a couple days a week and help us continue to improve on that aspect of our game, as well I’m hopeing my Judo friend will start with us in the next couple weeks! Stay tuned on the website and Facebook for info on that.

Almost all classes are back to normal now after the summer including the Tuesday Lunch class in Poco, and the Wednesday Lunch class in Maple Ridge. I’m looking forward to the lunch classes its always great to get a mid morning work out in, you feel great and your nice a ready to rock for the evening classes.

October 15th is gonna be a big day for the team as we have 4 guys fighting on the upcoming Battlefield Fight League card. Morgan Bentley, Jeremy Kennedy, Dave Kennedy (No Relation) and Jacen Brooks (Who is the main event and will be fighting for the vacant Welter Weight title. We are still working on getting Ryan Christopher and Ryan Ince fights on this card (or a card 1 week later) as well, so fingers crossed. All of these guys have been working there bags off, and are all improving tremendously. I cant wait to watch these guys get in the cage, and show everyone why West Coast BJJ is the best team out there, and why we don’t talk a lot of trash, we just let our fighting speak for itself.

I’ll see you all on the mats real soon,

Jason Gagnon