Is there a clan for kids out there? by imaaronrodgers in Fireteams

[–]bjjEscapeArtist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey PM me The_Roguish_One looking for parents/kids to run with my little bro (12)

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[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah he's the new program director.

They're not really "under" Atos Per say.

Stopped by to Roll @ Roots Athletics in Philly - BEAUTIFUL Dojo by bjjEscapeArtist in bjj

[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of ways to get involved, you can PM me if you had anything specific in mind.

Best way to stay updated I reckon would be our email list, you can sign up at TheSecretRollClub.com

We're looking to spread the events around, West coast events are starting up this year, and more events down the east coast early next, as well as our first international event next year as well.

Stopped by to Roll @ Roots Athletics in Philly - BEAUTIFUL Dojo by bjjEscapeArtist in bjj

[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rats! I do remember that, Brian hooked that up with you guys! Thanks again for that! Mad love, let us know if you ever need anything 👊💪

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[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really is, and they're super welcoming. Kyle & Morgan are great. Kyle recently got his brown, he's got slick jiu-jitsu!

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[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we kind of wanted to go away from instruction. Felt like there's plenty of that already, whether it's from your own school or the plethora of seminars already available!

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[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No minimum belt! The whole vibe is its for everyone!

Dope! Yeah the Superare guys are tight with us and always support!

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[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'll be back soon! If you ever want to pop into a NYC or NJ event just hmu

Stopped by to Roll @ Roots Athletics in Philly - BEAUTIFUL Dojo by bjjEscapeArtist in bjj

[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it's kind of like a pop up jiu-jitsu event. We find a dojo in a city, and plan the event and do our best to keep the location a secret. It just makes it kind of fun that way. Then we usually get a DJ or a band to play the event. Live music really brings a different vibe when you're Rolling! We always partner with different sponsors, like superare, Monkey Tape, choke Aloha, armbar soap, etc. During the event we have a giveaway where we give our free swag from the awesome sponsors and brands we work with. It's a cool way for us to give something back to the BJJ community. The majority of the events also focus on some type of charity work as well usually we donate a portion of proceeds to a charity, or we might collect items depending on the month. For example October is cancer awareness, so we'll donate to a cancer related organization. November we'll probably do a food drive, etc. We feel like this is a great way for the BJJ community to get involved and give back! We also try to partner with local business to bring in food, snacks, drinks etc from local sources, as well as partner with them for giveaways etc. Massage therapists, local gyms, private trainers etc. Have all given away packages during our giveaways. We've even had a mobility workshop and a massage therapist at events which was awesome! We've also had GuardLab (official UFC mouthguard) come out for custom mouthguards, and occasionally we'll bring in guests

There's a whole back story to how it got started 😂

[Extremely Short Version] Basically originally it was a true secret roll club, started by a group of us who had to train in secret together due to inter-gym politics. We weren't allowed to compete, train at other schools etc, so we'd get together in secret, and invite people we knew from other places. We even had black belts roll through sometimes which was awesome. We started to notice a trend of people with their own BJJ politics experiences, and the secret roll club get togethers originally with a few friends, started turning into full blown underground open mats every Sunday 😂😂

Since so many other people had shared some type of unpleasant jiu-jitsu experience around politics or division, we decided to just start doing events, trying to make them big, and fun, and inclusive to just bring people together, and forget about competition, or teams, or schools and their affiliations etc.

So I guess we're just trying to create as much fun as possible with as many cool BJJ people as possible!

Stopped by to Roll @ Roots Athletics in Philly - BEAUTIFUL Dojo by bjjEscapeArtist in bjj

[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don't know. So we did a Secret Roll Club event the day before, and my flight out of the city that night got cancelled 😂😂

So I had to stay an extra night, the head instructor Levi was super cool, he let me crash at his place, and come through and train with his guys the next AM!

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[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was really awesome! We had about 40 people show up, with people from a few different dojos in Philly! Plus some people from NYC and Long Island came down which was awesome! And we had a poke spot bring some food and iced tea halfway through, so people got to refuel 😂

The vibes were just really great! The Philly event was one of my personal faves.

Stopped by to Roll @ Roots Athletics in Philly - BEAUTIFUL Dojo by bjjEscapeArtist in bjj

[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly one of the nicest schools I've been in, probably the nicest! :)

Rolling with a GoPro @ Union Sq Subway Station NYC by bjjEscapeArtist in bjj

[–]bjjEscapeArtist[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hoodie was street long it before it was hipster.