Mark Schultz Seminar

Heroes Martial Arts, in conjunction with OntheMat.com and Dollamur is proud to bring in Olympic, World and UFC Champion Mark Schultz to San Jose for one of a kind clinic February 12-13!

Mark Schultz is a legend in the grappling community and has 3 NCAA titles, 2 World Titles, and an Olympic Gold as well as a victory in the UFC. A Bay area native and recent inductee into the San Jose Sports Hall of fame, Mark was with his brother Dave the first American brothers to capture Gold in the same Olympics. 

Resolution for 2011:  Write/Post something on OntheMat at least once a week.

Hi, I’m Alan Marques, but my friends call me Gumby, and you might remember me from such websites as this one. 

Actually, despite my lower profile lately, I’m one of the founders of OTM.

Just a quick note, if you've been trying to get ahold of me through my OntheMat e-mail address, I blew my client up (and my computer to an extent) a few days ago and I've been trying to fix things here.  So I haven't been ignoring you! 

With all the great new contributers to OTM, I have some things in the works myself. 

Train Hard

Fight Hard

Party Hard

Gumby

It should be no surprise to you that I love Jiu Jitsu.

I think it's the greatest art in the world and ultimately the most challenging.

Why is it the most challenging?  To my students I often summarize a Jiu Jitsu mindset in three words (those words being: SAFETY, POSITION, and FINISH), but if I wanted to I can summarize Jiu Jitsu in just one word:  CONTROL.

Head Instructors Henry Akins (Rickson Gracie BJJ blackbelt) and Antoni Hardonk (protege of Johan Vos, K-1 and UFC fighter) would like to invite everyone to the grand opening of their new gym. Dynamix Martial Arts is a training facility offering the highest level of technique in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Dutch Kickboxing, we are also offering classes in MMA, Self-Defense and Yoga for conditioning and recouperation.

On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the nation of Haiti.  An estimated three million people were affected by the week, and as of now over 200,000 people have been identified as dead with another 300,000 injured who have been treated.  In addition to the human catastrophe, the infrastructure of the country of Haiti itself has been badly damaged.  International Rescue and Relief has been swift, but there is still much to be done.  

Hate to turn into a shill, but I'm honestly extremely excited my personal gi has been released to the general public:

High Level Black belt instruction in downtown San Jose! Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Wrestling. Come to our beautiful 4700 square foot facility located in the heart of downtown San Jose. Head instructor Alan "Gumby" Marques is co-founder of OntheMat.com / OTM and a black belt under Ralph Gracie. Teaching judo is Chuck Jefferson, former team captain of the SJSU Judo team and 2008 Olympic alternate. Wrestling coach is Scott Belzer who has worked with National teams in Iowa and Indiana.

More news as it comes in.

A very sad day for all of us that Jiu Jitsu has touched, and for OTM in general

Coming to you from the San Jose Arena