Venus Tactical Training for Women

Spend an afternoon with Sharon Sanghera and Carey Rockland (of OTM SF) learning how to prevent, deescalate and handle violence.

We emphasize the term self-preservation because it is all encompassing, whereas self-defense indicates that the threat has already become physically combative. Self-preservation is threat prevention, threat management and post-threat decompression.

Each person has different aptitudes, feelings and natural movement patterns. We will help you develop your individual strategy.

Practical, tactical and fun, this is not your average seminar!

With us you will learn:

Incident prevention and deescalation

Mental strategy and emotional preparation

Environmental analysis - How to scan a street, a crowd and a room

How to handle physical contact- escapes, blocks, strikes, and basic weapon common sense

Sharon Sanghera is the Editor-in-Chief of Vincit Magazine, a mixed martial arts magazine, and CoFounder of Major Combat Sports. Sharon has been training in martial arts for over 12 years, has a Blackbelt JKD/Kali and has been using martial arts to help empower men and women of all ages. She has certification in various training systems such as Advance Tactical FireArms, Security Intelligence Specialist, MX26-X26 Taser, Tear Gas/Pepper Spray Chemical Agents, Rapid Assault Tactics and many more. For a full bio please visit: SharonSanghera.com

Carey Rockland is a full-time fitness trainer and a purple belt at Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. She and has learned street-style self-preservation from several elite mentors in martial disciplines. Carey won the Gold in the Blue Belt Lightweight Division at the 2010 US Open and Gold in the Purple Belt Middleweight Division at the 2011 US Open. Carey has a Masters in Sport Management and physical training certifications through the NSCA (CSCS) and NPTI. For a full bio please visit: CareyRockland.com

With the combination of these two women’s training and real life experiences they bring to you Venus Tactical Training Workshop for women.

Location: Juno Fitness, 3007 Sacramento St, Berkeley, 94703

Cost: $50, space is limited.

Please email carey@careyrockland.com to enroll.

Grit

Grit: firmness of mind or spirit : unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger

Is it born or made?

If you weren't born with it you aren't totally screwed.

10 Ways to Cultivate Grit in Your Training (and your life):

1. Grow your humility.
Grit should come from a good place. Forcing your way may work for a while, but to access the best of yourself, let it be ok to learn from others.

2. Stand up.
Accept the challenge. Get off the wall. Push those around you to go further, to work harder. If you gas out, at least you worked hard enough to gas out.

3. Try.
Actually try. Don't just pretend you are trying by going through the motions. Dig deeper and mean it.

4. Focus on your goal.
Put a target on the thing you are working toward and do not take your eyes off it. Laser sharp focus. Take it seriously.

5. Use your team.
Growing grit alone is ok, but you'll be more successful with your team. If you don't have one, get one. You will all go further by setting your sights on the next level and moving forward together.

6. Lighten up.
You have to. Being too serious leads to frustration and blow ups. Grit is not insanity. If you don't take breaks to laugh or chill out, you will go insane.

7. Train no matter what.
Get yourself on the mat like your life depends on it. If you can't get to the mat (due to extreme travel or crisis) stay close to your practice via video, notes, mental repetition.

8. Don't listen to the maniacal voices in your head.
Have you figured out which voices are crazy and which ones are helpful? If you haven't, take a minute to do it now. Or, wait until you are sparring and tell the one that says you're going to lose to shut the f*%k up.

9. Find a reason bigger than you.
Exactly that. How far will you go just for you? Compare that to how far you are willing to go for someone or something, or your coaches or your team. If the bigger than you reason is more effective, keep reminding yourself what it is and why it matters.

10. Keep going.
Today's hard stuff gets easier and new hard stuff shows up. Whatever is kicking your ass today will lose impact, and larger things will rise up to kick your ass tomorrow. If you keep going, in spite of all the ass kicking, you will grow, you will improve, you will have grit.

-Carey Rockland of Athletistry and Juno Fitness for OTM SF

Noble Iron Fitness

Patrick Jernigan is building an army!

Manager of OTM Fight Shop SF and Owner of Noble Iron Fitness, Patrick is a trainer specializing in hard style kettlebells. He is certified by the Russian Kettebell Challenge (RKC). He is also a Certified Kettlebell Functional Movement Specialist (CK-FMS) meaning: He will analyze your movement patterns and imbalances before you start training to ensure that you build a powerful foundation from day one.
















Hard style kettlebell training is an intense strength and conditioning method ideal for MMA fighters. It combines explosive heavy lifts, intense core stabilization and full body movement. Two 60 minute kettlebell sessions each week will give you a significant physical preparation advantage.


Patrick teaches 5 classes each week at:
Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu San Francisco
1166 Howard Street at 8th
M-W-F from 7-8 AM and T/TH 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Free for Ralph Gracie Academy Members,
$10 for non-members. All levels welcome
Private training is available

Women's Only Grappling Camp!

Leticia Ribeiro is leading a 3 day Women's Only Grappling Camp December 9 - 11, 2011 in South San Francisco hosted by the Sweaty Betties.

Click here to go to their Facebook Event Page
Sign up by clicking here

This grappling camp is open to women from all area schools and it is a great opportunity to improve your game and your competition preparation.

Learn more about Leticia Ribeiro:
• 6x World Champion
• 2x World NoGi Champion
• 3x Pan American Champion
• European Champion
• 6x Rio De Janiero State Champion
• 5x Brazilian National Champion

Thank you Sweaty Betties for putting together this training camp!