Wrecking Ball Fight Facility

Testing Day Success!

cgoddard — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:52:12 +0000

Congratulations to all of our students who tested today. Everyone did an amazing job and should be really proud of your accomplishments. Both Ender Kongkaeow and Ken Shulman endured the intensity of the Brian Blackburn Blue division Muay Thai testing today. We wish them both good luck in passing the test… just being able to complete the test shows the sign of a true warrior!

We also want to congratulate our little kids jiu jitsu team. Collecting a stripe today were Cade Tannenberger, Grayson Kongkaeow, Max Goddard, Payton McIntosh, Austin Murrell, Sophie Moskowitz, Luke Corpuz and Mya Moskowitz. Special shout out to Ayden Goddard for earning his first belt promotion today and taking home a grey/white belt. Another shout out goes out to youth student Marc Corpuz for earning his yellow/black belt today – Marc works hard in every class and is very deserving of his promotion today!

We also had a great day in our adult division passing out three new purple belts. Congratulations go out to Marcelo Corpuz, Kent Rexford and Dante Salinas for going all 5 six-minute rounds against our purple belts and Coach Scott Goddard. Lasting six minutes with Coach Scott is no easy feat!

Congratulations again to all!

NAGA Results!

cgoddard — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:40:09 +0000

Today was an awesome day for jiu jitsu! And Wrecking Ball’s Team Goddard did fantastic at NAGA today. Here are the results so far:

Luke Corpuz: 3rd, 2nd and he took 1st twice!

Olivia Corpuz: 1st in Gi

Marc Corpuz: 1st in Gi and 1st in No Gi

Gabby Robles: 1st in No Gi, 2nd in Gi

Isaiah Davila: 3rd in Gi

Stephan Wawrzos: 1st in Gi, 3rd in No Gi

Tyler Gruzalski: 1st in Gi, 1st in No Gi

Dylan Geick: 1st in Gi, 3rd in No Gi

Austin Cloe: 2nd in Gi, 2nd in No Gi

Alex Revelo: 1st in No Gi

Congratulations Team. All your training paid off today. We are very proud of you guys!

Combat Corner Results

cgoddard — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:44:55 +0000

Congratulations to our team who competed at the Combat Corner Tournament last weekend. All the competitors did really well. Special shout out to Austin Cloe who took home two first place wins and also to Gabby Robles who competed for the first time and took home the silver. Here are the results:

Kent Rexford – 2nd Place Men’s Intermediate

Alex Revelo – 2nd Place Men’s Beginner

Austin Cloe – 1st Place (twice!)

Gabby Robles – 2nd Place (1st competition!)

Good luck at NAGA next weekend! Go Team Goddard! Osssss

Grading Day is Here!

cgoddard — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:34:36 +0000

Hey Team – it’s that time again! Grading day will be 5/5/2012. The list is up! Please see Patti to sign up. We wish you all good luck and look forward to our new promotions.

Your Coaches at Wrecking Ball! – Scott, Brian, Clint & Scott Gave

Matt Tobie at XFO 43!

cgoddard — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:51:11 +0000

4/12 UPDATE: Due to an injury, Matt will not be on the card at XFO 43. We wish him a quick recovery!

Hey Team – make sure you come out on April 13th to XFO 43 and support Wrecking Ball Pro Fighter – Matt Tobie. It should be a great night of fights that you won’t want to miss! Here are the details:

XFO 43

April 13, 2012

The Copernicus Theater
5216 W. Lawrence Ave
Chicago, Illinois

Doors open @ 6PM, Fights start at 7:30 PM

Tickets: See Matt or click here to buy them. Make sure you put MATT TOBIE as your referring fighter so he gets credit for the ticket!

OFFICIAL FIGHT CARD

Daniel Vizcaya vs Brandon DelPrado
Daniel Aguirre vs Ryan McIntosh
Mike Santiago vs TBD
Vincent Ramos vs Jose Pacheco
Andrew Krzeptowski vs Lawrence Dunning
Adam Ward vs Giovanni Moljo
Joey Diehl vs TBD
Matt Tobie vs Ryan Storey
Rafal Skibinski vs Jason Graves
Christian Reynoso vs TBD
Damian Norris vs Jordan Griffin
Ramy Doud vs Johnny Coleman
Andre Feliciano vs Jerald Williams
Phil Williams vs James Anthony Moore
Dennis Dombrow vs Guillermo Serment

Congrats Austin Cloe!

cgoddard — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:48:12 +0000

Congratulations to Team Goddard’s Austin Cloe for achieving his Brazilian jiujitsu Green Belt today!

Way to go Austin!

Good Luck TEAM GODDARD!

cgoddard — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:52:19 +0000

We just want to wish all our Jiu Jitsu students competing at the IBJJF Winter International Open Championship today the best of luck! You’ve all been training hard, putting in the extra hours and will do great.

Go TEAM GODDARD! Oosssss!

Congratulations Wrecking Ball Students!

cgoddard — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:59:38 +0000

First of all, we want to thank all of the family and friends who came out to Wrecking Ball today to support the students on their testing day. It was a fantastic day and we were so happy to see all of you. And most importantly we want to congratulate all of the students on their achievements today. You all worked very hard to get where you are at and deserve the new promotions you received today.

Youth Jiu Jitsu Belt Promotions:

Luke Corpuz – promoted to Grey Belt

Max Goddard – promoted to Grey/White Belt

Grayson Kongkaeow – promoted to Grey/White Belt

Mya Moskowitz – promoted to Grey/White Belt

Sophie Moskowitz – promoted to Grey/White Belt

Cade Tannenberger – promoted to Grey/White Belt

Olivia Corpuz – promoted to Yellow/Black Belt

AJ Davila – promoted to Yellow/White Belt

Isaiah Davila – promoted to Yellow/White Belt

Ender Kongkaeow – promoted to Yellow/Black Belt

Matthew Lee – promoted to Yellow/Black Belt

Bobby Pryhocki - promoted to Green/White Belt

Stephan Wawrzos – promoted to Orange Belt

Adult Jiu Jitsu Promotions:

(you did an amazing job making it through all 5 rounds!)

Tyler Gruzalski – promoted to Orange Belt

John Sutschek – promoted to Blue Belt

Scott Gave – promoted to Purple Belt

Matt Tobie – promoted to Purple Belt

Dale Bowser – promoted to Brown Belt

We also want to send a special thanks to Clint, Mark, Marcelo, Dante, Richard and Josh for helping with the testing today.

Muay Thai Promotions:

Congratulations to Kayla Altergott, Sebastian Montoya, Jason Seebacker and Zach Rudder for making it through the Blue Round of Muay Thai testing today. Results will be announced next week.

Q1 Grading Day!

cgoddard — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:21:30 +0000

We are really excited here at Wrecking Ball to start the new year with an awesome team and to welcome all the new members who have recently joined. And we are also really looking forward to our first grading day of 2012 here at Wrecking Ball. We are rescheduling the Q1 grading day to January 28, 2012… so mark your calendars! This is a great opportunity for all members to support your teammates who have worked hard to earn their next belt promotion in Jiu Jitsu and to cheer on our Muay Thai team members who will be testing for Blue Level. All members are welcome to attend and watch! We will post the list of members who will have to opportunity to test for their bjj belts on Monday, January 9, 2012, and we will post the Muay Thai testing list by January 13. So keep an eye out for them!

As a reminder, the list will include both kids and adults for jiu jitsu, and only adults for Muay Thai at this time. We will also be awarding belts aligned with the new IBJJF guidelines for kids! If you are interested in learning more about the new belt system, we have some printouts (thanks to Marcelo!) on the front desk. If you are eligible to test, please see Patti at the front desk to sign up and pay the testing fee. Members will only be scheduled once their testing fees have been paid. All fees are due by Wednesday, January 25th in order to participate in the Q1 testing. We will share an agenda on Thursday, January 26th.

Please feel free to speak to your coaches if you have any questions on the tests. Good luck and congratulations to all the members who have worked hard to be eligible for Q1 Grading!

Christmas Party!

cgoddard — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:31:35 +0000

We hope you all come out to celebrate Christmas and everyone’s accomplishments over the past year with us!

Date: December 23, 2011

Time: 5:30-9:00 PM

Where: The Gym

See Patti at the front desk for more details.

Merry Christmas Wreck Squad!