Do you remember study hall from school?  I remember study hall, it usually consisted of socializing with friends and screwing around.  Study hall in theory could have been a very beneficial hour in school, I could have used it to make up late work, study for future exams, and work on my weak areas in school.

Open mat for Jiu Jitsu is one of the most beneficial tools to improve your game, and is much like study hall. Open mat is a great time to get extra work on the techniques from the past week, work on weaknesses, perfect strengths, and overall extra mat time.  There is no substitute for mat time in Jiu Jitsu, get off youtube and come down and check out our Saturday 11 am open mat!

De Boa Jiu Jitsu is off to a great start providing Surprise, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, El Mirage, Peoria, Glendale, Avondale and all west valley cities with top notch Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training.  

The secret to living the life of your dreams is to start living the life of your dreams today, in every little way you possibly can. -Mike Dooley

De Boa Jiu Jitsu started off with a bang! Our Grand Opening Celebration was a success, with 60 kids competing in our "Clean Slate" tournament, YaYa' Taco's selling out, a great seminar from Jesus and Gerson, Storm Troopers patrolling the parking lot, free massage's from Oss Arizona and a ton of support from the AZ Jiu Jitsu community!
As many of you know, the process of opening De Boa's doors has been a long, stressful time coming! We had plans of opening in January and here we are in May. We want to express our appreciation to our students who we now refer to as the "Garage Warriors" for their patience during the past several months. We are excited to start the next season of our journey!

Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday for the event, our referees, time keepers, and mat coordinators for volunteering your time and a huge congrats to our Team De Boa Kids who did awesome in the tournament!
We also want to give thanks to our parents who spent an exhausting day Friday trying to quickly put the academy together on short notice. We are very lucky to have such a great support system (family & friends).