I've done a little googling, so I know there's a bunch of schools out there, and I'll be there for the weekend. I compete in Chicago on the 29th so I'd love to train as much as possible Saturday and Sunday. Any recommendations?
Posted Mar 12, 2014, 4:34 AM UTC
Saturday I know there's open mat at Blunt Force. Call Seth if you want to make sure about times. I don't know what the numbers are like recently though, it was 4-5 people around the new year.
Sunday I don't think many people roll anywhere.
Thank you my friend!
alrighty mate,
i am at Colorado BJJ....we have a few different schools, depending on your location one of these may suit you....the general format and time for each class depends on which school you go to, but the main HQ has a Sat 11am class for an hour followed by about 1 hour or so of rolling depending who is there.
with that said we also have a regular Sunday open mat and its' location varies by week, so call ahead for that or look us up on FB.
please let me know if i can help you anymore mate
always good to have visitors Phil
Thank you my friend, I will be making calls on the long drive there tomorrow. Appreciate the information :) hope to see you Saturday or Sunday.
Denver has a pretty incredible BJJ scene. The majority of schools don't play any politics and guys are welcome to drop in for a class or two.
Where you can train is really dependent on where you will be staying and you rmodes of available transportation. For example, you probably not going to be training @ Dark Horse BJJ if your in South Denver and only have public transport available. Conversely, if your staying out in the North Burbs your probably not going to be making it into South Denver for any classes.
If your out in the North Burbs or have reliable transportation of your own feel free to drop by Zingano's in Broomfield. We have an open mat at 11 am on Friday and Sunday. Generally, the open mat on Friday has more of our higher belts and regular competitors. I have not been to a Sunday open mat in quite some time. It is run by one of our brown belts who is also a BB in Judo.
As others have indicated be aware of the altitude. I moved from around 3300 feet above sea level to the 5280 above. The difference was drastic. The first week or two were dreadful. Drink plenty of water and you will acclimate quicker.
Darn, I wish I could make the Friday open mat then at Zingano, but thats when I'll be driving out there. Thank you very much for the hospitality and information. I'll have transportation all weekend so I guess I have some choices to make! Thanks again, Brett
While there is not an "open mat" on Saturday we do have a misnamed "drills" class. The drills class is simply posistional sparring for the entirety of the class. For example, last weekend the drills class was posistional sparring from open guard w/ hands. Upon passing/sweep/submission you switch top to bottom.
While I have not checked the schedule I am pretty sure it will be one of the following posistions this weekend: (A) Full/Closed Guard, (B) Butterfly, (C) Open Guard, No hands.
The class starts at Noon. If your interested let me know.
Next time you're in town Factory X in Littleton has usually a good turn out for open mat on Saturdays! It's gi at 10 and no gi at 11.
Easton BJJ FTW
you MUST go to easton if you can. there should be several locations you can go to. when I was in denver for business i had no way of getting away from the hotel and one of their guys drove to pick me up and take me to go train at their competition class (crazy hospitality). one of the best training environments i've ever seen, in the sense of a welcoming, friendly, no BS environment.
also watch out for the altitude. i'm not out of shape or anything, but i was sucking air 10 minutes into the warm up
Awesome, I'll make sure to stop by there either Saturday or Sunday! Cant wait to train in the altitude!
My instructor is Amal's first BB and their hospitality carries to our gym in Maine.
Heh heh I'm training there now. So you are a purple belt....I may know who are...