December 21, 2020

Congratulations to the following students. All of them passed their stripe test this month and moved one step closer to earning their blue belt! 1st Stripe Jake Wasko Shawn Michinock Geoff Burkholder Joe McGeady Miles Huffman 2nd Stripe Evan Waitte Ethan Ubina John Perrine Derek Geisinger 3rd Stripe Ashley Mahoney Raquel Evangelista Charlotte Grosso 4th

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December 9, 2020

Congratulations to Mike Hashem on his promotion to BJJ black belt! Mike joined Paramount in 2014, already a blue belt. Having earned the belt at another school, Mike decided to make the switch to Paramount and was all-in from the start. His work ethic, toughness, technique, and positive mindset made him a great fit for

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December 7, 2020

On Friday, November 27th Rich Brzezinski was promoted to purple belt. Congratulations to each of these hard-working and dedicated students!

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October 22, 2020

Congratulations to the four students promoted this past Monday at Paramount Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Brett Landrum was promoted to brown belt, Jason O’Neill and Tom Beals were promoted to purple belt, and Pete Martin was promoted to blue belt. All four of these guys are hard workers and great representatives of Paramount. They also serve as

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October 19, 2020

When a new Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu student comes to Paramount BJJ, they will quickly learn that our BJJ Basics curriculum begins with an emphasis on the closed guard. Other guards (open guard, half guard, etc.) are also taught to new students, but the focus starts on closed guard. This is for numerous reasons. Let’s break it

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