Fitness

On Thursday, November 25, Thanksgiving - Five Rings Fitness hosted a special ninety-minute fitness conditioning class. It was a BLAST, with over thirty people working their fitness groove prior to the a day of family, friends, and food.

Thanksgiving '10 Fitness Class at Five Rings
A Fitness Family getting their fitness on! ! !

November marks the beginning of our second year at Five Rings and along with the fantastic growth we have all seen in the jiu jitsu and fitness sides of the gym, the massage therapy section has grown equally well.  With this in mind, we are pleased to announce the addition of Cammie Toloui to the staff of Five Rings Structural Bodywork.  Cammie is a graduate of East/West School of Healing Arts and studied under many of the same instructors as Eric.  She is a talented bodyworker, with an amazing feel for facilitating the healing process in her clients.  These skills were

Wow! ! ! What fun! ! !

On Friday, October 29, Five Rings Jiu Jitsu hosted a Ninja Night ... and it was six hours of solid good times!

Jonathon leading the team

Event Highlights:

Tonight Five Rings Jiu Jitsu hosted a special evening for our Portland State University affiliate students and WOW... they showed up in force!  We had over 20 people working their Jiu Jitsu from 4 - 7pm followed by pizza and World Championship videos shown on the "big screen" in the fitness area.  As always, the PSU crowd showed great heart and eagerness to learn.

On Saturday, September 18, Adam Garmon competed in the Heavy Athletics Club Weightlifting Competition in Creswell, Oregon. Adam had been nursing a sore shoulder and had spotty training in the weeks prior to the competition. He planned to compete, but was prepared to lift very light weights and gain experience in his first weightlifting competition.

Last week Five Rings Jiu Jitsu hosted a week long Camp for Juniors ages 6 - 16 - and it ROCKED! ! !

Highlights:

- Over 18 campers participated in the week long camp
- 15 hours of instruction in one week
- Phenomenial learning curves and retention from the campers ... they really got after it. Extraordinary effort!
- everyone did amazingly well with the Figure 8 Pendullums ...

On Friday, June 25, Five Rings Jiu Jitsu and Fitness hosted our 1st Parents' Date Night / Ninja night.

It was an amazing night of learning, fun, and team work. An extended Jiu Jitsu class, a friendship tournament, Fitness Olympics, Pizza, and a Movie - The Karate Kid (the original). It was absolutely FANTASTIC! ! !

Big Thanks to all the grown-ups that supp...orted the event - Coach Eric, Jessica, my dad, Byron, Linnea and Jim Fettig ...

Moms and Dads,

Five Rings Jiu Jitsu wants to have your kids for the evening so you can go out to dinner and a movie.

On Friday, June 25, Five Rings will be hosting it's first Parents' Night Out / Ninja Night! !

Take a look at the new Five Rings Jiu Jitsu and Fitness Promo Video ... It is an 85 second highlight of what we do at Five Rings. Please share with friends!

Cool stuff! ! !