Staunton, VA
Head instructor Dennis Hayes of HYBRID will teach a jiu-jitsu seminar at Total Defense Martial Arts tomorrow, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m.
This event is free and for members only. Training will be in the gi.
Please RSVP to Brian Rose or via our Facebook Group event page.
Total Defense Martial Arts is CLOSED today, Feb. 20, on account of snow. Stay safe!
Weather permitting, Total Defense Martial Arts members are traveling to the grand opening of Gracie Charlottesville (1646 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA) tomorrow from 11am-3pm, so there will be NO class at our building. (Besides which, we’re doing some drywall work at TDMA this weekend, and it’ll be gross.)
Pedro Sauer, who taught our instructor at HYBRID, Dennis Hayes, will be giving a one-hour self-defense seminar at some point. More information.
We have no carpooling or caravaning arrangements yet for tomorrow’s trip, so assume if you’re interested that you should get there under your own power.
Normal classes will resume Monday the 18th with boxing. See you then!
Please note the following changes to our Thursday schedule beginning 2/7. Changes are in boldface:
5-6pm BJJ youth (age 6–12)
6-730pm BJJ fundamentals (age 12+)
730-830pm BJJ advanced (age 12+, minimum white belt 2 stripes)
Our complete weekly schedule is at this link.
See you on the mats!
Head instructor Dennis Hayes of HYBRID will teach a jiu-jitsu seminar at Total Defense MA on Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. This event is free and for members only.
Please RSVP to Brian Rose or via our Facebook Group event page.
We will be CLOSED this Saturday, Jan. 26, in favor of a field trip to our parent school HYBRID.
Interested jiu-jitsu students should meet us for a caravan at 8:15 a.m. by the Greenville, VA, Subway restaurant behind the BP.
We usually return by about 2 p.m.
If you’ve never been to an open mat at HYBRID, then this is a great opportunity for you to roll with some of the best!
The roads are currently (8:30 AM) fine in Staunton, and the forecast says snow won’t start until this afternoon. Forecasts are NEVER wrong, you know, so I will be there at 10AM. Come roll with me!
Congratulations to former student Ryan Benitez on his 100th career win in high school wrestling.
Congratulations to former Total Defense student Ryan Benitez on his 100th career win in high school wrestling. Ryan grapples in the 195-pound weight class for Buffalo Gap High School. He won his match at the Riverheads quad on Wednesday.
When he earned his blue belt here at TDMA, Ryan was known affectionately as “D’arce Vader,” for his effective application of the D’arce choke.
The News Leader reports:
Before taking up wrestling, Benitez trained in jiu-jitsu for five years, which, he said, gave him a lot of help in terms of defensive moves on the mat.
Click here for full press coverage.
Congrats again to Ryan!
Last night, we were honored to host guest instructor Thos Molloy, a black belt from HYBRID. Thos taught takedown and self defense techniques from the standup position plus choke attacks from the back mount.
Total Defense has a new Instagram page! Click below to follow us there. In the coming weeks, we’ll be posting lots of more goodies.
