Author Archives: Wally

A System Standard

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Wally

http://youtu.be/yKhOSA3jS24 Coming down the pipeline for 2016: a system wide standard for the kids requirements!  I’m sure not too many people are as excited as I am about this but it will be nice when all three of the schools … Continue reading →

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3,2,1… Sparkle!

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Wally

Can you see the sparkle?  Can you find the two PRs on the zoomed whiteboard photo?  We should be getting heaping piles of these as we are retesting our front squats this week.  Why are we retesting?  Because at the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Kids Class

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Wally

Let’s take a moment to give a shout out to Dug, yet another awesome instructor here at WAKF. Dug Martell runs the Saturday kid’s classes at WAKF, both the regular class and the sparring class. He also does teaches outreach … Continue reading →

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A Story

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Wally

http://youtu.be/muiXHKrUyWc Sometimes it makes sense to zero in and practice the details of something.  Other times it is helpful to see the bigger picture of how one move can lead into another. Lately in our BJJ classes, we’ve been taking … Continue reading →

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Benchmarkery

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Wally

http://youtu.be/9ncI7IEZ7L4 We tackled one of the CrossFit benchmarks today – Elizabeth.  It is a couplet of cleans and ring dips.  One of the challenges of the workout is to keep good clean form because if you get sloppy with your … Continue reading →

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