Benji is truly one of a kind. Everyone that meets him absolutely loves him. He is kind and funny....and then he completely dominates you when you roll with him! 😆 I`m sure there are a ton of the upper belts who are glad to see this promotion happen! It seems as if all the people Benji has beaten in competition have all been promote to Brown belt, so I think it is time to move him up! Seriously though, Benji has a one of a kind style when he gets on the mat and he is one of the toughest rolls in the room. But that smile say it all, he is just one great training partner and one great team mate and we are so excited to be able to promote him! Thank you Benji, you are a great team mate! I`m sure everyone on the team agrees this was right on time! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

Great Turnout for Friday Night! Always one of the most packed classes of the week! And we had a few belt promotions as well! Love this Crew! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

Ian is our Newest Blue belt! Ian has been with us just over a year, training every day (sometimes 2 or 3 times a day). It definitely shows! He did a little competing at White belt and looked good but he has earned this promotion to try and test himself at a higher level. Congrats Ian, this is a big step on the journey, but not the last! We can`t wait to see what you grow into! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

Gabi trained a little in college, now hopefully she has found her forever Academy! Welcome to the team Gabi, we are happy to have you join our team! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

Natalia has been a consistent training partner and competitor for many years with us. Coming from Brazil, BJJ is in her blood. She has found lots of success competing, always earning a spot on the podium, including at the prestigious IBJJF Pans as a blue belt. Most recently, on a trip back to Brazil, Natalia decided to test herself in the Alliance Cup. An inhouse tournament in Brazil, held during the Alliance Summit. Natalia won every patch by submission, earning Gold! She went all the way back to Brazil to represent Alliance Madison like the champion she is! Thank you Natalia for representing our Academy and Team so well. You have definitely earned this promotion, we are all so proud! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

Katie has been training with us for quite a while now. When she started she never thought she would ever try competition. Nobody pushed her, while we love to support people if they want to compete, that is never a necessary part of training with us. But then she eventually decided that she wanted to compete because she knew it would be uncomfortable and welcomed the challenge. Fast forward years later, not only has she competed several times, but continues to challenge herself. Last year, with no Blue belts registered in her masters division, Katie decided not only to fight at the adult level, but also challenge herself by moving into the purple belt division as a blue belt. She put together some great fights, not only beating other purple belts, but taking silver and falling just short in the finals. We are so proud of her! Katie, you bring so much to the team, thank you for being a great representative of what we do! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

We had an absolute blast with our women`s self defense seminar Friday night! Thanks to Badger Cru for bringing almost 60 women out to learn some self defense and hang out with us. Women from 3 different college campuses joined us for the event. We covered a lot of material but also had a lot of laughs. This was our first time working with Badger Cru, but it definitely won`t be our last. They have a great mission and we are blessed to able to support them! Thanks to everyone who attended and helped organized. We will definitely do it again soon! #badgercru #twistedfitnessgym #alliancebjjmadison #selfdefense #womensselfdefense #alliancebjj ...

Congrats to those who were promoted on Friday Night! All of these promotions were well deserved, earned with lots of mat time and hard work. Each of these people deserves a special mention for their hard work, contributions to the team, etc. So keep an eye out for some follow up posts for each promotion! Ossss #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #womensselfdefensemadison ...

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We have another great addition! Please welcome Talal to the Alliance team! If you can`t tell by the big smile, he brings a lot of fun and positive energy to the room. It`s a little difficult to tell from the picture, but he is pretty tall and his first class upstairs was a spider guard lesson. So we may have to watch out for over head sweeps and triangles when he gets to intermediate. #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #ibjjf #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #whitebelt #newfriends ...

It`s a little last minute, but a group of us are going to go over to the UW Field House tomorrow to watch UW face off against Indiana! Anyone and everyone is welcome to join. Tickets are $10.50 and it`s basically in our backyard. We`ve been working a lot of wrestling set ups in our Nogi classes and this is a good opportunity to watch some of those ideas get performed. If you can`t make it, then we`ll catch you next time! #madisonwi #allianceeusou #alliancebjj #madisonbjj #bjjmadison #madisonwisconsin #wisconsinbjj #bjjwisconsin #bjj #alliancebjjmadison #artesuave #thegentleart #nogi #Madisonmartialarts #Madisonselfdefense #bjjforselfdefense #UW #uwwrestling #wrestling ...

Just a reminder! We will be having our Belt Test day this Friday (February 6th) at 5:30pm! We`ve been announcing in classes for those who have four stripes on their belts. As always, we would like to get as many people on that mats as we can. We will still be running a class Friday night for those who are not testing to train and we can celebrate with our teammates after! #Allianceeusou #Madisonbjj #Bjjmadison #Madisonwi #Madisonwisconsin #Bjj #alliancebjj #everydayporrada #championsmadebychampions #belttest #waittheresatest #youseethematerialeverdayyoutrain #dontstress #knowyourselfdefense #hopetoseeyouthere ...