In the 3rd installment of PMAA's Coach's Corner, John Butler discuses his reasons for competing and how it improved not only his Jiu-Jitsu, but his life. I haven't always been the avid competitor I am today. In fact, I was quite the opposite. I never got...
Performance Martial Arts Academy is pleased to announce the addition of a women's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class. Our women's-only BJJ class takes place on Saturday's at noon. A women's-only BJJ class offers a comfortable and relaxed environment with a smaller number of students, where our ladies can improve under...
NAGA TEAM RESULTS ARE IN! Ribeiro/Lovato NW earned more team accolades at the NAGA on March 14th. The team captured 1st place in the adult gi and youth overall divisions, also came away with a third place overall team trophy. Great job to all of our competitors...
We are pleased to announce the addition of a MMA coach to Performance Martial Arts Academy. Rick Reeves is joining the team, and looking forward to mentoring young, up-and-coming fighters, in Springfield, Oregon. Rick has been in the fight game for over 10 years, and compiled an impressive...
On Saturday, March 21st 2015, Performance Martial Arts Academy hosted it's 5th Grapple-A-Thon event. The recipient of the funds this time around was the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation helps children who have life-threatening illness' have an opportunity to live their dream for a day. With...
Performance Martial Arts Academy athletes and coaches had a very busy weekend! On Sunday, February 22nd John Butler, and Roma Pawelek, made their way down to the IBJJF San Francisco International Open. John submitted his way through his purple belt division finishing everyone in under two...
On Sunday, February 15th five of Performance Martial Arts Academy's youth Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitors made the trip down to Long Beach, CA to compete at the Youth Pan-Am Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Aiden and Cooper Birns, along with teammates Aiden Hall, Kai Kaneli'i and Milo Tandingan...
I have been training in martial arts for over 15 years. One of the things I fell victim to is the mentality of "I tapped out so and so, who is a higher belt, so now I am ready for my next promotion". This is...
Representing Springfield and Eugene BJJ, The Performance Grappling Team once again hit the mats at the annual Ground Warrior Submission Challenge in Salem, OR. This event was a submission-only format, promising high action and crazy finishes. To say we did well would be an understatement. Together with...
During 2014 we were able to bring in some outstanding talent to Peformance Martial Arts Academy to conduct Seminars. -The first seminar of the year was with 8-time world champion Caio Terra and 2014 NoGi World Champion Yuri Simoes. The pair showed great details from...
