Matt Thornton

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I’m back from Spring Camp, and I’ll be in teaching tomorrow from 7-8pm at the Vancouver gym, and Friday at the Portland gym in our 6-8pm Friday Fundamentals class.

I’m going to cover our weekly topic, crossides top, with a particular emphasis on:

✔️ weight distribution;
✔️ stopping people from getting to 🐢,
✔️ and submitting them as they try.

Simple, universal, repeatable, efficient—fundamentals.

What everyone needs to know. 🔥

If you’ve graduated foundations (1-stripe white or above) you’re welcome to attend. Black belt or white belt, it doesn’t matter, the curriculum remains the same—fundamentals. 🥋

See you there. 🦍🙌🏼

If something feels off, trust that instinct immediately. Safety isn’t about being polite; it’s about being aware and ready to act. 🦍🧠

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How Coach Rich Beaupit Built a 32-Year Martial Arts Academy Around People, Not Numbers Coach Rich Beaupit has spent 44 years in martial arts and 32 years running Straight Blast Gym Niagara—deliberately capping membership at 150 so he can know every person who walks through his door.

Portland is now 47th out of 50 major U.S. cities in police officers per capita.

Let that sink in.

Staffing levels are back to early 1900s levels—but with a modern population and rising demand.

Three former Police Chiefs are sounding the alarm:
➡️ Slower response times
➡️ Weakened public safety
➡️ Economic damage

This isn’t sustainable. Portland deserves better.

www.pdxpublicsafety.com

Home | PDX Public Safety Portland doesn't have enough police officers to serve a city this size. We’re examining what that means for livability, public safety, and economic vitality.

Coach Michael, head coach for SBG Texas has a new instructional set! His material is always solid, and very well presented. 🦍🇺🇸💪🏼

Practical Jiu Jitsu Volume 1 of 3 has been released on BJJFanatics! You can find it in new releases. Thank you and

Go learn how to deal with a drunk uncle🤠

“SBG Korea. While I was extremely disappointed to miss Spring Camp, we were able to have our own instructors training event over the weekend. You will be happy and unsurprised to hear that one of our instructors--Woongtae Ahn, a former Korean Navy SEAL and current head of the Korean Coast Guard's Special Sea Attack Team--has now completed just about every military combatives program in the U.S.A., beginning a decade ago with Army Combatives, then moving to the Green Beret's particular version, and most recently the U.S. Navy SEALs version, and has come to the following conclusion: "It's all jiu jitsu, and it all resembles the classes you teach, with just a bit more awareness of and emphasis on tools/weapons and arresting/restraining." His session was awesome, and everyone not only loved it but was able to do everything right away because we at SBG still teach jiu jitsu for fighting. I taught the second and third sessions, and they were okay too:)”
— John Frankl 🦍🇰🇷💪🏼