Checkmat Minneapolis traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada this week for the IBJJF Master's World Championships. Professor Karen Antunes won double GOLD in the Master's Women Black belt division. Way to go Coach Karen!
The Cellar Gym and Checkmat Minneapolis had a successful weekend at IBJJF Chicago. Coach Mayko Araujo Bjj won Silver in his Men's Black Belt Gi Division and Bronze in his No-Gi Division. Michelle Donovan won Gold in the women's light…
Karen Antunes made her way onto the podium at the 2016 IBJJf World Championships last weekend and won the Bronze medal. Karen had tough competition and lost her semi-final match to World Champion, Mackenzie Dern. Their match ended in a…
The Cellar Gym and team Checkmat traveled to Chicago this weekend for the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Chicago Open. Results: Professor Mayko took Gold in his Black belt Gi Division and Bronze in No- Gi. Dave took Gold in his…
The Cellar Gym's brown and black belt athletes competed on Saturday and Sunday at the IBJJF Pan Ams in Irvine, CA. Lemmy Sturua and Dave Margraf both competed on Saturday while Mayko Araujo and Karen Antunes finished up the tournament…
The Cellar Gym and Checkmat Minneapolis had a fantastic showing with 8 competitors at the IBJJF Pan Ams in Irvine, CA this past weekend. Ethan Baumann, Michelle Donovan and Kaitlin Youwer competed on Thursday and Kevin Skadsheim competed on Friday.…
It was a big weekend for The Cellar Gym's BJJ competition team as our Head BJJ Coach, Mayko Araujo Borges won Gold at the IBJJF Houston Open, Blue Belt Ethan Baumann took home Silver, and Brown Belt Dave Margraf won…
The Cellar Gym/CheckMat Minneapolis is returning home from the IBJJF No-Gi World Championships with Gold and Bronze! This was the very first time The Cellar had sent a team to compete at IBJJF Worlds and it was a great success!…
The Cellar Gym is proud to announce we will be bringing Thiago Abreu to Minneapolis for a 6-day Gi/No-Gi Jiu Jitsu camp at The Cellar! Thiago Abreu is a BJJ Black Belt under Team CheckMat and is very decorated in…
Congratulations to Coaches Mayko Araujo Borges and Karen Antunes Borges! They traveled to New York City this weekend to compete at the 2015 IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championships. Mayko is bringing home the Bronze medal in his Black Belt division…