Cellar BJJ athlete Jackie Burlingame traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the IBJJF World Masters tournament on August 31st. Jackie showed tenacity, grit, and skill, winning her first two matches of the day and losing her third match…
We held our Summer 2024 BJJ belt promotions on Saturday, July 13th. In addition to celebrating a number of new blue, purple, and brown belts, we were absolutely thrilled to announce the achievement of 4 new black belts at The…
We are so excited to announce The Cellar Gym's newest black belts: Pam Sorenson and Ben Locken! Checkmat black belt Dave Margraf awarded Pam and Ben their black belts in a very special ceremony last Friday, March 11 attended by…
The Cellar Gym held our year-end BJJ belt promotions last Saturday, December 18! This was our first major Checkmat Minneapolis belt promotion event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was truly wonderful to see so many of…
The Cellar Gym/Checkmat Minneapolis BJJ team brought 14 jiu-jitsu competitors to the Fuji BJJ Wisconsin State Championships in Stoughton, WI on December 4. Our team was able to display the hard work they have been putting into their training, with…
Last week, we were very excited to promote two of our Brazilian jiu-jitsu students! Kai received her purple belt and Jose received his brown belt from Professor Dave Margraf. Kai is a hard worker, a great teammate, and is always…