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Lions Den Fall Newsletter: Info on upcoming events , UFC Seminars/ Holiday Parties,Competitions, Fights and Free events


Hello everyone and welcome to our newsletter. We use these to fill you in on what we have coming up at the Den over the next few months. We just got over a great summer in which we had some fun events , big competitions and got to see many of our members from youth and adult get promoted. We also just kicked off our new schedule in which we added more Muay Thai classes , started our new Youth Muay Thai program and also brought back our Judo program headed by Olympic Medalist Jason Morris .



Check out some of the great pics above . We had UFC Fighters Erin Blanchfield and Fatima Kline in teaching seminars a few weeks ago. Our students got to pick up some great new tricks and tools to add to their aresnal and it was a great time. We look forward to seeing Erin Headline her next UFC event in November against Rose Namajunas whom we had in here teaching years ago. We love providing opportunities like these to our members!



With the Holiday season approaching we have some great events coming up which are all free for members. On October 25'th we have our annual Halloween Party from 5:30pm-7:30pm . This is open to all Youth and Adult members whom come in costume. We have a large pumpkin and all the supplies to carve here. We will have costume contests, pumpkin carving contests along with a pinata , gift bags and prizes. We do a pot luck buffett and each family atttening brings a dish to share . Its a great time. Be sure to sign up on the sheet at the gym so we have the right amount of pumpkins and gift bags for all.


On November 16'th we head down to the Driven Gym in the Moring with our MMA students to learn from and train with Former UFC Champion Michael " The Count" Bisping. The Driven gym is also a Tom Deblass Affiliate gym.




On November 16'th we will be having our Thanksgiving Belt Promotions and Holiday Party in the evening. This event is open and should be attended by all members. We begin at 7:30pm and start by promoting our BJJ members followed by a Thanksgiving Pot Luck Buffett. We provide the Birds / Drinks and our members each bring one large side dish per family. The Den will also have the UFC 309 event on and we will remain open and serving food and drinks until the event ends. Members do not have to stay for the entire event and can leave anytime after promotions take place.


On December 6'th we have our annual Parents night out / Christmas Party for kids. This is from 5pm- 7:30pm. This is free for all Youth Members and we will serve the kids pizza and Hot Cocoa as we have a Christmas Movie on here at the Den. We will then decorate Christmas Cookies and Ornaments before the kids decorate the Tree. We might even get a surprise visit from Santa with gifts for the kids. Parents are free to stay if they wish but is also a grerat opportunity to get some shopping or wrapping done as we keep the kids busy for you.






On December 7'th we will have UFC LEGEND Jon Fitch here at the Den and teaching our students. Jon will be teaching a seminar in BJJ as well as one in MMA. These seminars are limited so each person gets plenty of personal attention from these stars so get signed up asap. Open to Youth and Adults . We currently have 7 spots left in the BJJ seminar and 16 in the MMA seminar. There is time at the end of each seminar for each person to get a autograph and picture with the UFC Fighters.




On December 21'st we will be having a Judo Belt promotion. These are held at the Jason Morris Judo center where Olympic Medalist Jason Morris will be putting on a special Clinic for our students followed by promoting all students who are due for promotion. All of our Judo students should be in attendance. We have these 4 times per year in our Judo program.




On January 11'th we will be competing at the NAGA BJJ Tournament at the Albany Armory. We will have all of our youth Students competing along with any of our Adult BJJ students that want to compete.




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