Here is this week’s news:

Wow! ! It is been a couple of weeks since the last IMPACT Update … things have been super busy. Thanks to all those folks that called, emailed, and commented about “Where is the Update … I need to know the news of the gym!” Well, here you go!

1. Newberg Gym Grand Opening - HUGE Success!
2. 2nd Annual Western Regional BJJ / Gi Championship - Report and Results
3. Great Training with Pedro Sauer
4. Sad News
5. Calendar

1. Newberg Gym Grand Opening - HUGE Success!

On Tuesday, October 3rd, the Newberg Branch of IMPACT Jiu-Jitsu officially opened its doors. Saturday, October 7th, was the GRAND OPENING Celebration. The day had over 100 participants / visitors to the new location. It was a wonderful time. Coaches Dewey Nielson and Matt Leetch have a GREAT thing going. All Beaverton IMPACT members are encouraged to make your way down to Newberg and train in a class or two with our sister gym.

    10 - 11:30 am Free BJJ Seminar: Coaches Tom and Dewey
    12 - 1:30 pm Free MMA Seminar: Coaches Michael and Matt
    1:30 - 5 pm Celebration / Raffle / Open Gym

See the official press release for the IMPACT Jiu-Jitsu Newberg. In less than one month, the gym has already doubled its membership … things are smokin’ in the ‘berg! ! ! You can find the Newberg class schedule at www.bjjnewberg.com

Here are just a few pictures from the day. More can be seen on www.myspace.com/impactjiujitsu

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	Tom and Dewey taught the BJJ portion of the morning	Â
	Michael and Matt taught the MMA portion of the afternoon	Â
	The pioneers of IMPACT - Newberg.	Â

2. 2nd Annual Western Regional BJJ / Gi Championship - Report and Results

This was our best tournament to date … and it was full of GREAT competition and lots of SUPER Sportsmanship. We had over 175 competitors and over 240 spectators… it was a BLAST! ! !

For the full report, go to www.sportsubmissionwrestling.com on Wednesday, October 25th.

Our team did TERRIFIC. It is pretty clear that we were focused on on Gi performance. Here is a listing of how Team IMPACT did in Gi competition:

Here is the No-Gi competition results:

GREAT JOB GUYS! ! ! Keep up the training! ! !

3. Great Training with Pedro Sauer

10 folks had an amazing training session with Professor Pedro Sauer (6th Degree Black Belt in BJJ) on Sunday, October 8th. It is truly amazing to see Jiu-Jitsu taught by someone who is so knowledgeable and has spent so much of their life training the sport. It was very impressive. I found myself having major “ah-ha” moments throughout the afternoon … and giggling with excitement at seeing something total new and special.

4. Sad News

Chris Haueter was unable to make it up Portland for the Western Regional BJJ Championships and to train at Beaverton and Newberg IMPACT Gyms this month due to his father’s failing health. On Saturday, October 14, Chris’ dad passed away.

Our thoughts and prayers are with him. We look forward to having him up at a later date.