Guardant Jiu Jitsu Team Growing

It's been about eight months since moving my BJJ classes out of the garage and into the Napier Judo Club's dojo. The team is starting to build momentum, gaining new members and developing good basic grappling skills. Some guys are wanting to compete and I support this.
We are very lucky to have a good relationship with the local Judo club and some cross training has been possible.

Often takedowns are a neglected part of Jiu Jitsu training but they need to be practiced since all official matches start from standing. Not to mention many self defense situations begin with you on your feet.
Receiving a takedown or throw by way of breakfalling also needs to be practiced. Otherwise you run the risk of serious injury when sparring, competing or even just falling over. I know from painful, personal experience what happens when you do not know how to breakfall in a grappling match. Six months with NO TRAINING! The dislocated elbow was pretty sore as well.
I do not want any of my students to suffer the same way, so we will continue training some basic Judo for BJJ situations occasionally.

We offer a free week of trial classes for prospective new members to our team. So if you or someone you know is keen to try Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for fun, sport or self defense, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

I'm currently planning an in house league for members of Guardant Jiu Jitsu. Rather than a competition run on one day. A series of matches run over the next half of the year with points awarded for each win. I need to work it all out but needless to say at the very least a cool trophy will be awarded to the winner.
Let me know your ideas about this, guys.

Also if you are creative and want to design team shirts, logos or even just have ideas about them. Let me know about it.

Looking forward to rolling with you all soon. OSU!