Taiwan Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (Taiwan BJJ) 台灣巴西柔術學院

After 7 years, the Taiwan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy sign will be coming down this afternoon. I thank all the instructors that have helped to lead the school along the way, Andy Wang Pedro Schmall, Dustin Thornton, Vaughn Anderson David Sinclair, and of course each of the members for their heart and sweat. With Makoto Ogasawara andChristopher Ng at the helm and Josie Ao as the General Manager, we are heading into 2015 with high hopes and aspirations to bringing BJJ to more people in Taiwan. A new Taiwan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy sign will be put up at the new location signifying a new year and new things to come. For the past 11 years, with the help of so many, we have addicted many with the BJJ "bug" through demos, instructions, interviews, press, and tournaments. Our plan is of course to continue this purpose and journey for the future development of this sport in Taiwan.
WIth any move comes changes; changes of course are inevitable because we have outgrown our current location and status. Changes that I feel is crucial in growing and promoting BJJ in Taiwan. Certain rules put in place that were already known but never written down. Rules that 90% of the BJJ schools around the schools follow, yet we were too laxed about. Rules are put in place to provide a better environment and fairness for everyone training at the academy.(ie. don't you hate it when your rolling partner wears a dirty stinky gi to class, or has cuts/wounds/athelet's foot; or the fact that some members don't pay dues fo 6months, but you are?) I feel rules, before only said, but now written down in black and white are necessary to have everyone on the same page. I hope everyone can believe in our mission to grow the BJJ community. My purpose and goal has never changed nor altered, I wish everyone will continue to believe in the Academy and our passion to continue being one of the top BJJ schools in Asia. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. and I look fowarding to seeing everyone at the opening next Sunday.

在七年後的今天，台灣巴西柔術學院的招牌將從基隆路一段125號這卸下，謝謝這一路帶領我們的教練們：Andy Wang Pedro Schmall, Dustin Thornton, Vaughn Anderson David Sinclair(李小龍)以及每一位學員們所付出的熱忱和汗水。

在小笠原誠MAKOTO OGASAWARA教練和CHRIS NG伍教練他們的掌舵以及喬西接下來的管理我們將在2015年寄予厚望，將巴西柔術帶給更多的台灣大眾。

新的學院招牌也將在新場地設立，也代表著新的一年新的氣息。在過去的11年歲月裡我們所著迷的巴西柔術透過展示、指導、採訪、新聞和比賽獲得了很多的幫助，我們的主要計劃當然依然是持續地推廣這門武術運動，使它在台灣蓬勃發展。因此任何的改變的舉動也是很正常的，也無法避免這些變化，因為我們已超越之前的位置和狀態了，並且也可以明顯地感受到巴西柔術在台灣的進展與變化。

我們有一些規則是有被制定下來，但卻沒有真的把它寫下來，其中的規則約在90%的巴西柔術學校都被執行著，然而之前我們卻過於寬鬆對待，因此為了提供更好、更公平的訓練/運動環境給每一位來這裡的夥伴們，我們需要把已制定的規則寫下並讓大家知道與執行。(除非你不在乎你的夥伴穿著髒又臭的道服上課，或者是腳上有傷口、香港腳等，又或者一些沒有繳費的達六個月的學員與他們一起練習、共享資源? )

之前的規則只有口頭告知，但現在會白紙黑字寫下來讓每個人都知道，我希望每個人可以相信：我們可以讓巴西柔術界成長的使命，我的目標和目的從未改變，我布望每個人都能帶著熱情持續地在學院練習，也相信我們將成為亞洲頂尖的巴西柔術學院。

祝大家聖誕快樂、新年快樂！

期待和大家在2015年1月4日正式開幕的那天見面！

館長 Warren Wang