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🥋 Judo & Jiu Jitsu
🇺🇸 Veteran Owned
📍 Northwest Las Vegas
👊🏼 Kids | Adults | Competitors
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Don’t rescue them from every struggle. Let them figure it out - that’s how resilience is built.

Our strict no-sidebar-coaching policy supports the entire family in learning to step back, trust the process, and let our young warriors overcome challenges on their own.

Strong kids are built through challenges, not rescued from them.

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The mats tell our story.

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UPDATED SCHEDULE!

More Jiu-Jitsu and Strength & Conditioning to keep our grapplers sharp, strong, and BATTLE READY!

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So proud of our little Vikings 🙌🏼

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🇺🇸 63 YEARS OLD. GREEN BELT. #1 IN THE NATION.

Meet Jill.

When I first met her, she looked me straight in the eyes and said, “I’m never competing. EVER.”

Well, that aged beautifully. 😂

Today, at 63 years young, Jill is a competitive judoka, a green belt, and the #1 ranked female athlete in the country in her age and weight division.

Let that sink in.

She’s not playing around. She’s doing JUDO.

Throws. Takedowns. Hard landings. Grueling matches. A combat sport that demands courage and grit.

And she keeps showing up. She keeps competing and proving that the limits we place on ourselves are often the very limits we’re meant to destroy.

We cannot adequately express how proud we are of this woman. Not just because of her ranking, but because she had the courage to become someone she once swore she’d never be.

This isn’t just a story about age. It’s a story about refusing to let fear make your decisions.

To every grappler, every martial artist, every coach, every person who thinks their window has closed:

LOOK AT JILL.

And to Jill, you absolute badass, it is one of our greatest privileges of our coaching careers to stand beside you.

GRAPPLING COMMUNITY, MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THIS WOMAN. SHE’S EARNED EVERY DAMN BIT OF IT. 🇺🇸🔥🥋

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X Guard: where personal space goes to die. Professor G receives points for his patience. 😂

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Backflips in Lab - members-only grind. Come find out what you’re capable of. 🔥 @thevikingclimb 🥋

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When the coaches become the reason there’s a Code of Conduct.

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Always fun and welcoming at our club.

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I’m Coach Raq.

I chose the name Valkyrie because it carries everything I believe in: courage, strength, honor, resilience, and grit. That’s judo to me.

Judo teaches you how to fall, how to get back up, how to stay humble, and how to keep moving when things get hard.

And coaching has taught me that leadership is hard too. Sometimes you have to make the difficult choice, not for yourself, but for the betterment of everyone you’re responsible for.

When parents meet me, I want them to feel how deeply I care about their kids. I’m here to support them, nurture them, challenge them, and help grow them into incredible little humans who are ready for a strong adult life.

I like the medals. I love the promotions. But what matters most to me is who our athletes become along the way.

That’s our spirit and culture. 🙏🏼

@indgrindphoto - thank you for such a wonderful video!

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A HUGE congratulations to our young warriors on earning their Judo promotions! 🎉

Wear those new belts with PRIDE, Vikings! You earned every inch of them!

The future of Judo is looking fierce! ⚔️

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FORGING THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN JUDO 🇺🇸

Congratulations to our Head Judo Coach, Sensei Raq, on earning her Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt)! 🥋🔥

Relentless in her mission to grow Judo across the United States, develop the next generation of warriors, and build a legacy that extends far beyond the tatami.

A proud student of Sensei Joseph Marchal, Judo Olympian, she continues to carry forward the knowledge, discipline, and traditions passed down to her, honoring those who came before while forging the path for those who come next.

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