Hive Mind Athletics

04/17/2026

Good friend, training partner, and fellow black belt Michael Ottinger walking the comp class through a basic entry to the crucifix. What succeeds most in BJJ is the fundamentals with high levels of detail rather than the flashiness. Don’t mind his moaning and groaning he got slammed on his neck by Bodoni earlier that day 💁🏻‍♂️.

04/16/2026

Neck hurts, back hurts, abs hurt, ya boy is sore from competition class. Shout out to Michael for making the first situational rounds escaping a fully sunk rear naked choke with hand control so now eating and drinking is a whole chore today. But in all seriousness, situationals are vital to your success. You cannot trouble shoot the holes in your game rolling as accurately as you can with situationals. What makes you great is doing what’s hard, putting yourself in awful situations, not giving up when you can’t breath or your muscles are shot. You can roll everyday and have a good time and be average or you can do the things that aren’t always fun, drill the same fundamentals over and over and over and over, force yourself in bad spots and get choked or broken over and over and over or just be there to have a good time. Which for some people is completely fine. But when you schedule difficult things into your week, I would suggest to be the best version of yourself that you can be. It wasn’t always fun going to Killeen to pole vault every night of the week, getting home at 10pm doing my homework, and getting to bed at 1 every night. But it was always fun to win a gold medal at the state track meet 3 years in a row. Excellence requires effort and struggle. Nothing worth having comes easy. Let’s get it.

Photo creds to Matthew Miller if you need pictures done hit my boy up. We got like 700 more coming so get ready for floods of cool photos later on.

04/15/2026

Tonight at 6:00pm for the Adults NoGi BJJ class we are doing a competition class. We have a couple of folks getting ready for competitions so we are going to turn up the pace. So very detailed techniques, situational sparing, and high intensity rounds. Everything will be active recovery in-between rounds which is a fancy way to say, kiss any breaks goodbye. If you want to see what sets excellence apart from average, come drop in for adults class or at a minimum come watch. Let’s get it.

04/15/2026

Hey guys! Quick PSA on the Saunas to help you with the heating. I’m only bringing this up because it happened to me this morning so I wanted to let you know how to address it. If the timer shows double zeros that tells the heater to not kick on. So this is just a walk through of that situation. ALSO tonight in Adults BJJ it will be a spectacle for anyone wanting to see a high intensity competition class. Some of the best grapplers in the state will be going full clip trying to tear each other apart so if you want to see what high level competition class looks like come enjoy the show.

04/11/2026

I’ll be at the gym during the community wide garage sale for anyone wanting to come get rounds in with me at open mat or for anyone wanting to look at the gym as they stroll through main street looking at everything.

04/10/2026

I’m so happy with my Tots. Is it like hearding chickens? Yes. Is it hard to keep their attention much more than .234 seconds? Yes. BUT, if you mix the basic movements, and show basic concepts, and make drills FUN they learn so fast. And after a little bit of back control drills shaking these kids is starting to make me sick🤢. They are on me like white on rice.

04/10/2026

New nick name alert, Waffle House, because Beau is out here putting in work like a Waffle House employee 😤 and Shane jumped right up like nothing happened. My kids will love contact and aggression. I want people to sigh and fear every kid that has Hive Mind across their chest. Come two-a-days, I know who will be the meanest, best inshape kids on the team. These kids are taking to the aggressiveness amazingly. ALSO not sure if my commentary or the MOMS laughing was more funny. 😅

04/08/2026

A few updates for folks, a shower is going to be built out in the gym. Took a little bit to figure out where and how we were going to do it. Also, information on how to buy product for the 24/7 access folks when the front desk isn’t occupied. Other than that come get in the saunas, track your health with Inbody, do yoga, and learn how to choke each other. Let’s get it.

04/07/2026

Good afternoon folks I have a baby appointment that won’t allow me to get back in time for classes this evening and I couldn’t get someone to cover in time so the tots class will be canceled this afternoon. The kids class and adults will still happen and will be live situationals and live rounds. I’ll have make up classes for the tots, kids, and adults curriculum this Saturday for technique that is missed today. Kids and adults come up and still out that work in with your live rounds though and work up that heart rate and sweat!

04/06/2026

We partnered with Neighbors Serving Neighbors here at the gym. You’ll find the donation box by the front desk for anyone wanting to participate. It will stay there as long as it helps feed our community. Every aspect of Hive Mind revolves around giving back and building people up to better themselves. We want you healthy, we want you to learn to fight and defend yourself, and we want to pour into the community. Some come join in on the fun👏🏻

We have a new ally in the fight against hunger! 🥊💪

A massive thank you to Hive Mind Athletics for stepping up to host a food donation box for Neighbors Serving Neighbors. We are so grateful to partner with local businesses that believe in supporting one another.

Starting today, you can drop off non-perishable donations during your workout! Every item collected helps us continue serving neighbors in our community.

📍 Where to find the box: 100 West Travis Street, Holland- Inside Lobby
🥫 What we need most: canned proteins, rice, beans, pasta & sauce

Let’s show some love to the team at Hive Mind Athletics for being community champions! 🥋❤️

04/06/2026

Good morning folks! I hope everyone had an absolutely wonderful Easter weekend. This week will be when we incorporate the Gi in our Jiu Jitsu program on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We sell Gi’s at the gym that are super slick and branded. I do not require a dress code however because I don’t want to force people out of the sport from having to buy our Gi’s. You can find really cheap Gi’s online for now to save you money, they won’t be near the quality or longevity as our particular Gi, but they’ll get you started. The sizes are weird compared to normal clothes so you can get sized at the gym so you know what you need to order. It’s okay if you don’t have a gi the first few days because some of what we do can be done with nogi, so don’t miss class thinking you can’t go from not having a gi. If anyone has any questions please reach out.

Also the 24/7 access is up and going for the saunas so come get signed up and get your key fobs to get your sweat on!