Gym Jones was not conceived as a means to make money, but rather as an expression of an ideal. We like our small club. We like that the game is locked. Not to say that we don't recognize the risk of stagnation, and the tendency for closed cultures to buy their own hype. Evolution is inherent to our ideal. We welcome clients and teach seminars not only as a means to educate, but to also learn. When we teach, we grow ourselves.
Training with us will change your life. Few can make the commitment. We get it. Somewhere between digging into the website and sweating on our floor is a concept not generally found in our vocabulary: compromise.
The Gym Jones website is a beacon. We set a hilltop fire to signal a different way, and assure the like-minded that they're not alone. We hope you see our light, and we hope you'll answer the call.
Gym Jones opened doors in 2003. Invitees were trained free of charge. It was private and an experiment. Lessons learned from climbing mountains were applied to strengthen and condition. It soon became a collective. We never pushed or directed. Our ideas evolved, organically. In 2005 we put together a website to share what we were doing, thinking and where our ideas and attitudes originate from.
Several students were exceptional jiu-jitsu coaches. They trained four days a week for a year, and soon became capable trainers themselves. Two years after starting the gym we accepted our first clients. In 2007 we gave our first public seminar. Up until that point we'd subsidized the gym and its sponsored athletes entirely with our other jobs. Today we remain small and exclusive.
Joining the gym requires commitment. If you want to train -- you pay upfront. We don't sign contracts. You're either in or out. Not everyone is willing to join the virtual gym based to the same rule set, so Salvation enrollment is offered in a few different methods.
