Kindred Jiu-Jitsu

Last August, Kindred Jiu-Jitsu reached out to me through our mutual connection at The Guild Muay Thai looking for photos for some upcoming marketing material, their new website along with their social media accounts. I was super excited for this project for a couple of reasons, 1. because Jiu-Jitsu has been a love of mine for the last decade or so, and 2, because as much as I’m around BJJ and a camera, I rarely get to combine the two. It was a busy couple of days of shooting, covering all of their classes. Youth and adult gi and nogi classes along with wrestling and yoga. Kindred was great! From the moment I wanted in the doors to when we were all wrapped up. If I lived in the north end of Seattle, I would for sure be a visiting this spot for some good rolls with some good people.

Here’s a few selects from my short time with these fine folks.

From the fine folks at, Asgard503

It’s always a lovely surprise when I get care packages from the homies around the way. Huge thank you to, Michael Ciochon, who sent up up some of the new gear from his Portland, OR based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear and lifestyle brand, Asgard503. Wanting to mix it up a bit from the last shoot, I got a hold of one of my old kickboxing student and talked her to meeting me at 11pm to do a little shadowboxing in the middle of the street. Totally a normal thing, I swear. Here’s a few of my favorite shots from the night…