Course Catalog
Choose courses that match your interests. Each course meets every week of the term.
Summer Quarter 2026·Enrollment open · May 27 – August 17, 2026
Department
Day
Uniform
Level
JD-301
JudoJudogi
Randori for advanced and competitive Judo students. Green belt and above. Invite only.
Sat 10:00 AM
Sensei Chris Round · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: JD-201
Invite only
LAB-201
Open LabGi or No-Gi
Weekly open sparring: warm-up plus eight consecutive six-minute rounds. Open uniform — gi or nogi. The single most concentrated hour of live training on the schedule.
Fri 6:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
LAB-202
Open LabGi or No-Gi
Community sparring. Gi, nogi, and Judo all welcome. Open to all teams and affiliations. No mat fee. A standing invitation, not a graded course.
Sat 12:00 PM
Community-led · 2 mat hrs/wk
REC-101
Mobility & RecoveryAthletic wear
Mobility, recovery, and breath work tuned for the demands of grappling. Pair with any course load to extend your career on the mats.
Sun 10:00 AM
Coach Leah · 1 mat hrs/wk
OH-101
Office Hours
Standing availability — for serious students.
Two open hours each Sunday with the head coach. Plan your training, work through technical questions, review competition video, build a competition schedule, or talk through any aspect of your game that needs a one-on-one. Add to your schedule as a reminder of when Coach Tim is reserved for you.
Sun 1:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · Drop-in or by appointment
Prereq: BJJ-101
OH-102
Office Hours
Standing availability — for serious students.
Two open hours each Sunday with Coach Maia — senior instructor and Kids Program Director. Plan your training, work through technical questions, review video, talk through competition prep, or anything else your game needs. Add to your schedule as a reminder of when Coach Maia is reserved for you.
Sun 1:00 PM
Coach Maia Matalon · Drop-in or by appointment
Prereq: BJJ-101
BJJ-101
FundamentalsGi or No-Gi
Your first course at High Noon and the entry point to every other
class on offer. Three weekly hours dedicated to learning the language of grappling — what the
positions are, how to move between them, and how to stay calm with an experienced training partner on
top of you. Every class is built around constraints-led games against live, supervised resistance from
day one; verbal instruction stays under ten percent of mat time. No experience required and no
athletic background required. Show up in a gi or in no-gi attire — the foundations transfer either
way. Complete BJJ-101 before enrolling in the rest of the catalog.
Mon 6:00 PMWed 6:00 PMFri 6:00 PM
Coach Nick Coviello · 3 mat hrs/wk
NT-201N
Neutral: Feet to FloorNo-Gi
Hand fighting, takedowns, and the path to the floor.
One weekly hour on the standing position in no-gi format. The
neutral game is a battle over three things: distance, angle, and level. Win that battle by
establishing inside space, securing attachment, and destabilizing the opponent until the path to the
floor opens. Live Takedown-and-Hold work under shot-clock pressure — three-second top control required
to score. Particular attention to the back-exposure opportunities a clean takedown creates.
Mon 6:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
PP-201N
ImmobilizationNo-Gi
Pin the opponent. Threaten the finish from the moment it lands.
One weekly hour on the top game in no-gi format. The defending guard
player builds barriers — first with the legs (the strongest barriers, by a wide margin), then with
the arms — that the top player must eliminate to achieve a stable pin. Practice runs on the
Progression / Regression constraint: the top must advance position while the bottom regresses it. The
back exposures that follow from a strong pin are treated as opportunities the immobilization creates,
not as standalone goals.
Tue 6:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
PP-201G
ImmobilizationGi
Pin the opponent. Threaten the finish from the moment it lands.
One weekly hour on the top game in the kimono. Same Progression /
Regression scaffold as the no-gi twin, with the gi at the top player's disposal as both pin and
threat. Fabric makes immobilization tighter, makes the threat to the neck more immediate, and turns
limb isolation from a maybe-attempt into a high-percentage opportunity. The pin should already be
threatening the finish the moment it lands.
Tue 7:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
GP-201N
The GuardNo-Gi
Defense and destabilization.
One weekly hour on the bottom game in no-gi format. The first job of
the guard is defensive stability — denying the top player access to the head, shoulders, torso, and
hips, through frames, distance, and angle. Once defense is solid, the second job is destabilization:
off-balance the opponent into the conditions under which a sweep, a submission opportunity, or a
return to the standing position become available. The guard is a place to threaten from, never a place
to live.
Wed 6:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
GP-201G
The GuardGi
Defense and destabilization.
One weekly hour on the bottom game in the kimono. Same defense-first
commitment as the no-gi twin, with the fabric of the gi available as an additional source of grip —
and therefore of off-balance. Closed guard and half guard families treated as launchpads, never as
resting places. Once destabilization lands, convert to a sweep, a submission opportunity, or recovered
top position.
Wed 7:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
BC-201N
Back ControlNo-Gi
Maintenance, capture, finishing.
One weekly hour on the strongest position in grappling, in no-gi
format. The maintenance work is chest-to-back contact, rotation control, and the lower-body attachment
that prevents the defender from sinking out or rotating free. The defining behavior pattern of good
back control is the strangulation-as-active-threat — every escape attempt is supposed to come at the
cost of opening up the next finish or the next position.
Thu 6:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
BC-201G
Back ControlGi
Maintenance, capture, finishing.
One weekly hour on the back, in the kimono. Same chest-to-back
foundation as the no-gi twin, with the gi providing additional anchor points for maintenance and an
additional route to the neck. The strangulation threat is more immediate when there is fabric to work
with, and the practice leans into using that pressure to extract finishes and limb-attack
opportunities from a resistant defender.
Thu 7:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
NT-301
Neutral: Feet to FloorGi or No-Gi
Thirty focused minutes on the defining chest-to-back position out of
standing — the one the High Noon Practice Guide names as worked nearly every class. The course covers
the entries into the position from a failed takedown, the controls that keep it dangerous, the back
take it implies, and the strangulation threats that emerge from it. The bridge between the neutral
position and the strongest finishing position in grappling.
Tue 8:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 0.5 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
GP-301
The GuardGi or No-Gi
Thirty focused minutes on the inverted bottom posture. The defensive
logic of inversion: hide head and torso underneath the legs so the top player has to engage with our
strongest barriers — turning their pass attempt into our back-exposure opportunity. Heavy positional
sparring with live constraints set against the inverted player; explicit attention to the offensive
paths the inversion creates.
Wed 8:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 0.5 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
PP-301
ImmobilizationGi or No-Gi
Thirty focused minutes on the finishing conditions that live inside
a strong pin. Side control, mount, knee-on-belly — each one a wedge that, once locked in, gives the
top player priority access to the opponent's neck and limbs. Strangulation prioritized over joint
lock per the High Noon submission hierarchy; immobilization treated as the precondition, never the
goal.
Thu 8:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 0.5 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
JD-201
JudoJudogi
Throws, breakfalls, and newaza — Judo's path through the same five
areas of grappling High Noon teaches in BJJ. Build a standing skill set that translates directly to
every other course on the schedule, taught with the same constraints-led methodology. Three weekly
sessions; attend any two for credit, in keeping with the catalog's commitment-based model.
Tue 8:00 PMWed 7:00 PMThu 8:00 PM
Sensei Chris Round · 3 mat hrs/wk (flexible)
Prereq: BJJ-101
JD-101
JudoJudogi
An introduction to Judo for students who want full technical depth
at a sustainable pace. Throws, breakfalls, and ground transitions taught with the same constraints-led
methodology as the rest of the catalog, calibrated for the long haul rather than the short sprint.
Open to students who have not completed BJJ-101 — Judo is its own door in.
Mon 7:00 PMFri 7:00 PM
Sensei Heidi Holz · 2 mat hrs/wk
COMP-301
CompetitionNo-Gi
A community training session for students preparing to test their
game on the competition mats. High-intensity live work — every round runs under conditions that match
competition pacing, scoring, and pressure. For students actively competing or preparing to compete
within the term.
Sun 11:00 AM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1.5 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
SUB-201
SubmissionGi or No-Gi
Strangulation > lower limb > upper limb.
One weekly hour on ending the fight. Submissions are practiced as positional consequences, never as standalone techniques: strangulation first, lower-limb second, upper-limb third — the High Noon hierarchy, rooted in what each family actually takes away from an opponent. Open uniform; the gi expands the strangulation toolkit while no-gi sharpens the wrestling-influenced entries, and the class adapts to whichever format students show up in. Stacks naturally with the Friday Laboratory for a full Friday submission focus.
Fri 7:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
SUB-301
SubmissionGi or No-Gi
Thirty focused minutes on the modern lower-body game. Entries from
bottom-position entanglements, a position-by-position framework for controlling a leg, and the
finishing mechanics that follow once control is real. Per the High Noon submission hierarchy, attacks
on the lower limbs sit above attacks on the upper limbs — they end an opponent's mobility, not just
an arm. Short concept block, long live work.
Mon 8:00 PM
Coach Tim Dawson · 0.5 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101
SUB-302
SubmissionGi
The gi attacks they don't see coming.
One weekly hour with Coach Christian Bergara on the unconventional gi setups that catch experienced opponents off-guard. For students with a solid gi game who want to add a layer of cunning to their offense, and to stop walking into the same setups themselves.
Sat 11:00 AM
Coach Christian Bergara · 1 mat hrs/wk
Prereq: BJJ-101