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Beginnings of Groundwork

Aug 9, 2025

The Ground Up

The Ground Up

Continuation of Inspiring Practitioners Having “homegrown” athletes has always been a source of pride with Manolo and the SDCA/10th Planet team. This stems from his commitment to not only mentoring anyone looking to put their skills to the test, but to tap them into a...

Inspiring Practitioners

Inspiring Practitioners

Continuation of Training With World-Class Athletes When we first met Boogey and Geo Martinez, they were teaching a Friday evening class together in San Diego. And although just a handful of students were tapped in at the time, it was clear they were something special....

Training With World-Class Athletes

Training With World-Class Athletes

Continuation of One-Stop Shop of Super Stars     "You are surrounded by world-class athletes here. These are professional athletes that train everyday. You're learning something from all of these professional athletes and trainers that you are going to take...

One-Stop Shop Of Superstars

One-Stop Shop Of Superstars

  "We have all these people at a high level. Not just saying we are at a high level, we've been to the big shows, we've done all these things, we've won world titles, and we're all in the same building." -Bill Crawford, Owner, Strength and Conditioning Coach, San...

Farm To Table

Farm To Table

    "We were honored to collaborate with their team to deliver the stories of their community programs and partners for 3 years at their annual fundraising Farm To Table Banquet. Getting to travel across Southen Arizona to showcase their reach and their...

Take The LEAP

Take The LEAP

"Aaron Eden was one of the first people we met in Tucson. Having come across Gangplank Tucson through its community-first workspace, when I first biked out to its first location in the Bookman's distribution center in southeast Tucson, it was Aaron's vision for a...

Our Beginnings In Tucson

Our Beginnings In Tucson

"Tucson Night Out was our first experience with a partner and collaborating on connecting with independent business owners; Jerry, being a former restaurant owner himself, knew of the hardships of a business to get their name out there and it was a joy to connect with...

Teaching Us Mastery

Teaching Us Mastery

Continuation of Their Own Shamans Mastery, for me, in its highest form, is enlightenment. In Buddhism, enlightenment is called Nirvana. But enlightenment can take place anywhere, in any religion. It has no denomination for me. In around 2006, my husband opened a...

Their Own Shamans

Their Own Shamans

Continuation of Commitment To Mastery   The first few days of being in the Amazon Rainforest, I was not sure what to expect. A group of us were staying in the jungle, as part of a summer field school. I was there to learn Quichua and study knowledge. I've had...

Commitment To Mastery

Commitment To Mastery

Continuation of Mastery In Its Complete Form     I started committing myself to mastery at a young age. I had been an athlete until 22 years old, and then something life-changing happened. I was faced with a decision, and I could keep down the road I was on,...

A Love Affair With Words

A Love Affair With Words

"Seedlings, Stories of Relationships, is about my love affair with words." -Ethel Lee Miller, Author   https://vimeo.com/87969591   I met Ethel Lee Miller after contacting her to attend one of her writing workshops. We ended up hitting it off and started...

Offices Away From Home

Offices Away From Home

We have had some of the best times in Tucson on University Ave. I got to know all the places along that strip during an 8-year period. We would go to Starbucks in the morning, either driving or riding our bikes. We had many coffees there in the mornings before work. I...

Faith In Car Repair

Faith In Car Repair

"To us, evolved means delivering an experience that's elevated above the rest. No jargon, no games, just transparency." -OOROO Auto We met Jeff Artzi of OOROO, and I was immediately impressed with how organized, focused, and achievement-oriented he was. I felt...

Partnership With Undisputed Gym

Partnership With Undisputed Gym

"We strive  to provide the absolute best instruction period. We bring in the best in the world to train and work with our people." -David Reilly, Owner of Undisputed Fitness and Training Center, Black Belt BJJ     The first ever Undisputed Video we did for...

The Sky’s The Limit

The Sky’s The Limit

"We are here to ensure that you achieve your dreams." One of our first videos with a nonprofit was for Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services. I remember making this video vividly, watching the girls tell their stories. When you interview someone, you ask many questions and...

Connecting Us To Downtown

Connecting Us To Downtown

"Connect was our business home downtown for three years. It was both a place for us to grow with clients and to work with Connect on bridging their sales team and process with their outward marketing and promotions. Connecting the two was one of our first direct...

Fearlessness

Fearlessness

"We have all these people, who are at a high-level, not just saying we're at a high level, we've been to the big shows, we've done all these things, we've won world titles, and we're all in the same building." -Bill Crawford, Owner of San Diego Combat Academy,...

Our Video Gallery

Our Video Gallery

For the first time in our 13-year history, we have all of our videos appearing on the website, from our Groundwork Promotions Vimeo Gallery. You can go to the front of our website and find the link, and see all of the videos Groundwork has made over the years. I had...

Partnership

Partnership

Paul and I were partners in business, before we even moved to Tucson. We couldn’t act on it at first, and when the time finally came to officially start Groundwork Promotions, I was not able to be out in the open and public about it. So we worked together, founding...

GroundworkStyle

GroundworkStyle

Be Kind When we started Groundwork Promotions, we learned a hard lesson. Do not work with people who are going to make you unhealthy. No matter what your cause or mission, no matter what your beliefs about helping others, when it comes to your health, your...