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Friday, June 19, 2009

Inspiration from the Worlds - Roger Gracie

A couple of weeks back the Mundials (for the young-ens) was held in LA. Roger Gracie had 9 black belt matches.

He won all 9.
He won his weight class division and the absolute division.
He won all 9 by submission.
He won all 9 from mount position.
He won 8 of 9 with some version of an "X" choke (the other one was and Eziakal Choke)

Impressive?

No.

MIND BLOWING.

He is grappling against the best in the world, and he is still able to execute his game plan. He remains calm at all times. He stays poised, focused, and on-track. Wow. Great stuff! ! !

Fuel for the fire. Enjoy the video ... I know I have. Inspired.

TO

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Pan-Ams 09 Video of Middle Weight Matches

Here are my middle weight matches:

Match 1:

Match 2:

Match 3:

Match 3 - from a different angle:

Here is my Absolute Match against Carlos Terrinha (Ironically, I fought him in the 07 Pan Ams):

Pan-Am BJJ Championships 09

Haven't written for a long time ... things have been super busy with preparing for the Pan-Ams, going down to LA to coach and compete in the Pan-Ams, then came home to jump right into the launch of the Sub League season. Crazy.

Pan-Ams were a great experience... and I took 2nd place in the Black Belt / Senior 1 / Middle Weight Division. I was pleased. It's the best I've done at a tournament of this size and caliber (2500 competitors, three days, and LOTS of great grappling).

I'll write more over the next week or so, but I wanted to get up some pics and video.

For the love of the sport,