Tournament Day = 24 Abril 2010

Today started off really well... we did well in the tournament. We lost some matches and won some. The best submission of the night came from Mayra with an awesome armbar.

We need to get back to work on Monday drilling the moves and really putting 100% into the training... the next tournament is in 3 weeks. \


see everyone on Monday!

please say a prayer for the man who passed away today...

Training Day 23 Abril 2010

Wow - great training tonight.. I thought everyone was going to be there, but we were missing a few. The team is ready for Saturday - reviewed armbar escape, triangle escape, knee on belly submission and transition -

Heavy and light rolling today - great night.

Remember to be at the gym by 12:45...

Remember that there may be No_Gi competition as well.. depending on the time. Bring clothes for this as well. I will bring fruit and some drinks for the team.. bring water!

Mayra - bring your extra white belt please and extra gi pants.. white!

I am very proud to have all of you on the team!

Training Day - 21 Abril 2010

Tonight was a good night for answering student questions and reviewing many of the tecniques shown during the past year or so...

I was surprised to see as many people last night and was glad. This tells me that the compromiso de ellos si esta... me alegro mucho por ellos.

Tournament Update - 21 Abril 2010

So far there are about 15 to 20 people signed up, mostly white belts but some blue. Once I get the bracket, I will share it.

There is one girl who will compete with Mayra.. I would like for Mayra to compete with the guys as well... maybe el grupo mas aliviano.

Stay tuned!!!!

Training Day 20 Abril 2010

Today's training was all about competition rolling. We reviewed the points system and also had an internal mini-competition. Everyone did great. I was really impressed by the new kid Norberto. He did exceptonally well. Kevin demonstrated great tecniques several times, including an armbar. John has great tecnical skill but needs to be more explosive while mayra was exceptional submissions but lacks agression.

Valentino and Cezar both did well, and Vito was Vito. His conditioning is there.

Tomorrow night - review of tecniques and minor rolling (flow).

What I saw tonight during the competition rolling demonstrated to me that everyone is getting better. I saw the spider guard 3 times tonight.

News 19 Abril 2010

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Training Day - 19 Abril 2010

Training tonight was great. Two old guys showed up to roll, a little winded but you could tell they knew some stuff.... Saw some great movements from Kevin...... Rolled with Valerio, Diego P., and I think Daniel.. either way - another intense training session.

We drilled triangle escapes, knee on belly submission and transitions.....!

Great job team!

(some people still need to work on getting better conditioning.. this will come when they roll more)

Training Day - 18 April 2010

Today was insane training. First weights and then some serious rolling with john and diego. I liked what I saw from both guys, but for the tournament we need to turn up the juice. The momentum. Overall - extremely happy with the team and how everyone is committed. Looking forward to monday's training!

Training Day - 17 april 2010

Training today was great. The truth is that I am seeing some sick movements from some of the guys - Daniel pulled off a beautiful armbar while Diego was working well defending my armbar attempts...


Overall - it was an excellent training day and I look forward to tomorrow at 12:30pm.