back in action

Well finally over my cold and been training hard this week. also had a chance to have a meeting over the start up of my bjj wear company, good news. but it started off great with a killer session of randori up at Paradise BJJ club. It was just the way you would want to roll, everyone was on the same page, no injuries and great chance to try out new things in a training environment.

Also was my return to Stand Alone Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team, been a few months away but it felt great to get back on the mat with my original team, i love training with Paradise bjj but stand alone and I have a past of hard training. In May I will be competing in the American Cup in Los Gatos,CA. Its a pretty big and going to be a challenge. Now with training between the two clubs i should be able to get up to 6 days of training, work permitting.  With this i should be a great shape and my technique should be tight.

Now its just about waiting to hear if I get accepted for the grants I need to start my small business of starting a Jiu Jitsu company. The next big step and lets see how that goes.

gotta love this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enPUWZPSsqU

Andre Galvao is super awesome. i hope to have the opportunity to train with him someday. love his style of rolling and his smooth, aggressive technique.

brand new day

i was thinking last nite about my wordpress page and how i should model it. i looked around the site and checked out some of the other pages. i decided that i would keep it as a journal type writing of my training , of things i like, of the parts of my life that make brazilian jiu jitsu my lifestyle. I also thought i would use it to track the growth of my company. so here i go…..

Well today i am still down with a cold. this is the longest i have gone without any training or working out in at least 2 years. I have just been in lockdown in my house trying to heal up. It has given me time to work on the company, Sohei International. I am looking for an address for my company that is outside the incorporated area of Chico but it is a lot more difficult than i expected. Everyone is so suspicious, not easy finding support for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene. But i do need to heal up and try to get moving i miss being on the mats. Ira is in town training some cool new advance techniques and im missing everything. There was one funny thing that is happening, i guess the academy here in town is getting a possible new black belt to teach. The funny part is that he is a Claudio Franca black belt, that is whose tournament we take part of. I would love to see a Claudio Franca affiliate up here but i don’t think that Stand Alone academy understands that they are bringing up, what will eventually be their downfall. As soon as the instructor sees the money available for him he is just going to take over the town. I still don’t understand why it is so hard to get a stable black belt instructor in the gold mine of a town like Chico. Brazilian jiu jitsu has so much to offer this community, now just need to see what the near future holds.

 

the General in action

here is the Great Gurgel in the 2009 European Championships, i love this guys guard passes. Really strong practitioner. Who are some of your favorites?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpwGrKuvAaQ

competition kimono

i have found that i like to train and compete in Keiko Raca and Atama kimonos. i would like to try the Koral competition gi sometime, but what are some of the competitions kimonos that others have found great for them while rolling?

summer light gi

i am still looking for a summer light gi that seems to be able to hold up to rigorous training schedule. i just might have to keep with the traditional weave gi in the hot summer. i guess that is how it has always been done no reason to change it now.

hello world

this is my new blog page. i hope to cover everything brazilian jiu jitsu but most of all i am hoping to review all things brazilian jiu jitsu and bring that information to you. but if it is bjj i hope to have it on here. including tournment information and seminars. if you know of anything or have anything to post feel free. of course at my descretion.