A blast from the blast! (When politics in grappling go wrong)
One of the first BIG grappling tournaments I ever experience was the 2004 Arnold Classic. Big by the standards then, not today’s 3000+ benchmarks. The tournament was ran poorly, I competed at one point past midnight when I was scheduled to be on the mats by 6pm. Then the next morning myself and all the […]
Review of our custom gi done by Da Firma
This is a video review of the custom gi that I had done for my students. Da Firma BJJ Kimono Company is the maker of the gi and I am incredibly pleased with the result. I was able to give my students a high quality gi with three patches for less than the price of […]
Tackle and Grapple
Today was my first women’s only class and it was great. I have a terrific group of women at Derby City and I wanted to give them a chance to have the mats to themselves. In fact, as men came in early to get a little drilling in. I would yell “penis” and motion […]