Felipe “Zicro”

Felipe “Zicro” Neto is one of my favorite people I have ever trained with.  At this time he was still living in Brasil.  However, now he heads up Alliance Tallahassee in Florida.  He is a great guy, very tough, a good teacher and knows how to help people get better.  Check out his website at […]

The New Guy “Spaz Master”

You train for years.  You spend time and money perfecting the fundamentals and striving for technical mastery, often times with the greatest teachers in the world.  Maybe you even train in strange and foreign lands.  You love Jiu-Jitsu.  It’s like chess.  You have to think when you roll.  You spend years before you can finally […]

Cauliflower Ear, the Badge of Combat

Robert Jenkins has been struggling with cauliflower ear lately.  It reminded me of the Greek statues of the old days.  He sent me this pic today!               Here is the bronze Boxer of Quirinal, also known as the Terme Boxer, is a  Hellenistic Greek sculpture dated around 330 B.C. […]

December 9th Belt Promotions

Here is an incomplete list of those who are due to be promoted on December 9th at the start of the seminar with Luiz Palhares.  Some others are close and some are still being considered.  It looks like June will have a nice graduating class of blue belts as well. E-town Students: Blue Belts:  Tyler […]