Last week I went to Six Blades Headquarters in Austin, Texas to help Rafael Lovato Jr, Victor Hugo and Felipe Costa get ready for their ADCC and CJI tournaments that happen in Las Vegas in a few weeks. It was tremendous training with my instructor Xande Ribeiro and no-gi world champion James Puopolo as well. Rafael’s is going for his last ADCC, Felipe Costa for his first and Victor Hugo will be competing for a million dollars at CJI. I feel like the last trip that Lovato Jr and Puopolo did in Colorado helped my timing and prepared me for this trip nicely. Being able to work through some guard retention material with Xande always simplifies and improves my game. I came back with pages of notes to share with my students.
Ryan Y takes 2nd at Kids Pans
Ryan took second place at one of the biggest IBJJF tournaments of the year in Florida. He submitted his way to the finals before losing a well fought match. Huge congrats to him!
Coach Hannah completes Budokan Mobility
Coach Hannah spent a week in Montana completing her Instructor Certification for Budokan mobility which combines the movements of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Yoga and various animal crawling patterns. With 9 years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a certified yoga teacher and now certified Budokan Mobility instructor we can’t have anyone better suited to run our Sunday Mobility class.