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Just sharing some videos I enjoyed…

JJ Machado vs Ricardo Arona at ADCC. Even though he lost the fight, I was impressed with how JJ Machado rolled. He would make space to try different things, get several submission attempts, and play defense. Ricardo Arona looked like he was just bigger and stronger than [...]

As mentioned in video host has been down, I have copied my videos over from Revver.com to Google Video.
So now, here they are in all their Google Video glory.  Enjoy!!
First off, my stop-motion video experiment with my snowboard instructors:

You can see the original post it was in here, with the Revver video.
And now my [...]

Here’s the fight I referenced in BJJ Class 117.
Renzo basically fights off Marcelo Garcia’s rear mount and RNC attempts for most of the match.  The technique I referred to starts at the 8:45 mark, where Renzo  shakes Marcelo off of back control.
Enjoy!!

As previously posted, I went to the 2007 ADCC finals in Trenton, NJ a few weeks ago. I’ve been busy since then, so I haven’t had time to blog about it. But I was there and it was cool!!
Anyway, here’s some video from the 2007 ADCC. All have no sound and were [...]

I’ve been rather busy lately and haven’t been able to post anything for over a week now. Here’s my catch-up post for what’s been happening:
I was finally offered an internship last week and as a result I’ve had to make some very difficult decisions. I’m making a bold move in leaving my [...]

My knee has been hurting in a new way lately. I think it has to do with how I changed how I sit at work. It just stresses my knee.
And then a few weeks ago, the bottom part of the same knee swelled up, but not the usual swelling, this one looked like [...]