Rio Bound!

Fantastic noon class today.  Worked a de la riva pass that required a bit of coordination, strength, and balance.  It's going to be tough for me to implement without a lot more practice.  Training included 8min rounds.  Got a tall strong Brazilian Brown, an experienced Purple, and a new White.  Very fun.  Swept the Brown a couple times, almost passed guard a couple times, and escaped a couple arm bar attempts.  He caught me in a wrist lock from triangle and almost had a choke from back.  The Purple also caught me in a wrist lock from omoplata position.  I swept him once or twice, but didn't have any luck on the guard pass attempts.  Highlight of the round was a closed guard recovery from side control after being stuck underneath for about 3mins defending choke, knee on belly, north south, and mount attempts.  Round with the White was unremarkable.  He's brand new and gassed out pretty quickly so we worked on stuff and took a break to watch Paulo Miyao train with Fredson Alves.  Paulo held his own and kept Alves from passing guard for over seven minutes.  Amazing stuff.

Oh...the best part of the day.  Master Saulo confirmed my spot on the team heading to Rio for the Master/Senior Worlds in July.  So unbelievably excited for the opportunity.  Time to step up my training and start focusing.  All of a sudden...things just got very real.

When:       

Camp- July 16th – 25th 

Championships - 26^th-29th

Details:       

- 10 day program, 2 Sessions/day

- Conditioning and sparring

- Drills and techniques

- Mind Set and Competition Strategy 

BJJ Black Belts: 

- Saulo Ribeiro

- Rodrigo Paganni

- Fredson Alves

- Paulo Guillobel

- Guilherme Caju

- Gustavo Correia