[Story] The Greatest Moment Of My Life: In 2013 I became the first American to win the Black Belt Open Weight Division at the Brazilian National Jiu Jitsu Championships or “Brasileiros” as they are called in Brazil. Winning this was one of the greatest moments of my life. But there was a moment that the match didn’t look good for me. It was about 7 minutes into the finals match when things started to go wrong. I made a mistake and allowed my opponent Ricardo Evangelista (a 220 lb BEAST from GF Team) to get a step ahead of me as he attempted to pass my open guard.. As he edged ahead he worked a strong stack pass that forced me to defend the pass with every shred of energy I had... He was pressuring down on me with his whale like body weight. Sensing he had the advantage, like a shark that smelled blood, his advancements were hard to stop. But I stayed cool and confident even though I knew I was in a BAD position. Then it went a step further… This 220 lb Brazilian Black Belt was flattening my guard like a pancake and eventually forced me to the turtle position. Still.. I kept my cool. From the turtle he swiftly went to get the hooks, got one in, and ALMOST secured the second hook. I stayed calm because knew I had the escape ability to get out of anything. If he were to get my back, I would be able to make my way out, and that though kept me calm and calculated. Just waiting for the right move. And then, my moment came. I used my “hail mary twist” to shake him off and come up on top in a strong position to pass the guard. Then with some of my own technical pressure passing, ended up in side control submitting him in the final seconds with a text book Kimura. And history was made in that moment. If it wasn’t for the confidence I had to stay calm and trust myself, I never would have had the chance to win that match. In my younger years of training and competing when I would get my guard passed or get put in a bad position, most of the time, I would get submitted. After enough of there embarrassing submission defeats, I went on a personal QUEST in my training to develop a highly effective sequence of escapes from the most common bad positions. These escapes have given me the confidence to fight and win at the highest levels… and make BJJ history. This week I am releasing my complete Escapes “Your Secret To BJJ Success” DVD Training Program revealing that complete sequence of escapes from the 5 worst positions. I have NEVER released this outside my academy and personal coaching members. But, I feel it is time to share this with the World. The exact step by step breakdown of escapes that have allowed me (and hundreds of my students) to have rock solid confidence in our training and competing. The Escapes Bonus Package is being released on July 30th at 2pm you can secure your spot by clicking here---> bit.ly/1kiJRDq
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:46:44 +0000
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