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Sunday, January 25, 2009

training Jan 24-30












A few of us gathered and we had a great time at Jims' house on Sat for the Affliction Party! Thank you Jim and Rene!

Today's training was great (Sun!) we worked on some good stuff from top position of the closed guard. good sparring today! The rest of the week, we will be working on neutralizing the closed guard and escaping and passing.

Congratulations to Andy Atkinson and Maxwell Shepard on their promotion to the Blue Belt!

Andy has been training Jiu Jitsu for a combined (had a little layoff) for two years. Not to mention he's been wrestling since he was 8! He has done everything that I've asked him to do concerning training. His guard game gets better every week and he puts a lot of time into Gi training. He is a great Jiu Jitsu guy with a very bright future! HE IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAST ON THE MAT! Also, really nice guy! (just don't get him mad ;-)





Max has been training for almost 3 years! Some time off here and there...but he also has brought up his gi training. I have seen Max change so much since he started with us that for me, it was a special night because I feel like he is a brother to me! WAY TO GO MAX!!!






CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH YOU MEN! VERY WELL DESERVED!



Training was great this morning, Fri at The Garage! I went up with Eric B, Ryan and Eric R.



-Michio






12 comments:

Daniel said...

Dammmmmmmmnnnnnn Really wish i could have been there. Congrats max and Andy. Welcome to the smurf club max. :P

madmax said...

Im not too sure how to explain how I feel....This is seriously the best feeling!!! Im so stoked Daniel Urban enlightened me to Team Magnitude. It was the perfect time of my life to meet MICHIO.
Mich helped me become a confident adult. Thanks Michio....,Thanks Charlie, and thanx the rest of the team!

madmax said...

Cant wait to choke daniel out with my new belt on! lol j/k thanks for the support!

EXCEL Jiu Jitsu said...

Max! Keep the momentum going bro! the whole team loves you man! this is just another stepping stone on your way to the Black Belt

-Michio

EricR said...

Congradulations Andy and Max. Both very well deserved!

Unknown said...

2 of the baddest dudes... well earned! Wish I could have been there!

cgrant said...

Way to go Max and Andy !!!! You both are well deserving so keep up the hard work.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Andy and Max! Some of my favorite training partners for sure. You guys are animals on the mat!

adam said...

congrats on the blues Max and Andy well deserved alot of dedictaion and hardwork payoff im proud of u guys be back on the mat by this weekend hope to see u guys there !!!

GRANDONIZER said...

so much fun training at the garage this morning. so worth waking up for. both erics did awesome, and michio had fun too! congrads mad maximus, and andy, great job brother!

Andrew said...

To ad my two cents, congrats to Andy and Max. They definitely have their own styles, and it is always fun to roll with both of them.

I'm over being sick, so I'll be back Tuesday for practice!

EricR said...

Training at Chris' was awesome! Chris' guys are very good and it was great not only rolling with them, but getting to know them as well! Thanks Michio for all that you do!