Daniel Pugh Blue Belt, Stripe Promotions, Mar 31

Congratulations to Bubba, New Blue Belt!
We studied the Omo Plata attack tonight and got lot's of sparring in!
Bubba has been training for just about a year with us. He has previous wrestling training prior to joining us. Along with strength, power and speed, Bubba is also a smart grappler with composure and lot's of maturity and is a blast to roll with! He picks up technique fast and he is good with and without the Gi! Congrats!!!
Bubba's last roll as a White Belt!




Bubba says good bye to the White Belt!







Andy gets his 2nd Stripe Purple Belt tonight! Andy had joined us back in 2003 and trained with us for a couple of years then took a couple of years off when he moved to Florida. He re-joined the Team and has been a valuable part of our team. Congrats!!!
Charlie gets his 2nd Stripe Brown tonight! He had a great showing at the Pans last weekend and has been pushing his training with Vigor. Charlie has been a Brown Belt for a year now and is working hard this year for more training and more competitions. He is a great leader for the Team. Congrats!!!



Dan and Jaime working technique






Manuel gets Matt in the Crucifix!






Paco's beautiful family!






Charlie doing pull ups with the Gi after training tonight to strenghen his grips!



Manuel keeping up with Charlie!











-Michio

Training, Wed Mar30

Good Class! Lot's of Sparring! Tough Guys!
Dan and Eric getting some work in and having fun!
Sean and Ventura Battle!



Zeke and Gabe!







Arturo and Paco






Me and Gabe!





What is this? Gabe and Sean do some WWF after class! These guys are Brutal!




Ventura and Paco!


-Michio

Training, Tues Mar 29

Charlie and Jaime Battle!
Sean getting to Ventura's back!
Paco and Arturo got a great workout in!




Christie!






Ben and Ray = What a war!







Jaime and Sean!







The Ladies taking the night off of training






Bubba and Paco!





Arturo getting to Manuel's back!
Ben and Charlie spar!


-Michio

Training, Mon Mar 28

Good Class tonight! Great group of guys and gals
Max and Jaime rollin and havin a good time!
Zeke and Ben battle!



Bubba has Dan in Crucifx








Meagan and Arturo!









Bubba has Jaime all tangled up!








Arturo has Manuel all tangled up!





Meagan and Arturo Battle!
Ben gets to Max's back!


-Michio

Pan Ams Day 4, Sun Mar 27

Closing out the Pan Ams for 2011! Awesome tournament tough, tough matches!
Chris and I, getting Charlie ready for his matches



Manuel, Luis and myself waiting for Charlie's matches







Charlie does what he does best and gets to the back to sink in the rear naked choke to win his first match!





Charlie wins his match in impressive fashion


Charlie goes head to head and loses his next match with the score 0-0, and 0-0 advantages. It went to referee's decision. His opponent went on to win the division.






Charlie had a great showing and ended up with a third place finish!







Melissa Haueter had a war in her first match and scores the back mount with hooks to win 4-0 in the 10 minute battle!





Melissa Haueter worked really hard and came in ready to battle!







unfortunately, she reaps her 2nd opponent's knee at the beginning of the match and gets DQ'd! Arghhhhh! here she is going over her mistake with her Coach and husband, Chris




Andre Galvao with his first win of the day!


Kidd posing with Andre, the 2011 Medium Heavy Pan Ams Champ!









Kidd with Beth Ann!






Kidd with Black Belt Jocelyn Chang







Kidd with 2011 Pan Ams Female Heavyweight Champ, Gabrielle Garcia






We went to the Yard House at the Irvine Spectrum to Celebrate Charlie's showing! We're Proud of you Charlie!


-Michio