My pals Seph Smith and Jen Flannery got their brown and purple belts, respectively, from Felipe Costa last night! I spoke with Seph very briefly, and he was incoherent from the brutal hour of rolling with maybe 30 different people. I’m sure Jen felt similarly. But these promotions were well-deserved; Jen has been placing in every competition she has entered this year, and Seph is a monster. A perfectly safe, friendly monster, but a monster nonetheless.

I’m very happy for them!

To Anonymous who asked about the Murph: I have done that workout 3 times, all as prescribed (so, run the mile, do all the pullups, do all the pushups, do all the squats). The first time was in the fall of 2007. I did the pushups from my knees and assisted pullups. It took me about 62 minutes. The second time I did it was maybe 6 months ago. I did the pushups from my toes and unassisted pullups. It took me about 60 minutes. The third time was Memorial Day, same as the second time. It took me about 58 minutes.

It is a grind. But it’s always fun to be done!

As for all the comments on the hero part of the post, thanks for those. I am still conflicted, but I am just going to continue doing what I’m doing and hope it shakes out for the best, for as many people as possible.

More later!

Rodrigo had us working more on passing the guard today. There were three variations:Version One:1. Open the guard from the wedge position, with one hand on the chest and one on the hip.2. Slide your left arm under the guy’s right leg and grab on to hi…

Here is part 3 of our ongoing series with Aaron Le Boutillier.

Class #231

Nova Força Epsom (BJJ), Tim Radcliffe, Epsom, UK – 30/06/2009

I’ve had a few weeks off due to a bunch of job interviews (none of which came to anything, unfortunately: just have to keep plugging away, like the massive horde of other people applying for the same jobs…), so good to get back on the mats. Ricardo is in Brazil at the moment, so instead class was taken by his top student, brown belt Tim (who incidentally won yet another MMA fight recently).

Tim kicked off with a gi choke. Start by pulling one side of their gi out of their belt (if its already loose, so much the better), then feed it around their back to your other hand. Shift your torso to that side, then change hands. This frees up your first hand to grip whatever material you can on the back of their gi, still on the same side (if you try to grip on the other side, your partner is likely to see it coming and defend). Finally, bring that arm over their head whilst maintaining your grip, then bring your wrists up for the choke.

Next, Tim demonstrated a basic loop choke. Grab their opposite collar, with a deep grip. Break their posture by pulling that collar towards you, while also pushing their head down and to the side with your other hand. Next, slide that other hand across the back of their head and under your own elbow, hooking with the back of your hand. Finally, raise the elbow of your collar-gripping arm for the submission.

Rowan Cunningham, who puts out the best free BJJ videos on the net (unfortunately not the most famous, as the Abhaya vids aren’t heavily publicised or flashy), has a typically excellent demonstration up on YouTube, where he calls it an ‘encircled collar choke’. I first saw this choke when Aesopian put up the Abhaya vids, probably on Bullshido somewhere:

Tim mentioned as he was walking around that you need to be quick with this, so its something to spring on your opponent if you have a collar grip but see they aren’t defending their neck. Even if you don’t get the choke, you’re likely to still manage a sweep, as in order to avoid getting submitted they’ll probably have to roll out. You can simply follow them and end up in mount.

Sparring today put me mostly under side control, which is good as I always like to try and improve my escapes from there. As per Saulo’s advice (both in his book and DVD), I was concentrating on keeping my head stuck to the floor to prevent the cross-face, while also blocking their arm with my hand.

While I did ok getting that far into Saulo’s ‘survival position’, I was rather less successful getting onto my side. I also wasn’t preventing the knee on belly too well, as usual, but I think I managed to use my elbow and knee as a barrier slightly better than last time. The difficulty is getting them properly locked together, with forearm to upper leg, rather than just touching elbow to knee.

From knee-on-belly, I also couldn’t avoid Mark’s choke, so must have done Simon’s defence wrong. I know you’re suppose to swim your arms in and turn towards them, but forgot which arm went where.

With one of the white belts, I managed to get to my knees from side control, but couldn’t then trap an arm in order to roll them. I was thinking about the wrestler’s sit-out too, but didn’t feel I had the space to get free: as their arm was ready to look for chokes, my neck felt exposed. In retrospect, I probably should have been less hesitant and just gone for something, as eventually I tried to spin to guard as they left some space, which merely landed me back under side control.

My last spar was against somebody fairly new, so I had a chance to play around with triangles. I’m still missing lots of important details, like proper head control, so even as a noobie they were able to slip out, but it was nice to confirm the ‘trigger’ position Ryan Hall talks about. Whenever somebody is trying to open your guard by driving their elbow into your thigh, you can open your guard and cause them to lean to one side. This leaves your partner vulnerable to the triangle, as you can now fling your leg over that arm and to their neck, locking your other leg in place.

I mentioned last week that I finally got a chance to watch the finished documentary film on MMA directed, filmed and edited by my friend, Matthew Hickney. I love all sorts of movies… even the occasional chick flick with my wife. Now, to be clear, I h…

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I pretty much want to crawl into a hole right now and never do jiu-jitsu again. I know everyone always wants to read inspirational stories but sometimes you aren’t going through an inspirational moment, you’re going through a shitty one.

I have wanted nothing to do with BJJ since returning from the Worlds. Sure I was sick as hell for the first two weeks, but even last week I only managed to half-ass it through positional sparring one single night. I hadn’t trained in 3 weeks and didn’t want to compete at GQ but was going to be needed to drive people home from it. Of course I couldn’t go up and NOT compete or I’d feel like a tool being that at this point I was perfectly healthy (even if out of shape and the heaviest I’ve been in months – I barely made weight and usually I’m 5 lbs under).

After an embarrassing half-ass display of semi-lazy jiu-jitsu and wanting to scream at anyone who complimented me since I knew inside that I hadn’t given it my all, I headed home very annoyed at myself. The last few times I’ve competed (with the exception of the Absolute division at the Worlds) have just been embarrassing displays. I’ve received lectures about my efforts and the fact that I am competing below my potential after each one. And admittedly, I deserved every lecture.

Being in this state, it is really hard to accept all the congratulations and well wishes for being promoted last night. I definitely appreciate all the kind words; it’s just hard to hear right now since I am so angry with myself after weeks and months of faltering physically and mentally. It will definitely be interesting to see my expressions in the photos from last night.

I really don’t want to do BJJ this week but will probably go in to roll with Felipe one more time before he leaves, as I know that I would be angry with myself in a month’s time if I missed the opportunity that I’ve been looking forward to for so long.

I had a great opportunity Sunday to train at Foster BJJ in Auburn, WA. James Foster is a black belt under Juliano Prado and was more than welcoming for a visiting white belt nobody. When I mentioned I was taking summer break to come up to the Seattle a…

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1.ROBSON MOURA (NOVA UNIAO)
2. JOAO PAULO KURAOKA (AXIS)
3. IKUTA MAKOTO (TRUST JIUJITSU ACADEMY)
3. TADASHI MURAKAMI (PUREBRED-KYOTO)

PRETA / ADULTO / PENA

1. RAFAEL MENDES (ATOS JIU-JITSU)
2. KATANIWA KATSUNORI (AXIS CHIBA)
3. KITAHARA NOBUHIKO (AXIS)
LEE HEE SUNG(KOREA BJJ)

PRETA / ADULTO / LEVE

1. GUSTAVO DANTAS (NOVA UNIAO )
2. SILVA RENATO (INFIGHT JAPAN )
3. SUTO YOSKI (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)
VITAL ADALBERTO (KRAZY BEE)

PRETA / ADULTO / MEDIO

1.BARBOSA ABMAR (DRYSDALE JJ)
2.KONDA TETSUYA ( RED SHARK)
3.FERNANDES MAX (EXTREME BARBOSA)

PRETA / ADULTO / MEIO-PESADO

1.JOAO YOSHIMURA (BLACK BELT JIU-JITSU CLUB)
2. SHINKAWA TAKESHI (TEAM LEGNUM)

PRETA / ADULTO / ABSOLUTO

1.JUNIOR CALVACANTE (JAWS)
2. JOAO YOSHIMURA (BLACK BELT JIU-JITSU CLUB)
3. FERNANDES MAX (EXTREME BARBOSA)
KATSUNORI KAWANIWA (AXIS CHIBA)

PRETA / MASTER / LEVE

1.ALEXANDRE OGAWA (ROCHA TOYOKAWA)
2.EVALDO SANTOS (DAMM FIGHT JAPAN )
3. ROGERIO CRISTO (ROCHA TOYOKAWA)
3.FUKUZUMI SHINSUKE (FUKUZUMI JIU-JITSU)

PRETA / MASTER / MEDIO

1.OHTA ADEMIR (GRACIE BARRA FUJI)
2.DASILVA GILBERTO CAETANO(CARLOS TOYOTA)
3. EDSON LUIS MISSIO (ACAO JIU-JITSU)

PRETA / MASTER / MEIO-PESADO

1.VIEIRA REGINALDO SHIBUYA (EXTREME BARBOSA)
2.TANI TSUYOSHI (TANI TEAM)

PRETA / MASTER / SUPER-PESADO

1.CARIOCA CRISTIANO (CARIOCA JIU-JITSU)
2.KAMPHUIS STEPHEN (FABRICIO JIU-JITSU)
3.CARIOCA CRISTIANO BEZERRA (CARIOACA JIU-JITSU)

MARROM / FEMININO / PENA

1.SAYAKA SHIODA (AACC)
2.AKIKO NINOMIYA (NASCER DO SOL)

MARROM / ADULTO / GALO

1. ITO KEI (AXIS)
2. KOBAYASHI FUMIAKI (ALIVE)

MARROM / ADULTO / PLUMA

1 YUUICHIRO MIZUDAIRA (X-TREME ACADEMY KAWASAKI)
2. KITAMURA KIYOSHI (NOVA UNIAO JAPAN)
3.YUJI KURAGE (PARAESTRA-CHIBA)
TODOKORO MASAAKI (PARAESTRA GIFU)

MARROM / ADULTO / PENA

1. YOSHIDA YUTA (NOVA UNIAO JAPAN)
2. HIRATA RYU (TEAM LEGNUM)
3. TABATA SILVIO ROGERIO (PARAESTRA GIFU)
UEHATA TETSUO (TANI TEAM)

MARROM / ADULTO / LEVE

1. AKIRA HOSOWAKA (ALIVE)
2. KOYAMA YAKAYUKI (FUKUZUMI JIUJITSU)
3. MAKINO TARO (GRACIE BARRA NAGANO)
GUIYU MAEDA (EXTREME BARBOSA)

MARROM / ADULTO / MEIO-PESADO

1.YEOMANS PHILIP (AXIS)
2. WALEVEIN FERNANDO (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
3.TAKESHI MATSUMURA (BARBOSA JAPAN TOKYO)

MARROM / ADULTO / PESADO

1.TSUSHIMA FERNANDO (AXIS)
2.BUENO FELIPE (DRYSDALE JJ)
3. SYUSEI TAGAWA (FUKUZUMI JIU-JITSU)
LEME WILSON (TANI TEAM)

MARROM / ADULTO / PESADISSIMO

1. WANDERSON AMAKAWA (CARLOS TOYOTA)
2. MONMA GILBERTO (CARLOS TOYOTA)
3. MAORIMOTO TAKESHI (TEAM LEGNUM)

MARROM / ADULTO / ABSOLUTO

1.YEOMANS PHILIP (AXIS)
2.BUENO FELIPE (DRYSDALE JJ)
3. MONNMA GILEBERTO (CARLOS TOYOTA)
BASSO RODRIGO (OGAWA HEKINAN)

MARROM / MASTER / LEVE

1.MATSUOKA MARCIO TERERE
2.YUTAKA SENDA (TEAM LEGNUM)
3.SHIMIZO JOHNNY (TANI TEAM)
AZUMA YOSHIKAZU (TEAM LEGUNUM)

MARROM / MASTER / MEDIO

1. TAKIZAWA KEISUKE (KOWLOON BJJ)
2. BUENO FLAVIO (GRACIE BARRA YAMANASHI)
3. SASAHARA FILHO (GRACIE BARRA HUMAITA)

MARROM / MASTER / MEIO-PESADO

1. JASON ROEBIG (AXIS AUSTRALIA)
2. MITSUNAGA GERSON (TOKAI BRAZILIAN JIU-JISTU)
3. BASSO RODRIGO(OGAWA HEKINAN)
PRADO FERNANDO (GRACIE BARRA YAMANASHI)

MARROM / SENIOR / PLUMA

1.SHIGENORI SUSUKI (PUREBRED – ARENA)
2. KUNO TOMOHIRO (TANI TEAM)

MARROM / SENIOR / MEDIO

1. ITO HIEYUKI(TEAM LEGNUM)
2. MARCELO IWASAKI (GRACIE BARRA FUJI)
3. LOPES CHUMACERO (CUNHA JIU-JITSU TEAM)

ROXA / ADULTO / GALO

1. YOJI TSURUMAKI (AXIS)
2. KOUTAROU MATSUMOTO (GRIP JIU-JITSU TEAM)
3. LEE SANGSU (TRUST JIU-JITSU ACADEMY)

ROXA / ADULTO / PLUMA

1. YUTA KUWAHARA (ALIVE)
2. CHOI KYU HWAN (KOREA BJJ)
3. YOUICHI MURASE (AXIS)
JONATHAS SAKATA (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)

ROXA / ADULTO / PENA

1. RICARDO VICENTE YAGI (JAWS JIU-JITSU)
2. KENGO IKUTA (TRUST JIU-JITSU ACADEMY)
3. CARLOS KIMURA (TOKAI BJJ)
LEE HEE TAE (KOREA BJJ)

ROXA / ADULTO / LEVE

1. ROBERTO SATOSHI (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
2. MITSUHARU MIYAHARA (BUSHIDO JIU-JITSU)
3. YOSHIHIKO NAKAYAMA (JAWS JIU-JITSU)
HIDEAKI TAINAKA (TANI TEAM)

ROXA / ADULTO / MEDIO

1. LEANDRO KUSSANO (OGAWA HEKINAN)
2. HUDSON ALAN MOKI (ACAO JIU-JITSU)
3. HENRIQUE DOMINGUES (ACAO JIU-JITSU)
RENDERSON KURAHARA (TENSAI JIU-JITSU)

ROXA / ADULTO / MEIO-PESADO

1. RANGEL YAMAGUCHI (GRACIE BARRA FUJI)
2. ADRIANO MAGALHAES (ACAO JIU-JITSU)
3. RODRIGO FUJITA (DAMM FIGHT JAPAN)
FABIO SUGAWARA (INFIGHT JAPAN)

ROXA / ADULTO / SUPER-PESADO

1. ELIOT KELLY (BUSHIDO JIU-JITSU)
2. TETSUYA UCHIYAMA (JAWS JIU-JITSU)

ROXA / ADULTO / PESADISSIMO

1. YUJIRO NAKAMURA (GRACIE HUMAITA JAPAN)
2. PEDRO TOMIKAWA (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)
3. WELLINTON MANDUCO (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)

ROXA / ADULTO / ABSOLUTO

1. RANGEL YAMAGUCHI (GRACIE BARRA FUJI)
2. ELIOT KELLY (BUSHIDO JIU-JITSU)
3. FABIO SUGAWARA (INFIGHT JAPAN)
LEANDRO KUSSADO (OGAWA HEKINAN)

ROXA / MASTER / GALO

1. SHIGERU TAGUCHI (NOVA UNIAO JAPAN)
2. MAKOTO KAJIWARA (GRABAKA)

ROXA / MASTER / PLUMA

1. TAKEHITO KOIWA (PARAESTRA – CHIBA)
2. ADILSON FERREIRA (FIGHTING SPIRIT)
3. LEANDRO NUNOMURA (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)

ROXA / MASTER / PENA

1. CARLOS KAZUO KIHARA (GRACIE OCEANIA TEAM JAPAN)
2. SERGIO SAITO (GRACIE BARRA FUJI)
3. ANTONIO JOSE RAMOS DA SILVA (OGAWA HEKINAN)

ROXA / MASTER / LEVE

1. ITSUNARI MINAMI (TEAM LEGNUM)
2. FERNANDO FERREIRA (OGAWA HEKINAN)
3. EIJI AMANO (AXIS)
DOUGLAS SANTOS (ROCHA JIU-JITSU)

ROXA / MASTER / MEDIO

1. SYOUJI KATAGIRI (BUSHIDO JIU-JITSU)
2. MURILO MAEKAWA (TANI TEAM)
3. TAKASHI KITAKAWA (TANI TEAM)
KAZUSHI NAKAMURA (ICHIKEN TOYOHASHI BJJ)

ROXA / MASTER / MEIO-PESADO

1. HENRY STASIUKIEWICZ (AXIS)
2. WELSON MITSUAKI HAGUIHARA (PITBULL FEROZ – ANIMAL TEAM)

ROXA / MASTER / PESADO

1. MARCUS ABE (JAWS JIU-JITSU)
2. KENICHI HIROSE (DOJO MUGEN)
3. JAIR GOMES (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)

ROXA / SENIOR / PLUMA

1. TAKAYUKI SIMA (TEAM LEGNUM)
2. HIROYUKI ITAKURA (KO SHOOTO GYM)
3. EISAKU KAWAMURA (PARAESTRA –CHIBA)

ROXA / SENIOR / PENA

1. KAZUYUKI KONDO (GRACIE BARRA YAMANASHI)
2. KOUITI KAMITANIDA (NEWAZA WORLD – SAKURAJIMA)
3. KOUICHI MATSUO (GRABAKA)

ROXA / SENIOR / LEVE

1. ALESSANDRO NAGAISHI (AXIS SAITAMA – TC)
2. MARCIO NAKAMURA (SHONAN BJJ)
3. KOJI NISHIMOTO (SHIMADA JIU-JITSU)

ROXA / SENIOR / MEDIO

1. THOMAS SCHINAMAN (AXIS)
2. FUMIHIRO NAGAO (PARAESTRA – GIFU)
3. ORESTES KOTONA (GRACIE HUMAITA JAPAN)
YUICHI NAGAHAMA (RED SHARK)

ROXA / FEMININO / PENA

1. JOSEFINA VIEIRA (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)
2. KIM JUNG HEE (KOREA BJJ)

AZUL / ADULTO / ABSOLUTO

1. FAISAL AL KITBI (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
2. SINNOSUKE TANAKA (AXIS ICHINOMIYA)
3. EDUARDO SAKAMOTO (TOKAI BJJ)
ALAN YAMANIHA (TOKAI BJJ)

AZUL / ADULTO / GALO

1. SHUN KINOSHITA (TEAM BARBOSA JAPAN)
2. TETSUHITO MAENOSONO (ALIVE)
3. ADRIANO CORREIA (BLACK BELT JIU-JITSU)
HIROSHI OCHIDA (AXIS CHIBA)

AZUL / ADULTO / PLUMA

1. ALAN YAMANIHA (TOKAI BJJ)
2. TAREQ AL KITBI (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
3. YOSHIHISA SUZUKI (GAKUNANJIUKU)
YUKI KUSHIDA (AXIS)

AZUL / ADULTO / PENA

1. MOHAMAD NASSER AL QUBAISI (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
2. SHINJI MAEGUTI (NASCER DO SOL)
3. KOUTARO NORO (NEX)
MASAHIRO SAWAZAKI (AXIS)

AZUL / ADULTO / LEVE

1. KYOSUKE YOKOYAMA (AXIS YOKOHAMA)
2. ELTON HOSHIHARA (SHONAN BJJ)
3. MASAZUMI MIYABE (NASCER DO SOL)
YOSHIHIRO HIRAMA (ALIVE)

AZUL / ADULTO / MEDIO

1. ANDERSON TAKAHASHI (ROCHA TOYOKAWA)
2. SHINICHI HAYAHI (AXIS CHIBA)
3. JULIO CESAR CHIKAMI (BUSHIDO JIU-JITSU)
YUKI HIROTA (BARBOSA JAPAN TOKYO)

AZUL / ADULTO / MEIO – PESADO

1. HIROTAKA MATSUNAMI (TEAM LEGNUM)
2. ANDERSON SATO (KBT TIGERS JIU-JITSU)
3. ALI AL MENHALI (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
RI HYONGGI (ALIVE)

AZUL / ADULTO / PESADO

1. FAISAL AL KITBI (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM )
2. LUCAS TANI (EXTREME BARBOSA)
3. EDUARDO SAKAMOTO (TOKAI BJJ)

AZUL / ADULTO / PESADISSIMO

1. RENATO HAYASHI (TANI TEAM)
2. AL MENHALI MOHAMAD (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
3. KENICHI NIWA (GRACIE OCEANIA JAPAN KOMONO)

AZUL / MASTER / PLUMA

1. KOJI HIKOSAKA (ICHIKEN TOYOHASHI BJJ)
2. KOUJI OKUBO (ALIVE)
3. KAZUTO KANEKO (TRIAL AND ERROR)
HIROKI OWA (AXIS CHIBA)

AZUL / MASTER / PENA

1. AKIRA HIGUCHI (NASCER DO SOL)
2. HIROKUNI ITO (ACAO JIU-JITSU)
3. FUMIO INABA (AXIS YOKOHAMA)

AZUL / MASTER / LEVE

1. HIROMICHI ISHIKAWA (UNPLUGGED KOKUBUNJI)
2. YOSHITAKA YAMAZAKI (RED SHARK)
3. AKIRA HARA (TEAM LEGNUM)
TAKASHI MURATA (AXIS)

AZUL / MASTER / MEDIO

1. GILSOMAR HIGA (TANI TEAM)
2. YASUYUKI SATOKAWA (KO SHOOTO GYM)
3. ATSUNORI ADACHI (GRAPPLING SHOOT BOXERS)
EDIVALDO DOS SANTOS (JAWS JIU-JITSU)

AZUL / MASTER / MEIO-PESADO

1. JOSE SANTOS (PITBULL FEROZ-ANIMAL TEAM)
2. TETSUYA SAKAI (PUREBRED – KYOTO)
3. ANTHONY CROWE (INFIGHT JAPAN)

AZUL / MASTER / PESADISSIMO

1. SINNOSUKE TANAKA (AXIS ICHINOMIYA)
2. HELENTON MATSUBARA (TOKAI BJJ)

AZUL / SENIOR / GALO

1. TAKESHI SANBE (GRABAKA)
2. KOJI HATTORI (CUNHA JIU-JITSU TEAM)
3. MITSUOMI TANAKA (KO SHOOTO GYM)

AZUL / SENIOR / PLUMA

1. RICHARD CERRUTO (AXIS)
2. RYOSUKE OSHIMA (TRIAL AND ERROR)
3. YUKIO KOBAYASHI (AXIS GUNMA)
NOBUO TAKENAKA (TEAM LEGNUM)

AZUL / SENIOR / PENA

1. SHINICHIRO NAGATOMO (AXIS YOKOHAMA)
2. MINORU YAMADA (AXIS)

AZUL / SENIOR / LEVE

1. RYOJIRO SANO (AXIS YOKOHAMA)
2. HIDEKI YUDAN (AXIS)
3. TATSUYA TAKAHASHI (TRIAL AND ERROR)
WILSON KIKU (GRACIE BARRA YAMANASHI)

AZUL / SENIOR / MEDIO

1. CRITHIANO KAWAMURA (GRACIE BARRA FUJI)
2. EDSON DA SILVA GRIGOLETTO (TOKAI BJJ)
3. KOUTAROU NIIZEKI (AXIS YOKOHAMA)
KATSUYOSHI FUJII (FUKUZUMI JIU-JITSU)

AZUL / SENIOR / MEIO-PESADO

1. KAZUHIKO KAWAGUCHI (NEX)
2. RICARDO IZUMI (INFIGHT JAPAN)

AZUL / FEMININO / GALO

1. KAREN MELILLI (CUNHA JIU-JITSU TEAM)
2. LAURA TRAN (STRIKING GYM ARES)

AZUL / FEMININO / PLUMA

1. KAYO UEDA (AXIS CHIBA)
2. FUMIKA FUKUZUMI (FUKUZUMI JIU-JITSU)

AZUL / FEMININO / PENA

1. RIKAKO YUASA (POGONA CLUB GYM)
2. AYAKA HAMASAKI (AACC)
3. ISABELLE SOUZA (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)
SHIRLEINE TAKAKI (OGAWA HEKINAN)

AZUL / FEMININO / LEVE

1. KINUKA SASAKI (ALIVE)
2. CARLA MATSUMOTO (DE LA RIVA JAPAN)

AZUL / FEMININO / PESADO

1. VANESSA SAIKI (ALIVE)
2. NAIARA OLIVEIRA SHIGUEURA (TANI TEAM)

AZUL / FEMININO / ABSOLUTO

1. KINUKA SASAKI (ALIVE)
2. KAYO UEDA (AXIS CHIBA)

BRANCA / ADULTO / ABSOLUTO

1. RYOHI ARAI (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
2. HIDEKI SEKINE (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
3. FANF HONG YA (ALAVANCA)
EDSON SAIKI (GRACIE BARRA YAMANASHI)

BRANCA / ADULTO / GALO

1. KANAME MORI (NASCER DO SOL)
2. PHILIPE SANTOS (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)
3. CAIQUE YAMASHITA (JAWS JIU-JITSU)
TADAYUKI HIROSUE (KO SHOOTO GYM)

BRANCA / ADULTO / PLUMA

1. BRUNO PRADO (EXTREME BARBOSA)
2. TOSHINOBU SHIOYA (NASCER DO SOL)
3. FABIO NAGAI (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
ISSAMY TOMIMATSU (INFIGHT JAPAN)

BRANCA / ADULTO / PENA

1. TAKUJI KOBAYASHI (NEW GROUND)
2. KAZUHITO NISHIMURA (RB ACADEMY)
3. HIROYUKI HARA (NASCER DO SOL)
TSUYOSHI MORIKAGE (GAKUNANJIUKU)

BRANCA / ADULTO / LEVE

1. HIDEKI KISIMOTO (TEAM LEGNUM)
2. SHUNSUKE NAKAYAMA (NASCER DO SOL)
3. MARCELO ARAKI (EXTREME BARBOSA)
RODRIGO MARTINS (ROCHA – OKAZAKI)

BRANCA / ADULTO / MEDIO

1. DANILO MIYAZAKI (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
2. MASATO FUKUI (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)
3. KENSUKE SAITOU (FUKUZUMI JIU-JITSU)
MASAO SHIMIZU (ALIVE)

BRANCA / ADULTO / MEIO-PESADO

1. KAZUFUMI KIMURA (GRAPPLING SHOOT BOXERS)
2. AL NEAIMI FAHAD (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
3. RYOHEI ARAI (BONSAI JIU-JITSU JAPAN)

BRANCA / ADULTO / PESADO

1. CARLOS YOSHITAKA (SHONAN BJJ)
2. RAFAEL LIMA GUIMARAES (EXTREME BARBOSA)
3. GIOVANI SAGA DOS SANTOS (TANI TEAM)
TATSUO NAKAYAMA (NOVA UNIAO JAPAN)

BRANCA / ADULTO / SUPER-PESADO

1. FAISAL AHMED (EMIRATES BJJ TEAM)
2. MARCOS IGUCHI (PITBULL FEROZ-ANIMAL TEAM)

BRANCA / ADULTO / PESADISSIMO

1. ISAIAS ROMAO (GRACIE BARRA YAMANASHI)
2. GLAUCO WILLIAN (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)
3. THIAGO HORIKAWA (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)

BRANCA / MASTER / GALO

1. TERUAKI NANAMI (RED SHARK)
2. TETSUO MORI (NEX)

BRANCA / MASTER / PLUMA

1. MICHEL NISHIHARA (DE LA RIVA JAPAN)
2. LUCIANO KONIMI (SHONAN BJJ)
3. KAZUYOSHI KURAMOCHI (KO SHOOTO GYM)
MANABU TANAKA (NASCER DO SOL)

BRANCA / MASTER / PENA

1. ANDERSON SAITO (SEKITANI GOLD TEAM)
2. TAKASHI KUWABARA (SHONAN BJJ)
3. KAZUHUMI SUZUKI (KO SHOOTO GYM)
DIONES MORISAWA (STRIKING GYM ARES)

BRANCA / MASTER / LEVE

1. DAIGORO SHIINO (SHIMADA JIU-JITSU)
2. YUUTETSU ISHIKAWA (SHONAN BJJ)
3. TARCISIO FERREIRA (ROCHA JIU-JITSU)

BRANCA / MASTER / MEDIO

1. HUMBERTO POVOA (EXTREME BARBOSA)
2. GERARD WILLIAM (BLACK BELT JIU-JITSU)
3. OTAVIO KOBAYAKAWA (TENSAI JIU-JITSU)

BRANCA / MASTER / MEIO-PESADO

1. FERNANDO HIRANO (TOKAI BJJ)
2. ALESSANDRO MORINO (AXIS SAITAMA-TC)
3. SHOJI HARADA (TRSUT JIU-JITSU)

BRANCA / SENIOR / PLUMA

1. YUSHIN TAKEUCHI (AXIS CHIBA)
2. MITSUKI NAGATA (BUSHIDO JIU-JITSU)
3. JUNICHIRO HONJO (NEX)

BRANCA / SENIOR / PENA

1. DILSON SILVA (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)
2. KITANI YOSHINOBU (ROCHA TOYOKAWA)
3. TAKESHI ANDO (TEAM LEGUNUM)

BRANCA / SENIOR / LEVE

1. KAZUKI TAKAOKA (GRACIE HUMAITA JAPAN)
2. CELSO YOSHIDA (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)
3. KAZUO YASUNAGA (AXIS SAITAMA-TC)

BRANCA / SENIOR / MEDIO

1. FANF HONG YA (ALAVANCA)
2. LANDOSTENO VALGAS (TOKAI BJJ)

BRANCA / SENIOR / MEIO-PESADO

1. MARCIO ZANCHIN (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)
2. JUNIOR MEDEIROS (CARLOS TOYOTA BJJ)

BRANCA / SENIOR / PESADISSIMO

1. MARCOS OSHIRO (TOKAI BJJ)
2. MATUO TOKUYAMA (TANI TEAM)

BRANCA / FEMININO / PLUMA

1. NAMI MATSUMURA (RB ACADEMY)
2. YUKA IWAMA (FUKUZUMI JIU-JITSU)
3. ANDREA HOSOE (OGAWA HEKINAN)

BRANCA / FEMININO / PENA

1. KAROL ROSSI (GRACIE BARRA AICHI)
2. LUANA NISHIOKA (AXIS)
3. ASUKA NIIHEI (AZ SUIDOBASHI)

BRANCA / FEMININO / LEVE

1. KATIA KANASHIRO (EXTREME BARBOSA)
2. VANESSA TAWARA (OGAWA HEKINAN)
3. NORIKO HARADA (SAKADO TC)

BRANCA / FEMININO / MEDIO

1. KANAKO MORI (GRAPPLING SHOOT BOXERS)
2. CRISTIANE MAKIYAMA (OGAWA HEKINAN)

BRANCA / FEMININO / ABSOLUTO

1. CRISTIANE MAKIYAMA (OGAWA HEKINAN)
2. VANESSA TAWARA (OGAWA HEKINAN)
3. LUANA NISHIOKA (AXIS)
NORIKO HARADA (SAKADO TC)

Tonight Garth went over a high double leg takedown. First step is to change your level while keeping a quality athletic stance and good posture.

Next comes your penetration step. The key is to fire out with you lead foot while keeping the same level, no raise or drop. Then grab behind the knees.
 
Now you need [...]