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Roberto Is Doing It Again

2009 Grapplers Quest All-Star Pro Challenge Heavyweight FINALS battle between Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu and Vinicius "Pezao" Magalhaes on June 27th, 2009.

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 3 november 2009
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Update August, September, October

Despite feeling burned out I want to keep track of the last two months most important events in my training. So here are the highlights I didn’t write about at the time they happened.

 

In chronological order:

August: Visit at FightZone Malmö

 

I paid a visit to my old friend Stephan Seidl and his macho-boys... 

... and as always the pleasure was on my side....

 

I learned two techniques, a sweep from half guard and one from De LaRiva Guard. I also admired Stephan’s toys.

 

August 15th: Robson's and Viveca's wedding

 

My instructor married with Viveca. Beautiful couple, great wedding.

Casa de piatra!   

September 6th: Gothenburg Open

 

I messed up. I was supposed to compete in the -64 kg class but I missed the weight with 400grams. I was so dehydrated that I wasn’t able to lose the last grams. Therefore I just looked at other people fighting.

Then I ate a healthy lubch like everybody else :)

and a healthy dinner in the evening at home.

September 17th and 18th: Belt Exams

 

On Thursday Glenn, Calle and Johnny graduated to brown belt. Well deserved!

On Friday several people got their blue belts. Congratulations again for everybody.

September 19th: Kaisho Camp - Seminar Ricardo Carvalho and Alain Sailly

 

Time again for our own annual autumn camp. We had lots of fun with Ricardo Carvalho, Robson’s instructor from Brazil and Alain Sailly a jiu-jitsu master from France.

Amazing instructors, very pedagogic al presentation of techniques and very nice persons.

As usual I took pictures with the instructors

 Mauro, Glenn, Robson, myself and Ricardo

(Mauro is a BJJ black belt and a friend of Robson and he will be in Sweden for a longer time)

Me and Alain

September 29th: Cauliflower Ear

I had problems with one of my ears for a while and now it was time to do something about it.

I like my ears in their original shape so from now on I will have ear protection during training.

October 1st & 2nd: Seminar Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu

 

After ADCC in Barcelona and a seminar in Paris, Roberto came to visit us for a seminar. What a great guy he is an amazing instructor! I will try to write more about the seminar in a longer post.

Arriving to Helsingborg

ADCC medalist

No Gi Class 

 

Gi Class

Robson and Roberto

 Thank you Roberto!

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 21 oktober 2009
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Burned Out?

Since I came back from the States this summer I really didn’t feel like writing that much on the blog. Many times I thought “I need to write this, I need to write that, I need to put these pictures on the blog, I need to upload this video on Youtube”, but for some reason I don’t… Maybe I’m burned out.

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 20 oktober 2009
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What is Jiu Jitsu?

I just picked up this definition of Jiu Jitsu from Felipe Costa:

"It's just like computers and software, when you think you understood, they come up with a new technology"

 

He was quoting his friend Fernando Lopes, from Merida, Mexico.

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 29 september 2009
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Pressure... Anxiety...

I’m starting to feel some pressure… actually a lot of pressure. There are only a few days left before October. In October there will be two years since I started the blog and declared my goal – somewhere in-between October 2007 and the end of October 2009 I will compete in a BJJ competition in Brazil.

In the spring of this year I thought that I would reach my goal during the summer. I was planning to train in Rio for one month and to compete in Masters and Seniors. However I changed my plans and went to the States because I wanted to participate in a conference in LA. Of course I also trained for a month and I had great time learning from many people. Yet I did not reach my goal but I spent my money .

So now I’m sitting here with my anxiety after discovering that the Pan-American Championship will start on 22nd of October in Salvador, Bahia. It seems a little bit unrealistic to just decide so quickly to take this chance but it is not impossible. Actually, if I had the money right now, I would buy the tickets immediately.

Another alternative is to give myself a little more time and to compete in November in the South American Championship. It will give me some more time for preparation and to put together my budget. But according to my instructor Pan American is a more important competition.

Hmmmm………..

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 28 september 2009
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Learn Kung Fu & Ninjutsu From a Great Master

First he showed his S K I L L S on Jerry's show.

Then he produced his famous instructionals...

... and returned to Jerry to display his mastery one more time

And he means business!!!!!

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 21 september 2009
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Am I Turning Into a Fanatic?

For some days ago I was sitting on the train on my way to work. As usually I had my eyes closed and visualized some BJJ techniques. Suddenly I realized that BJJ is on my mind daily for several minutes at a time. I not only train almost daily but when I’m not training, working or spending time with my family I am thinking about BJJ and my training. I recognized the pattern from my teenage years when Karate was all I had in my head. So the next thing in my mind was the question: “Am I turning into a fanatic?” 

A fanatic is “a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.” Synonyms are “enthusiast, zealot, bigot, hothead, militant. Fanatic, zealot, militant, devotee refer to persons showing more than ordinary support for, adherence to, or interest in a cause, point of view, or activity. Fanatic and zealot both suggest excessive or overweening devotion to a cause or belief. Fanatic further implies unbalanced or obsessive behavior” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fanatic) 

According to Wikipedia, “Fanaticism is an emotion of being filled with excessive, uncritical zeal, particularly for an extreme religious or political cause or in some cases sports, or with an obsessive enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby. Philosopher George Santayana defines fanaticism as "redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim"[1]; according to Winston Churchill, "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject". By either description the fanatic displays very strict standards and little tolerance for contrary ideas or opinions.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanaticism) 

So, am I a fanatic or not? Well…. I am showing more than ordinary interest in BJJ and my behavior feels at time obsessive. However, my enthusiasm is not uncritical and I am not displaying little tolerance for people who are not training BJJ. 

I would rather call myself a BJJ enthusiast than a fanatic, but I kind of like the thought of being almost a fanatic when it comes to BJJ (am I becoming uncritical now?) so from now own, in my mind, I will give myself the nickname “El Fanático” .

 

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 14 september 2009
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Warming Up

 

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 2 september 2009
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Pretty Boys and Pregnant Men

They first show their beautiful and young bodies  ....

(Robson, Marcus, Glen)

... and then they show us that man can be pregnant too.

(Robson & Peter)

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 31 augusti 2009
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Training Like a Girl (Video)

Skrivet av Mr. So aka Charlie :) 21 augusti 2009
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This blogg is all about how I work to fulfil one of my dreams. Two years from now (October 2007 – October 2009) I will compete in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) competition in Brazil. It is not my dream to win the first prize (though it would be nice to do that) but just to be good enough so that I can compete in a Brazilian competition. I trained martial arts before and I am a black belt in Ashihara Karate but I am a beginner in BJJ. I am 35 years old now when I start this project, I have a family and a job and I’m not in my best shape right now (October 2007). This blogg will let you know how I manage all these aspects of my life and it will also keep me on track… I hope. If you want you can keep me company on my way to Brazil.

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As a human being I hover between playfulness and seriousness.   

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