Training with Master "Broca"

Fridays workout was great, it was taken again by Master Broca.

Here's a bit more information about Walter "Broca" Jr:

• 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt & No-Gi World Champion
  
• BJJ Coach of UFC Light Heavy Weight Champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida

• 2x Black Belt Mundial World Champion
• 2x Black Belt Mundial Silver Medalist
• 2x Black Belt Brazilian Nationals Winner
• 6x North & North East Champion

No-Gi:

• 3x Brazilian Nationals Champion

MMA:

• Professional Record with 11 Wins
  ALL via Submission

It was a great class with some call warm up drills.Broca then taught 2 techniques, an escape from half guard and then using the same technique to set up am omopalata or gogopalata.
It was then on to an hour or so of rolling.
It was great to get to roll with Broca and to see how smoothly such a big guy moves. He weighes around 120kilos and was playing for some cool deep half guard sweeps, catching me repeatedly with one I could see he was working on, and most impressive of all to me was he used no strength at all. With such a big guy with such awesome technique he must be scary when he does use strength.
Master Broca was great to train with and I picked up a couple of great pointers from him and learnt some new drills. Ill hopefully get to train a bit more with him while he's around.
Ill try post some picks soon.
Micah

Helio Gracie Day

Helio Gracie Day – October 1

Helio Gracie, was born October 1, 1913. The Gracie Academy has created Helio Gracie Day which will be observed the first day of October every year, starting today, Thursday, October 1. All lessons taught on Helio Gracie Day will end with one minute of silence, so that all practitioners can reflect on the life and legacy of the Eternal Grand Master.
Even if you are not a member of a "Gracie" Academy, if you train Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, it's still worth remembering the Grand Master today and what a huge impact, wether directly or in-directly he had on so many of us.
Have a great day, train hard the Master may be watching!
Micah

Roger is 2X Absolute World Champion

Roger Gracie's the big name at the World Championship 2009.
With his win over Romulo Barral with a choke from the mount in the absolute black belt final, he wrote his name into the hall of two-time winners of Jiu-Jitsu's most prestigious category along with Amaury Bitetti (96 and 97), Rodrigo Comprido (99 and 2000), Márcio Pé de Pano (2002 and 2003), Ronaldo Jacaré (2004 and 2005) and Xande Ribeiro (2006 and 2008).
Roger had 9 fights and finished all 9 in the same fashion, pass,mount and choke. (gameplans? worthwhile?:-) )
There are 9 pictures identical to the one above, just each with a different opponent on the receiving end. It's also great to see what are generally considered "basics" being used against the best in the world. How often do you hear,"basics! basics!".

Marcelo Garcia was back on form and won the middle-weight division.
For more results go to www.ibjjf.org and check graciemag.com

2009 Worlds Have Begun!

The 2009 World Championships are on the go at the moment in the U.S. again, it appears the Championships new home.
The middle-weight division is stacked with incredible talent and will definately be the division to keep an eye on.
Some of the names in the 38 fighter bracket include: Mike Fowler, Kron Gracie, Lucas Leite (the guy who edged out Kron earlier this year on points in the finals), Edson Diniz, Regis Lebre and Marcelo Garcia!
Featherweight will also see "Cobrinha" stacked against Mario Reis and Rafael Mendes who beat him earlier in the Abu Dhabi World Pro Cup in a six-minute match, Cobrinha apparently cracked a smile. “So let’s see, with 10-minute matches, things are different. I’m going to turn on the turbines the whole ten minutes, without stopping.”
Xande Ribeiro defending open weight Champion is out due to injury.
There are going to be some awesome matches this weekend!
Micah