Pallaton Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students: Nesa & Daniella

So a couple of weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of coaching some of our students at the 8th AZ International Jiu-Jitsu Open.

This is Nesa in the white gi and her second tournament at white belt. 

 Unfortunately her division did not have anyone in it, but the organizers were able to arrange two exhibition matches for her to fight.  This meant that her first match was against a boy, a few pounds heavier then her.  However,

 victory by armbar!!!

She later went on to compete against another girl from a heavier division and beat her via armbar in 13 seconds, but sadly the photos cannot be found of that match.

This is Daniella, Nesa's younger sister in the white gi.  Also a white belt, but competing in her third tournament.  She only had one person in her division which resulted in them having to do the best two out of three.

 Working on opening the guard.

  

Working the pass!

  



A hard fought victory for Daniella, going 2-1 versus a strong opponent!

Where the heck have I been?

Simply put; training, working, training, coaching, training, competing, and training.  Oh yea, and I am back in college as well!  It has been a pretty busy year, not only personally, but also in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  

It is amazing that I logged on today and saw that my last posts on here were from my preparation for the World Master and Seniors World Championships from last fall (which I lost first round on account of being penalized for stalling)!  The neglect that I have shown this blog, with everything else that I have been working on so hard is pretty shaming.  So starting today, I hope to start anew and track training progress, post up some videos of the kids I coach competing, interview some great friends in the BJJ community that I think you should know about, and help spread the sport that I love.

Oss and here is to a new start on the blog!

Richard