Spent the day at 10th Planet Rochester

[Shannon de Souza]

Took a day off in preparation for the NY State Grappling Championship. Made the drive from Toronto to Rochester and spent the entire day training with the team at 10th Planet Rochester. Gotta say that it's the most productive 8 hrs I've spent since the collective 4 minutes it took to father my 4 kids.

Coach Herzog is a grappling genius!! It was like taking a trip to a skilled car mechanic. I told him what was wrong with my game and he gave me the tools to fix it.

I was always taught that a good instructor won't find you - you have to find him.

Thanks so much for the help today Coach. Hope to make you proud on the weekend.

[Michael Sioda]

Amen brother - can you believe how lucky some people are to live in Rochester & get that training every day?

[Shannon de Souza]

I was just saying that to one of my training partners. The skill set that the students have as a base is scary. I'm rolling and holding my own with blues and purples locally. When I go to Rochester I'm struggling for positions with white belts!! BTW Mike you should try and keep a video log of your trip to all the different 10th Planet Moons u visit as part of your planned training tour. Or at the very least maybe film a 10 min private lesson with Mestre Laranja at HQ.

[HerbChao]

I was always taught that a good instructor won't find you - you have to find him.

Great quote~!~~~

[Brandon Woolsey]

Coach Herzog is amazing, anyone that is within driving distance of him and do not go are complete ra tards LOLZ!

[Chris Herzog]

Shannon you improve everytime I see you, keep up the hard work brotha. Thanks for the constant support, its amazing I have guys that complain that they have a 20 minute drive, when I've got others students that drive 45mins-2.5 hours to make it to class, you guys are the best! See you at the tournament on Saturday!

Wait til you guys see Shannon pull off his cartwheel pass in competition, like a flying Juggernaught!

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

Absolutely amazing! I was able to tap one of Herzog's white belts once. It turned out he was just signing up for his first class and he was 10 but hey. I'll count it lmfao.

[Shannon de Souza]

Thanks Coach. It's easy to get better when you're learning from the best!

[Jeremy Gates]

It was great to get to roll with you a little bit. Your cart wheel pass is wild. I've never had some one try that before against me. I had no idea how to stop it except hope your knee didn't bash my face in! See you Saturday

[Shannon de Souza]

Thanks Jeremy. Look forward to reppin' with the Roc Gang this weekend.