Thanks to Everyone at HQ for an Amazing week!
This was the first trip to HQ for P.J. Sysco and myself and it has been Awesome. The depth of knowledge and skill is obvious but we didn't expect everyone to be so incredibley nice and helpful. I'm very proud of P.J. he had nerves of steel and did great, Me not so much! On my first roll in front of the living superhero that is Eddie Bravo my nerves got the best of me and I had a Jason ""Mayhem" Miller moment adrenalie dump and my body would not do what the mind wanted it to do, I looked awful and felt worse, after class Eddie took time to tell me to relax and don't be so worried about getting tapped. I got caught in a heel hook by a really nice guy named Ryan later that night in front of Eddie but I felt much better about my roll. I did not have the adrenaline dump and I was able to relax a little, I was still nervous with Eddie watching and still got tapped but I felt much better about my roll by just taking Eddies advice. But it's not just Eddie that has been so helpful, Compella taught excellent classes, Brent Littell -rolled with me for awhile and happily answered all my questions - I think he also cracked my lower floating rib with his knee but it was worth it! Rick Marshal, richie and Geo Martinez, Nathan Orchard, Ralf A.K.A. Nazi # 3 & #7, Rob from New York and lots of other folks from all over the world we now call friends. We will definitly be planning more trips to HQ in the near future and appreciate everyone for making this a great experience.