Pure 10th Planet Murderers?

Reading a lot of these forum posts about 10P not getting the respect it deserves or it's not a good system if someone doesn't do well in a tournament (as discussed, everyone doesn't do well in a tournament if there is only one 1st place). So I'm curious how many of our 10P warriors are "pure" (as in no previous BJJ, Judo, or any other art/sport affiliated with ground) 10P JJ players? I know Eddie's highlighted a few of our 10P Futures (Ant and Avery), are there any more? What's the highest ranking purebred and how have all our 10P purebreds been doing in competitions? Just to have an experiment to see how only learning 10P compares to having a BJJ background and then learning 10P. Because you'll also hear that any 10P warrior that does well has some sort of other background...blah blah blah...hate hate hate...envy envy envy...etc etc etc.

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Originally Posted by Gary Meek

Reading a lot of these forum posts about 10P not getting the respect it deserves or it's not a good system if someone doesn't do well in a tournament (as discussed, everyone doesn't do well in a tournament if there is only one 1st place). So I'm curious how many of our 10P warriors are "pure" (as in no previous BJJ, Judo, or any other art/sport affiliated with ground) 10P JJ players? I know Eddie's highlighted a few of our 10P Futures (Ant and Avery), are there any more? What's the highest ranking purebred and how have all our 10P purebreds been doing in competitions? Just to have an experiment to see how only learning 10P compares to having a BJJ background and then learning 10P. Because you'll also hear that any 10P warrior that does well has some sort of other background...blah blah blah...hate hate hate...envy envy envy...etc etc etc.

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This is a good question, I would like to know as well very interesting.

Tyler and myself are 10th Planet purebreds. We had absolutely no experience what so ever. Tyler does well in tourneys.:cool:

Tyler Woolsey is on the verge of 10th Planet Superstardom lol.He'll be one to watch for! Connor and Emir a also making giant strides in the game. These are all examples of our future :-)

In my mind, Ant Lopez is pure 10th Planet.

I am purebred. I never trained in a gi, never wrestled, never grappled in any way before the first day I walked on to Eddie's mats. Every day of my grappling training has been under Eddie and he has directly handed me my blue, purple and brown belts.

It's a source of immeasurable pride for me.

(I should mention that I FULLY endorse and encourage cross-training under different instructors and systems... this is by no means an indictment of that approach. I simply haven't, for one reason or another, ended up on that path)

I'm 100% pure 10th Planet, but I don't count as a competition success story. :(

Im a purebred, Ive never done anything other than 10th Planet. There arent many comps here so I rarely get to compete

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Originally Posted by David 'Lo Pan' Callaham

I am purebred. I never trained in a gi, never wrestled, never grappled in any way before the first day I walked on to Eddie's mats. Every day of my grappling training has been under Eddie and he has directly handed me my blue, purple and brown belts.

It's a source of immeasurable pride for me.

(I should mention that I FULLY endorse and encourage cross-training under different instructors and systems... this is by no means an indictment of that approach. I simply haven't, for one reason or another, ended up on that path)

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DAVE! congrats on the brown belt man i didn't know you got promoted thats fuckin awesome man

10th planet Spokane was my 1st real grappling experience. I've been training there for around 2 1/2 years. I have 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze metals. My last tournament was the northwest submission challenge and it was the 1st one that i didn't take home a metal. That being said it was a combination of my ignorance and a couple tough guys from Keith Owen's gym. I wasn't looking to sweep as much as I was looking to submit and it cost me. Rick if you see this i hope i get to have another match with you and Abbas at the grapplers quest.

Im a purebread. 10th planet spokane from the beginning.

I got into jiu-jitsui thanks to seeing Eddie's RG book and after flipping through it decided I liked the idea of no-gi. I don't get to study as much pure 10thpjj as I like too, but I'll make sure when I do finally get a tourney win I'll rep the system in one way or another! Remember the haters are what makes it fun :D

Does wrestling in high school count?

The Panda is purebred 10th Planet.

We started hotboxing with Pure 10th Planet Technique for months/years before joining a local Helio Soneca gym where we contined our hotboxin mixed with whatever they were teaching as well...respectfully of course. I don't feel qualified to label myself a "10th Planet Warrior" but have enough footage for you to decide for yourselves. Here's the top 3 members of our hotbox, Bobby Rivers, Blake Jordan and I. We've had some minor injuries but recovering for a tournament tear a little later on this year....get ready.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOVMawH8h8Y

I have around 10 pure breads at the gym that do well but all are white belts

I've never had any martial arts/wrestling experience before I started jiu jitsu. I started under Tait Fletcher doing 10th Planet, even though we weren't officially affiliated back then. I have trained gi and more traditional BJJ under Tait but the majority of our training has been 10th Planet the whole time. Not sure if that considers me a purebred or not.

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Originally Posted by Mike Dewitt Jr

Does wrestling in high school count?

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Wrestling is no-gi so you're pure bred no-gi :)

Tyler Woolsey, Ant and Tory Davila are all pure breds, and they are killin it :)

I'm from 10th Planet Spokane and i'm pure 10P!! I had a great year in competition last year, not so much this year though.

I am pure. Trained strictly off Eddie's books and the sight with no instruction for a couple years with who ever I could con on to the mats. Was fortunate enough to join a gym with a head instructor that promoted on results and performance. Won most tournies I entered and went from white to purp in nine months using strictly 10p. I drilled and studied my ass off before those nine months tho.

Oh, and I may or may not have actually killed a guy. With 10p. and some sort of decorative marble center-piece. Dont repeat that.

Im pure 10P, I wrestle also:)

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Originally Posted by bobby rivers

Oh, and I may or may not have actually killed a guy. With 10p. and some sort of decorative marble center-piece. Dont repeat that.

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It was Bobby, in the kitchen, with the marble candlestick!

http://rm7guy.co.uk/1144.Clue92Weapons.jpg

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Originally Posted by Enrique "Kiko"

It was Bobby, in the kitchen, with the marble candlestick!

http://rm7guy.co.uk/1144.Clue92Weapons.jpg

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hilarious... I think video games slowly melted away my clue, connect 4, guess who , and uno awareness abilities

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Originally Posted by JoshGriest

I'm from 10th Planet Spokane and i'm pure 10P!! I had a great year in competition last year, not so much this year though.

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Keep your head up and work hard, you're a stud. I've seen it.

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Originally Posted by Mike Dewitt Jr

Keep your head up and work hard, you're a stud. I've seen it.

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Thanks a lot man!! I'm definitely holding my head high, and I'm gonna work extra hard so i can have a better performance at gracie nationals this summer!