10th Planet @ Strikehard Grappling in Birmingham, AL

VIDEOS INCLUDED

Awesome day today. 10th Planet Decatur and 10th Planet Gulf Shores show up in droves and take the team title.

Tons of video footage. Lots of medals. Here's a few highlights (I'll let Sean post about his own guys; they looked great, too):

- Sam Davis - 1st Place in Advanced Absolute
- Manny Rocha - 1st Place in Teen Intermediate
- Clint Bender - 1st Place in Intermediate 205lbs
- Chris Burchell - 2nd in Intermediate 185lbs; 2nd in Blue Belt (Gi)
- Greyson Holmes - 2nd in Teen Intermediate
- Joe Stanford - 2nd in Adult Intermediate 170 lbs
- Seth Hill - 1st in Kids Beginner No Gi and 1st in Kids Beginner Gi

Sam Davis in Advanced Absolute. Match #1. Check out the squeeze on the RNC. Kid's an animal.

http://youtu.be/Q5YkgM9QDaI

Sam Davis vs Chase Gatlin from 10th Planet Gulf Shores. I think Chase beat everyone else he faced throughout the day. His guard is deadly, so we just tried to keep Sam away from the closed guard at all costs.

http://youtu.be/djQAxj867wI

Joe Stanford. Men's Intermediate. 170lbs. Match #1. Joe was unusually passive today. Turns out he was puking his guts out before the matches started, so it made sense after we found that out. :)

Joe's opponent here is deaf, and you can see Joe showing concern that he couldn't verbally tap at one point and releasing a very tight arm bar.

http://youtu.be/6qc4w-W-syA

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Awesome!!! Congrats everyone!!!

Joe Stanford vs Chase Gatlin in an all 10th Intermediate Final.

http://youtu.be/wbVLEJW3yDM

I will post some footage and pics just as soon as I can get home and put them on the Mac!! I had such a good time today and I hope all of us in AL can fight as a team more often. It felt..homey almost, to have so many of us. :-)

Beowulf in Intermediate No Gi. He took 2nd. Beowulf doesn't compete much so he is stepping outside his comfort zone here. I'm super proud of him. :)
http://youtu.be/wxsNjrH4L8E

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Originally Posted by Tori Applegate

I will post some footage and pics just as soon as I can get home and put them on the Mac!! I had such a good time today and I hope all of us in AL can fight as a team more often. It felt..homey almost, to have so many of us. :-)

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Yeah, it was great. I liked being there with everyone. It was great!

I was so impressed with Chase in every respect.

Sam Davis in another Absolute Match. Arm Drag to Back to RNC. REPS REPS REPS REPS REPS

http://youtu.be/t5PXjbK6jkE

Clint Bender in Intermediate 205 lbs. He was the State Champion wrestler this past year at 195lbs. This is his first tournament as a submission grappler. He took 1st :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ksGOnK90nlU

Manny Rocha takes 1st. Here's his first match with a NASTY Marcelo-style Guillotine.

http://youtu.be/AzWu6mBjLyU

Manny vs Greyson for 1st Place. Fun Match. Manny has been working on his passing and he did well here.

http://youtu.be/Gzg_FHUOnOA

Greyson with a win on points he rallied from behind to take it at the end. This was his first match ever. We're very proud of him :)

http://youtu.be/oftB4uCYAKk

Great job

Everyone lookin tight!

thanks, guys. we're really proud of the progress the team is making. more and more competitions are starting to pop up around here, which just refines us a little more each time.

awesome showing guys!

Good stuff guys!