Southeast Training Camp is OFFICIAL - <Oct 25-27> - Only $20 - 10th PLANET DECATUR

10th Planet Southeast Training Camp
Hosted by 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu and Bender's Gym in Decatur, AL
Address: 935 B Wimberly Dr SW Decatur, AL 35603

October 25-27, 2013

Only $20 for the whole weekend!!! Pay via PayPal to: brandon AT bendersgym DOT com

You must be a verified member of a 10th Planet Moon or Hotbox, OR a verified Pro Member of 10thPlanetJJ.com in order to attend.

This is a TRAINING CAMP, not a 3 Day Seminar. There will be instruction sessions, yes; but the thrust of the weekend will be helping to prepare our team members from all over the Southeast to raise their competition performance. The training sessions will be long and there will be lots of focused sparring and drilling.

The camp will be led by myself, Derek Stewart, Sean Applegate, and Bobby Rivers.

If you have any interest in bumping up your comp game, I really believe this will be a beneficial weekend for you.

I wanted to keep the price low so that there is as little barrier for entry as possible. We will even help provide free housing for the weekend to help save the costs of lodging that you would otherwise incur. There's absolutely no reason for you not to come! If you would like to take advantage of the housing for the weekend, please email brandon AT bendersgym DOT com and I will get it arranged for you. If you have not paid for the camp yet, please don't contact me about free lodging :)

Any other questions should be posted here for the benefit of any other potential participants.

CONFIRMED ATTENDEES:

1. Sam Davis (Purple - Decatur, AL)
2. Kevin Gibbs (Purple - San Francisco, CA)
3. John Behel (White - Decatur, AL)
4. Clint Bender (White - Decatur, AL)
5. Kadek Just (White - Fort Lauderdale, FL)
6. James Lowery (White - Decatur, AL)
7. Manny Rocha (White - Decatur, AL)
8. Jesse Baker (White - Decatur, AL)
9. Matt Skaff (Blue - Decatur, AL)
10. Larry Long (Blue - Tallahassee, FL)
11. Michael Bartlett (Blue - Cookeville, TN)
12. Dyana Lee-Daniel (White - Gulf Shores, AL)
13. Tori Applegate (White - Gulf Shores, AL)
14. Chris Burchell (Blue - Decatur, AL)
15. Carmen Torres (White - Decatur, AL)
16. Joe Stanford (Blue - Florence, AL)
17. Greyson Holmes (White - Florence, AL)
18. Donovan Creamer (White - Florence, AL)
19. Tony Garcia (White - Madisonville, TN)
20. Blake Coston (Blue - Mobile, AL)
21. Matt Robison (Blue - Douglasville, GA)
22. Logan Hutchins (Blue - Douglasville, GA)
23. Russ Neal (White - Gulf Shores, AL)
24. Josh McMurray (Blue - Decatur, AL)
25. Logan Marsh (Blue - Florence, AL)
26. Michael Ford (White - Cookeville, TN)
27. Chase Hannah (White - Gulf Shores, AL)
28. Chase Gatlin (Blue - Gulf Shores, AL)
29. Brandon Catlin (White - Gulf Shores, AL)
30. Trey Rushing (Blue - Gulf Shores, AL)
31. Matt Violette (White - Cookeville, TN)
32. Brady Herron (White - Cookeville, TN)
33. Brian Tupper (White - Cookeville, TN)
34. Cory Iske (White - Omaha, NE)
35. Sid Powers (White - Decatur, AL)
36. Lee Burrus (White - Decatur, AL)
37. Trey Holmes (White - Decatur, AL)
38. Eric Crain (Blue - Mobile, AL)
39. Cainan Osswald (White - Decatur, AL)
40. Cory Hill (Blue - Decatur, AL)
41. Jorge Solorzano (White - Decatur, AL)
42. Daniel Solorzano (White - Decatur, AL)
43. Josh Payne (White -Cookeville, TN)
44. Nathan Kelso (Blue - Spokane, WA)

I'm there! :)

Where can I pay this?

I'm only in if Bobby wears the thermals :-)

I'm down! How do I sign up for free housing? I had previously planned on sleeping in my car, a floor would be better though haha

You've nailed the spirit of what a training camp should be.

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Originally Posted by Logan Hutchins

I'm down! How do I sign up for free housing? I had previously planned on sleeping in my car, a floor would be better though haha

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I updated the original post with info on how to get in on the free lodging.

Sounds bad ass. Training camps rule :-)

Really excited for this! Time to put 10th Planet Alabama on the map!!

OK, so for those of you attending, what you you like to see covered over the course of the weekend?

And for those of you who have rolled/trained/watched me, what from my game would like me to teach specifically?

Just looking for ideas here :)

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Originally Posted by Tony "The Goods" Garcia

I'm only in if Bobby wears the thermals :-)

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Then we'll see you there.

A couple of things that we have in the works for the weekend already:

1. Sports/Competition Psychology sessions with Lonnie Jones. Lonnie is a private counselor and is also one of our Blue Belts, as well as being a very accomplished public speaker. This will be a keynote session with Q&A afterwards.

2. Muay Thai sessions with Ray Haizlip (one of our new striking coaches).

3. Wrestling takedowns and takedown defense with 3 Time State Champion Matt Watson.

Are we still going to have a tournament for the 40 people ?

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Are we still going to have a tournament for the 40 people ?

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I think so. Not an invitational like we've been doing at some of the other camps, though. We're not looking to crown a champion necessarily; we're looking to improve the competitors. So I was actually thinking of holding a sub-only tourney and a points tourney just to get the experience in for everyone.

Not really sure how I want to do this yet. I'm 100% open to suggestions, though.

That's sounds awesome. I'm in. Anything I can do to put myself under pressure. Tired of this competition anxiety. I'll be honest, prob. won't be good at the points tournie unless I get the sub, but I'm down to do it!

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Originally Posted by Tori Applegate

That's sounds awesome. I'm in. Anything I can do to put myself under pressure. Tired of this competition anxiety. I'll be honest, prob. won't be good at the points tournie unless I get the sub, but I'm down to do it!

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Becoming comfortable with the pressure and then learning to use it to your advantage is what we are after here.

I want to do the points tourney because that's what we have here. It drives me absolutely nuts when I hear people complain about losing in a points tournament and blaming the rule set. You knew what the rules were when you signed up. If you don't like the rules, that's perfectly acceptable; don't play. If we are gonna play in points tournies we should learn to navigate within the rule set in such a way that we have familiarity, comfortability, and even possibly an advantage over other organizations and their competitors.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

Becoming comfortable with the pressure and then learning to use it to your advantage is what we are after here.

I want to do the points tourney because that's what we have here. It drives me absolutely nuts when I hear people complain about losing in a points tournament and blaming the rule set. You knew what the rules were when you signed up. If you don't like the rules, that's perfectly acceptable; don't play. If we are gonna play in points tournies we should learn to navigate within the rule set in such a way that we have familiarity, comfortability, and even possibly an advantage over other organizations and their competitors.

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That is a great idea! There are schools around here who have students who only play for points. They won't even go for submissions but stall out if they are ahead by a takedown. I play a bottom heavy game so I need to rely on sweeps at the last minute for points if I am down and unable to get the sub. As much as we think points tournaments suck, it is what we are stuck with.

I understand we have to some what accept the points tournaments, but we really just have to up our game all around find our our tactics to use against stall artists, etc. That's why I'm so excited about this camp. But I really don't like the idea of winning by points, I'll be honest. I've won by points before and it's not the winning that I'm trying to achieve, it's submitting.

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Originally Posted by Tori Applegate

I understand we have to some what accept the points tournaments, but we really just have to up our game all around find our our tactics to use against stall artists, etc. That's why I'm so excited about this camp. But I really don't like the idea of winning by points, I'll be honest. I've won by points before and it's not the winning that I'm trying to achieve, it's submitting.

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I agree 100%. I wasn't trying to criticize you at all.

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Originally Posted by Amber Kamischke

That is a great idea! There are schools around here who have students who only play for points. They won't even go for submissions but stall out if they are ahead by a takedown. I play a bottom heavy game so I need to rely on sweeps at the last minute for points if I am down and unable to get the sub. As much as we think points tournaments suck, it is what we are stuck with.

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Amber, we would love to have y'all come down and spend the weekend with us!

I'm in! Trying to get it cleared with Skywalker's parents too. I'll send the money as soon as possible.

I'm whooping everybodies ass. By points. Sweep or pass, then stall. Aaaaall day.

You know what I call winning by points?

"Winning".

Bobby wins via points in this thread, by making 3 posts when he coulda made 1.

Nice strategy. You don't get nearly 3,000 posts without some effort.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

Amber, we would love to have y'all come down and spend the weekend with us!

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I'm going to try to fit it into my budget. The boyfriend and I have a 10 day train cation in LA planned for December and I need an extra $500 for his Christmas present (a very special private lesson). I really hope to come though!

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

Bobby wins via points in this thread, by making 3 posts when he coulda made 1.

Nice strategy. You don't get nearly 3,000 posts without some effort.

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Lol +1

You guys clearly lack the subtleties for dramatic effect via forum post. Sure I coulda '...' my way to imply the pause for your response, or just make another post. The pause is everything. Just look at one of the greatest actors of our time...

William Shatner.

and Christopher...

Walkin.

(I would also like to add that I typed these responses whilst doing my crude, yet effective impressions of the artists)

You misspelled...

Walken.

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You misspelled...

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Rumor has it Omaha's warriors may be coming through for this...

I like how you guys are holding it down in Al. Such a tight knit group and distance apart from eachother means nuthin! Props!!

+1

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Originally Posted by Louis Ho

You've nailed the spirit of what a training camp should be.

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Originally Posted by Slick Rick

I like how you guys are holding it down in Al. Such a tight knit group and distance apart from eachother means nuthin! Props!!

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:-) No fam like a 10P fam.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

Rumor has it Omaha's warriors may be coming through for this...

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Lol XD

What time is the training camp start??, I need to buy plane ticket