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It was awesome having Soneca at our gym this weekend. He's a fireball, man. And a legend.
He was telling Me, Sam, and Bobby how when he was competing at 125 lbs he beat Allan Goes, Mario Sperry, and Royler Gracie all in the space of a week.
LEGEND
Super cool. So you roll with him Bmac? He legendary good or what? Very kind words. Very cool of him.
I didn't roll with him this time, no. But if you've seen the video of him dismantling Alan Belcher you can get a pretty good idea of how I would fare. HINT: not as well as Alan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Ray
I'm not a big fan of Alan belcher at all, but I do respect his skills. If that guy crushes belcher he's freakin amazing.. I've heard alot about Soneca, good and bad honestly (always good when hearing of his skills) He seems really cool too tho. Not many brazilians are cheering for Eddie. :) Cool stuff Bmac!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren
Awesome seminar, Soneca is an awesome teacher and super cool. His attention to detail really helped me take a lot away from the day.
I love Belcher. One of my favorite fighters, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Ray
Soneca told me he is still pulling for Royler. He said it was like a soccer match between USA and Brazil. He'd be a traitor to his country to pull for Eddie! He's pulling for Brazil. Kinda like how Eddie says he always cheers for the Mexican boxers :)
But he was very, very complimentary of Eddie's Jiu Jitsu. He kept talking about how well Eddie uses his feet as grips. He said since we are all 10th Planet students we should pay special attention to this skill of Eddie's and look to emulate it.
Sounds like a super cool guy, it's an honor to have a BJJ legend like him giving me props, I appreciate it tremendously :)
Man I would LOVE to see that roll. Bravo vs Soneca. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
I thought I'd heard in an interview Soneca sayin the usual stuff that Eddie is disrespectful etc. nice to see him personally set things straight :). The interviewer from before must have just said it because he was talkin to Royler lol
Haha that was pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing that.
Soneca is fuckin hilarious. He's pretty much a comedian who teaches sweeps and subs during his set. Any animosity he might of had is gone. Most of the old school Brazilian's just resented Eddie for his fame and success, which is a direct result of his skill, humor, charisma, and ability to instruct. I'm glad to see everything come to light. Mtrg, mtt, and 10pjj.com were huge for 10p blowin up as well. When I first started I didn't have a coach so I bought every book out there. All of the others I would say you have to be at least a solid blue to take much away from it. Eddies books straight made me a purple.
"Jean Jacque is my teacher and Jean Jacque is Eddies teacher. If I say he hasa bad jiu jitsu then I say i hava bad jiu jitsu"
Great seminar, great day of rolling, great food, great weekend, and a great big swollen fukn knee. LOL. Thanks Brandon!! LOL
Brandon did you get Soneca stoned before this?
I'm that guy in that south that gets instructors right. Brandon is too busy being responsible.
But I'm pretty sure Soneca is naturally stoned.
Brandons got a dose of karma on Sunday. Indianapolis is in good hands. Awesome meeting you and congrats on retirement!Quote:
Originally Posted by jaywatkins67
This was cool, too bad he's rooting for Royler
I think its awesome that he's rooting for Royler, while doing a seminar for straight 10p. Sure we pick sides, but jiu jitsu wins either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Dewitt Jr
Soneca like to fuck with me because I'm his "Crazy notso pretty friend". During the seminar he asked me "Are you my student or Eddie's?" I said I'm a proud Soneca purple belt. I sweep, pass, and control with a lot of Helio, but I sweep(more),pass, and always finish with 10p. That got me a "psshhh".
10p will always be my base, but I don't have a world champ or a legit bb to regularly train under. So I learn from everyone, and bring whatever works straight back to 10p. That's why we will thrive.