What made you start with 10th Planet or make the switch?
If you started in gi heavy jiu jitsu, how was the transition?
Reading some threads on other forums and it is amazing to me how in 2014 there is still so much misunderstanding or faulty logic about no-gi jiu jitsu and the supposed necessity of training in the gi to become technical.
-Brendan
Rickson Gracie -> Aaron Briley -> me.
I should say that Renato Magno gave me my blue belt before I started training with Eddie who gave me my purple.
started in Pedro Sauer affiliate, transition was slow, and it just happened to me, as opposed to me choosing to make it happen. It was so slow that I barely noticed it happened. Not like one day I woke up and said, "I'm going all no-gi starting today". I do remember the video (2005?) that started me using the lockdown in the Gi and started me on the eventual 10p road. Because I was using lockdown in the Gi, the times when the gi was shed became easier and easier for me. P.S. I do wish I could find that vid again!
I started with 10th Planet in Peterborough under Stewart Landry and I am 10P4L.
I have much love and respect for our Gi affiliation as well, but I am in love with Jiu Jitsu because of 10th Planet.
Started 10th planet under Coach Herzog.
Sadly, since leaving Rochester, my training has fallen off so bad due to my refusal to wear the gi, limited no gi classes IN THE WHOLE DAMN STATE OF MASS, and work schedule conflicts.
I'm 10thP4L no matter what. I still train with my Empire shirt everywhere I train. But the rust build up is a bitch. Takes me 2 weeks to break the rust, but then I'm off for another 2 weeks due to work schedule conflicts. So I'm finally biting the bullet and taking gi classes JUST to get some training in.
Basically I'm a hypocrite because I preach any mat time is better than no mat time, but whenever I look at gi prices, I scoff, get annoyed, then procrastinate. I don't hate the gi. I just hate the gi for me.
I started with a small MMA club when I was living away from home for work. It was only for a couple of months, but it was all no gi and I was hooked. The instructor was a 10th Planet fan and taught basic lockdown and rubberguard from the book and DVD's. I was surprised when a google search popped up with 10th Planet Phoenix only 5 miles from my house! So technically I transitioned in, but I consider myself 10th Planet all the way.
I'm most likely going to end up somewhere in MA eventually and am not excited about the training options. It will either be Norwood or Worcester areas, or possibly Hartford, CT. We need some more east coast affiliates!Quote:
Originally Posted by David Rosado
I started at Carlos Machado's school in Dallas and just gravitated to no gi while there. There the emphasis was on "hips not grips" and understanding the concepts instead of purely memorizing the techniques. Also there it was actively encouraged to go to no gi classes. The icing on the cake though was the lack of any ego with no gi. If it worked, it stayed. Since then I have had to relocate to another part of the country, where I have not found the same openness to no gi but the more I have progressed on my jiu jitsu journey the more I have found that 10th planet works with or without the gi so I have kept adding more and more to my game. I agree that many schools are ignorant of no gi but they should not be.
Started with MMA gym, doing No Gi grappling. Switched to 10P about 3 years later.
Carlos Machado was the first BJJ guy I ever got to train with; went to a couple of his seminars. He's awesome. Lots of respect for that man.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Simmerman
10P only runs through my blood.
10P from the start with Denny Prokopos in SF. Was looking around for something to do to stay in shape when I got to SF and heard about bjj. I had never even heard of bjj up until that point. When I found out there was a sport that sounded like basically wrestling with submissions, I was extremely stoked. I had wrestled growing up and thought my chances at grappling and competing were done after school. I tried one class at a GI school before I found Denny's. Once I found no-gi and Denny's school, I was hooked.
started off learning 10P from the books whilst starting mma... changed to different gym and got "encouraged" not to play rubber guard "as it`ll wreck your knees"... now at bjj/grappling gym that is mainly gi and have been using rubber guard/10P in nogi classes..
Started off in an MMA gym run by a sambo coach and the student coach is one of the guys who recently joined the forum, Conor Garvey. He was a huge 10th planet fan and was already repping the system like a boss. He thought me all the basics and helped me keep an open minded style with jits. Fell in love with 10p and train little to no stand up these days cause that takes up precious jits time.
JKD grappling ---> Shamrock ---> 10th Planet Ronin/Herzog since 2005...
Still repping JKD grappling also
My Jiu Jitsu Journey started at school focused on traditional Gi Jiu Jitsu. I later transferred to a school that did both MMA, Gi and No-Gi. That is were I received my Purple Belt in BJJ.
I joined 10th Planet Costa Mesa several months ago. I have been interested in the 10th planet system since I started. I still train in the Gi, but my passion for No-Gi increases with every training session at 10th Planet Costa Mesa.
I've wanted to train Jiu Jitsu since I was little little. I live in a small town and there weren't any schools here most of my life. The few that opened up I couldnt afford the tuition or the gi. Then in January 2010 My brother came into town and brought me the MTR book. I was freaked cause I found out you don't need a gi for Jiu Jitsu. Plus Eddie was open minded and I respected his approach to Jiu Jitsu. The unorthodox style. I really liked the way everything had a name. I was able to study like I was taking the s.a.t.s haha. I couldn't get enough. I've trained with a lot of people since then. I fly the 10 flag anywhere I go! So going on 4 years now I've been a pure blood 10th Planet Ronin. I've never worn a gi but I'm open minded. I say gi or no gi Jiu jitsu is Jiu jitsu I'm just 10M4L!!!!!!
I started training at a MMA school three years ago. The instructor was a purple belt under Jacare in Atlanta, but we only trained no gi. I was training BJJ 4 times a week, but it was not enough for me. Most guys at the school were only interested in standup so the BJJ classes were small. After about 9 months of training there I started looking for another school in the area so I could get some extra training. I tried a few schools in Nashville and looked into other schools closer but I never felt comfortable at any of them. Luckily, one of my training partners suggested I go to Tenth Planet Decatur to try a class. When I looked for the number to call to get a hold of the instructor it led me to this site. The picture they have of Brandon Mccaghren makes him look like a 6'3 MMA gangbanger. I had no idea what Tenth Planet was at the time, but I decided to go up there and give it a shot. The first time I trained with Brandon he taught the Mouse trap from side control. When rolling started Brandon asked me for the first roll and he was doing things I had never seen before. I remember he hit me with a basic flower sweep from full guard to an arm bar. When we were done with class all I could think about was that 30 minute roll we had. I started training up there a few times a week for a while but that quickly turned into me training there full time. I have been training with Brandon for almost two years now and it has honestly been the best thing that ever happened to me. Brandon is my coach and mentor in BJJ, but more importantly he has become part of my family. I will always be thankful I decided to give Brandon a call.
I'm a brown belt in Bjj, started and still train with the Gi under Augusto Frota (a 2nd degree Black Belt under Antonio Rodrigo "minotauro" Nogueira). We train both Gi and NoGi in our Academy and for us it was always all jiu jitsu, doesn't matter with or without the Gi - this was never a topic in our academy, we trained always both and both every day, first jiu jitsu Gi class 1.5h than jiu jitsu No GI class 1.5h.
So it's kind natural for me to train NoGi, and the trainsition to the 10th planet system is not hard. Of course there are new or a little unorthodox positions, but it's not so hard to learn them, since Eddie is a very good teacher and goes deep into details in his instructions.
I still do both Gi and NoGi and applied as well lots of the 10th planet techniques in Gi matches, and it works fine, for example the rubber guard and all Spiderweb transitions and attacks work perfect in Gi matches.
i'm lucky enough to live right around the corner from empire and the zog man, so 10th planet is all i've ever known.
I must spread some reputation around before giving it to John Mejia again.
Sounds like you need the gi more than the gi needs you.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Rosado
Eddie taught me how to grapple.
If you wanna do it with or without the gi is up to you. Let's roll.
I'm originally from the Worcester, MA area. Before I joined 10th Planet SF after moving to the Bay area, I started my bjj training in MA at Team Link Worcester, which is run by Gabriel Gonzaga. they're predominantly a gi school and have a lot of high level, serious guys that train there. they used to only do no-gi on fridays, but with gonzaga making a comeback in the UFC this past year, maybe they're incorporating more no-gi to their schedule. if you end up in worcester, Team Link is definitely worth checking out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Campagnola
If you're in the norwood area, theres gracie barra in newton run by roberto maia, and i think joe lauzon has an academy not too far from there either.
either way, there definitely needs to be a 10th planet boston!
I've always been into martial arts, and jiu jitsu in particular. But, we never had any legit places to train in my area, and driving to Eugene, Portland or San Fran is quite the journey if you're really trying to progress in this sport. So, I was incredibly happy when the moon opened up in Grants Pass; I spent my very first day of training there and don't ever plan on ever leaving the 10P system.
I have been doing judo since is was 5 so 19 year
I went to an mma class and did my first bit of no gi and loved it after that I joined a carlson gracie bjj in kent but they didnt run a no gi class so I went to another mma club after a sit down with the coach I suggested we invest in 10p books now we only roll 10p I coach people I have the most history in grappling but we make the pilgrimage to 10p london as much as we can
now I am 10p4l
Started almost 20 years ago at Rickson's first school before life took me away from jiu jitsu. Even back then I hemember thinking "unless I'm fighting a guy in a suit jacket, how is this gonna work?". So being fortunate enough to be close to a strictly no-gi school is awesome. 10th Planet Springfield, Mike DeWitt and Brent Smith are now forced to claim me.
The transition was interesting. I forgot so much that it was almost like I was a complete noob and have essentially started over. I still get caught grabbing rash guards or shorts, though I'm breaking the habit.
I Started in 2011, went to this MMA gym in grants pass and wanted to do MMA. When i walked in the only class they had going was Jiu Jitsu so i said fuck it lets start here. The instructor was a beast, and i remember seeing him flying triangling fools at this small promotion called brass knuxs. After getting my ass kicked for 1 1/2 hrs i decided Fuck MMA im just going to do this. I started going to this class regularly before i moved and all i could remember was the instructors name, Nathan Orchard, and the old school 10 P Rashie. i moved to Portland for awhile and lerked on the fourm and studied MTS and Mastering the rubber guard, ddrilling with my buddy in my living room. I moved back to GP and met back up with Orchard and followed him around learning the system until he moved to Portland. Once he left i didnt want to stop training, and i wanted to dedicate my life to the system and open a moon. So i traveled to SF to train with Denny, we talked about what i wanted to do in JJ and he told me about Hotboxs and such. After that trip i spent all of my time working on getting approved for a hotbox and reaching my goal of owning a moon. Long Story short i put in work got approved and i am grinding everyday trying to make 10P GP the best moon out there. I Owe everything to Denny Prokopos, Nathan Orchard and Eddie Bravo and i am proud to say i Started with 10th Planet.
10P4L
Damn thats a bad ass story! I didn't know you and Nathan went back that far!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew Alexander
Thanks, man!Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Skaff
I remember when you first came in Sam had a giant man crush on you because all you wanted to do was train all the time. Y'all were a match made in heaven.
And when we had the day classes back at Webster's and Sam was still in high school it would just be me and you rolling for 3 hours at a time.
Awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren
I started off with a bunch of guys who trained under a flavio behring black belt and then when i went to germany i found eddie and tenth planet and then found the at the time tenth planet hamburg and was hooked. I remember going home on the train after training, arms hanging cos i was soo tired and i just couldnt stop smiling. one of the best days of my life