Is there one in Phillipsburg? Anyone who could send me a private message about it I would love to know. Think there is a con man running around town here and I wanted to make sure.
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Is there one in Phillipsburg? Anyone who could send me a private message about it I would love to know. Think there is a con man running around town here and I wanted to make sure.
Post the name of the instuctor and school and we can let you know.
No official 10th Planet in Pburg, but there is a Gracie school I believe. 10th Planet Mt. Olive is working on affiliation though. :)
These con men are everywhere, they try so hard too. If only they'd devote compulsive lying time to drilling/rolling time.
Well its a long story but he's trying to get investers. He says his name is adam traver and the instructer is a guy named jessi. He claims to work personally for eddie bravo going around starting schools. I thought I was good friends with him till I noticed alot of different stories. He has been faking black eyes and injuries saying its from rolling. The sad thing is I really wanted to get into his school because of all these crap he talked. I would really enjoy doing this but now im kinda freaked out.
Hmmm.....
Bullshit. No one is going arounds starting schools with Eddie. Those that are interested in becoming affilated contact Eddie, and then work their asses off to get certified. Mt Olive is the only place in NJ working on thier affilation at this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paradis
I know this forum isn't for stuff like this but I wanted to know the truth. If it turns out he wasn't lying I don't want to tarnish anyones name. I just don't think that its good the way he throws the 10th planet name around if it turns out he is lying. So I appreciate the helps guys.
This forum is the perfect place for this. Distance your self form this guy asap! change your school on your settings!
I cant believe it this shit never ends.
I only put that when I signed up. I haven't joined a school yet although I want to. I live in pa and I wanted to join this so called pberg one. This guy is nuts. He threatened me in front of my pregnant wife. I called the police and they really didn't do anything but I wanted people to know and its just a mess. Lol I should write a book
Like I said thanks for the help guys. I really wish people didn't suck. Im going to find a school soon and get started. As for the guy well I hope karma gets him good.
Depending on where you are in PA, you could always check out renzograciepa.com. There are a couple of locations that might work for you. Rich Latta the head instructor is legit.
Wait..... What????Quote:
Originally Posted by Paradis
I live in easton. Ill check it out. I've always enjoyed rolling while I was in the army. I understand its alot more technical with you guys but I still enjoyed what I got to experiance in combatives
Im on my mobile so its kinda hard to get the big picture of what I was writing. I figure I owe you guys the whole story since I brought it up on your forumsQuote:
Originally Posted by Bill Keeling
Ok here's the whole story. Like I said I am sorry I brought this to your forums but I owe this much.
I first met adam traver(if that's even his name) in September. We worked together on and off for a few months and in november I started to become good friends with him. One night while working with him he started telling me about how he was good friends with eddie bravo and how eddie pays him to go every few months to start a 10th planet. He told me how he was working with this guy named jessi to start this school in phillipsburg. when I displayed interest in mma and jiu jitsu(spellling?) He lent me a book about it. I started hanging out with him more and more he kept telling me how he was one of the guys who made the cut for ultimate fighter6 and how they wouldn't let him on because his mom was sick. Around this time he started to show me a few moves which I actually learned while in the army and everytime I asked about getting in his class he gave me different reasons why he couldn't. I introduced him to my wife who is pregnant and I started to notice that he had some crazy tendencies like no matter how many times I hinted he had to leave he would stall and spent so much time playing my xbox. Now I was cool with that but he just was always at my house. Now he always flashed his money around and paid for things for me and my wife like no matter what he always tried to take us out to dinner because my money situation is tight. Around december he noticed I was prescribed xanax due to my issues from iraq. I made the mistake of letting him have some for his friend who he said got kicked out of the army and was suicidal. In january he came to me with some sob story about his friend again and I said I would give him like 3 but I don't believe in drugs or selling or giving them out so it was the last time. Now this time he told me a different story about his friend who all of a sudden had money and blah blah blah. I told him it was the last time and that was it. We hung out a few times more and then I noticed he was using some kind of black chalk to make it look like he had black eyes and made up all these rolling stories. I just kinda dismissed it even though I know that they weren't real. A few times I went with him to places that he said were places of his students and I noticed that he always parked far away and never invited me along. I let him borrow a kindle to show his mom one day like any friend would. After like a week I noticed he was dodging my calls. So I started asking around and I found out he was hitting people up asking for money using eddies name and 10th planet. Now I don't think anyone gave him money but who knows. This went on till about last night when he told me that my kindle was missing and he would pay me back and he wanted to know how much it cost. I called and asked my wife who was pretty pissed about it. I then told our mutual friend how mad she was and then I received a call from adam. He was like I was just kidding I have your kindle in my car. Well I then got off work and called and no answer. So I said screw it and went to abels house and adam was there and we all hung out for a few minutes. When I went to leave I asked adam for my kindle and he started going through his stuff and he couldn't find it so I got annoyed and said adam im done with the lies. I just want my stuff back give it to abel and don't contact me again. He then got in my face and threatened me to not only stop bitching but to give him more xanax for his friend who magically is a cop now and how he had a bottle of my meds with my name on it. I never gave him a bottle nor did I ever give him alot. I told him to fuck off and his cop friend could as well. He then peeled out and yelled how I was a dead man and he was keeping my kindle. I went home and started getting the strangest messages from him and he started threatening my wife and the baby and my bulldogs. So I told him he had an hour to give me my stuff back or it was gonna escalate. Long story short he showed up and my wife begged me not to go outside even tho he was texting me telling me he had the kindle and to come fight him for it. She went out and he started giving her crap and threw the kindle at her. At this point I was standing in the door and he bum rushed the door and he punched my door and started trying to get me to come outside. I was holding the phone on 911 with speaker phone and he kept threatening and they heard it. Once he realized I had the phone on he took off. Cops came and took my statment and that's it. Im not worried about myself but I do love my wife. That's when I came on here to ask you guys. I called every dojo in town and studio and no one has heard of him. He always talked about how his studio got 10th planet was sponsered and how they always got boxes and it was sent to the local tiger schulmans. I called them and they never heard or seen him before. He did give me a bunch of full contact fighter gear and some dvs sneakers. He said he used to live in iowa and he opened a 10th planet there. He always had a one upper story to tell. He claimed to be from inglewood cali and he said he used to spar with eddie under some gracie and just odd things. He claims to have been in a few mma tournaments and used to fight under the name crazy legs. He always had like ufc sparing gloves in his car and he wears mma board shorts like crazy. I really think this guy is unstable. He claims to have rolled with so many people. Says he could get us back stage passes to see joe rogan and its just crazy.
Sorry you guys had to read all that but its the truth. I really wish people weren't scum. I really do want to get into this sport not for money or glory but because since the army I haven't found something to feed my inner fire. Im glad I was to broke to invest in this guy and I really hate how he is using your guy's name like this. Thanks alot for reading gentlemen.
That's funny shit right there :)
Its funny. I am actually astonished at the amount of effort he has gone through.
I live in Warren County,NJ 15 minutes from P'Burg and there is not a 10th planet school anywhere in the area...... I am a loyal follower of Eddie and 10th and would love it if a school was open in NJ. looks like it NY to see Marcello till then now that Mount Olive is done.
That sucks about him threating your wife, at least you kept your cool and didnt go on some rage...
all in all, what a fuck that guy is.
Yeah he still keeps sending me messages and saying how once eddie and his boys get here they'll take care of me. Its really pathetic because even after I called him on his lying he continues
Now he is going to my mutual friend and showing him text message that I never sent and claiming that the guy he was talking to in front of my friend was eddie himself. This makes me sick that someone would go through all this just to keep up a facade.
Well since most of us here are Eddie's "boys". I think its safe to say your safe ;)
Yeah I really wasn't worried because most of the real people who practice Jiu Jitsu in my experiance and in all martial arts I guess, they wouldn't just go around beating people up for no reason. I am just kinda tired of all this highschool drama with friends leaving me messages and I am tired of this kid. Now that I have had a few days to sit back I actually have to admire his drive to prove his lies. I know that Eddie doesn't know this kid but its like I now have to prove that to friends and its just a mess. Fighting was all cool and fun but I have a kid on the way and I almost screwed my life up by being dumb when I got out of the army. Life is to short to just want to fight everyone. Of course it would have made me feel wonderful to crush that kid but what do I get out of it? Nothing. He is still going to be the same dumb ass after as he was before.
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This is the guy. In case any of you ever see him. Look at that black eye. You can see it running off right now.
LOL @ the eye make up. BTW looks like I may be doing a seminar in NJ in April, you should stop by and get a pic with one of "Eddie's boys" for facebook ;)
Nice! Where at in NJ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
Soon as its solidified I'll let you guys know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Allen
Shit ill buy you all a beer at the bar across the street from his house. Then we can go back to my place and you guys can fuck up my bulldog lunchbox. Pretty sure its impossible to beat him in grappling.
Ill def come by any seminar. I am gonna call that place you guys recommended this week.I haven't looked up where mount olive is from my place but I would love to get down on some stuff.
Cool! Can't wait for you to swing by Jersey again!
Update on the con man idiot saga.
Turns out the kid is just a meth head. Got the crap kicked out of him by some girl and yeah. End of the conman saga. Thanks for helping me out with this issue guys
Damn most meth heads hallucinate and see demons or angels, 10th planet is getting so strong meth heads are starting to see "Eddie and his boys"!
Well awhile back he asked me for methadone and i have never done drugs so he had to explain it to me. He said it was for some fighter named jon koppenhager? he said his boy was coming in and would pay big money for it. after explaining how there was no way in hell i would know anyone like that he kinda just dismissed it. anyways the cops came to my house asking if I had anything to do with beating him up. when talking to the detective who came out, comes to find out mr traver has done extensive rehabs for meth and abusing methadone. Anyways long story short someone i tipped off about this guy told his drug dealer that he narcced on him and he got the shit kicked out of him.