10PJJ East Coast Camp:8 Man Winners S.Yockel(Rochester) & J.Doherty(Peterborough)

[David Rosado]

^Yes he was.

He can cut to 155? Crazy. Dude is yoked. He was very impressive and a class act.

Agree with coach. 10th planet guys ARE the coolest.

[Chris Herzog]

We had 46 people training on the mats at the start of day 2

This pic was well after peeps had to start leaving for flights and long road trips.

Such an awesome weekends, still charged from it.

[Conner MACHINE Gibbons]

Had One kick ass weekend !!!!!!!! But I have to say went away kinda bumming. It was awesome being around that much talent in the 10PJJ system, but went away depressed because I can't train like that all the time.

I train at a Gracie school so not alota 10th planet stuff going on there. I use it as much as I can, while doing open mat. Guys come to me to show them, when they see the stuff that works doing my rolls.(which is pretty scary in its self, because I suck !!!) There isn't a guy in our gym that doesn't use lock down or a twister side control at some point in most every roll they do because of it. I feel like I'm a crack dealer because we are always sneaking around talking about it and doing it when nobody is looking. I guess my point is makes it really rough to drill 10PJJ stuff like I should. The past 2 days showed me how much I am really missing out on.

The worst is, I saw some stuff the last 2 days, I really feel are game changers for me!!!! I feel like I want to totally rework how I compete. I have felt like this for a while. Like the things I do while I compete ( even though give me wins), don't feel like my path.
I walked out feeling like everything I saw the last to days was designed with me in mind. I was right thinking 10th planet was for me the first time I met Eddie a few years back. I feel like I have been pushed away from it by people around the last year or so. The ammo they use," Conner you don't need it look how many wins your racking up, just train hard with what we show you." I need to push back. I know this system is for me.

So what do I do ???? I started by bugging my dad the whole way home, to start getting me down as much as I can to train with coach Zog. But is that going to be enough? I really feel I want to start all over on my jitz game. So did I make a huge leap forward the last 2 days or a huge step back...... so confused my head is going to explode.lol

[Ben Gardner]

Awesome two days of training! Lots of new stuff to try. Can't wait to start trying it in the gym.

[Josh Passini]

Had One kick ass weekend !!!!!!!! But I have to say went away kinda bumming. It was awesome being around that much talent in the 10PJJ system, but went away depressed because I can't train like that all the time.

I train at a Gracie school so not alota 10th planet stuff going on there. I use it as much as I can, while doing open mat. Guys come to me to show them, when they see the stuff that works doing my rolls.(which is pretty scary in its self, because I suck !!!) There isn't a guy in our gym that doesn't use lock down or a twister side control at some point in most every roll they do because of it. I feel like I'm a crack dealer because we are always sneaking around talking about it and doing it when nobody is looking. I guess my point is makes it really rough to drill 10PJJ stuff like I should. The past 2 days showed me how much I am really missing out on.

The worst is, I saw some stuff the last 2 days, I really feel are game changers for me!!!! I feel like I want to totally rework how I compete. I have felt like this for a while. Like the things I do while I compete ( even though give me wins), don't feel like my path.
I walked out feeling like everything I saw the last to days was designed with me in mind. I was right thinking 10th planet was for me the first time I met Eddie a few years back. I feel like I have been pushed away from it by people around the last year or so. The ammo they use," Conner you don't need it look how many wins your racking up, just train hard with what we show you." I need to push back. I know this system is for me.

So what do I do ???? I started by bugging my dad the whole way home, to start getting me down as much as I can to train with coach Zog. But is that going to be enough? I really feel I want to start all over on my jitz game. So did I make a huge leap forward the last 2 days or a huge step back...... so confused my head is going to explode.lol

Train as much as you can with Zog, and see what happens. Youre young you have plenty of time to make a lot of things happen. Head up Conner.

[Sarkis Matossian]

(Sorry bout the old man comment in the finals lol)

No need to apologize for what I say myself on a daily basis; if I looked unhappy, it is only because I was looking across the mat at what was coming at me. Jeff demonstrated some great skills (considering that we was beating up on a senior citizen ;-) ) in all his matches. A well deserved victory.

I look forward to seeing you guys down here when you can. If I am lucky, perhaps I can come up to Peterborough the next time Rochester makes the trip.

[theweapon]

Awesome weekend!

[CHRI5 MA50N]

What an awesome freaking event! I had such a great time.

I want to thank all of the instructors who shared their knowledge with us.
I'd also like to thank everyone one came. What a great Jiu Jitsu family to be a part of. Just a giant room filled with cool people!
And thank you coach Herzog for having crazy ideas and making them happen!

I can't wait for the next one. Being a ronin, this was like finding a long lost family!

[Sarkis Matossian]

I have to admit, I went into this weekend assuming that there may be one or two really good instructors, and several mediocre ones. I say in all sincerity, I would not classify any instructor I saw this weekend and anything but really good; I was truly impressed.

I picked up at least one technique that I intend to add to my game plan from every instructor, and in several cases, entire series. I was also surprised and impressed that not only did they have some great Jiu Jitsu skills, but their coaching technique was top-notch also. You can definitely tell that all of these guys have been teaching for a while.

Thank you Coach Herzog for organizing this, and thank you to all of the instructors and students who made the pilgrimage to Rochester NY.

[Sarkis Matossian]

... this was like finding a long lost family!

... And wondering if they had forgotten to take their medication.