What's the MA scene in your area?

[Brandon Mccaghren]

I don't post much on here out of hespect of not being a member of a moon. But going back to the original topic. Here in the Laporte county IN area our seen is dieing due our very own school closing doors to public! Now we still train but it's private invite only! I recently got promoted to Black Beltch and purchased my own mats and plan on opening a club but as of now outside of training with my original group I have guys come to my place or garage in poor mans terms! I'd love to have any of you guys to come roll with us. The group I have is very open minded and I'm a huge 10th planet fan and have mad hespect for all moon /hotbox heads for staying with it! I'd really like to get to the next seminar hosted at Indy or possibly chi. I've only made it once to Indy when master Eddy had one there back in early 2012 but didn't roll with nobody due to only being 3 weeks post ACL and miniscus replacement and crazy work hrs!

Josh, that's both an unfortunate situation and an amazing opportunity!

I am going to be teaching a seminar at 10th Planet Indy this summer. It would be my honor to have you come out and train with us for the weekend! I'm from Alabama so anytime I can get on the mats with a Black Belt I consider it a privilege! Who did you get your Black Belt from? How long have you been training, etc?

[Brandon Mccaghren]

I know that you love me man, as I do you. It took Bobby Rivers to tell me that I sucked though. I've never truly improved either because of injuries or unwillingness to insist upon it. I know that to get better I need quality instruction locally.

LOL, Bobby has a special way with words and relationships! He comes from a good place, though. You know that. He's passionate. He loves Jiu Jitsu.

I think you can get better out there in the middle of nowhere. A lot of us have done it. You gotta build your own training partners. You gotta want it more than anybody. You gotta compete like a mad man, even when you lose. Those losses are worth so much. I'm grateful for every single loss. They account for much more of my growth than every win combined.

And you have gotta get your diet and habits under control, friend. Seriously. Not plan on it. Do it.

Text me. We will work out a plan

[josh sullivan]

When you get the seminar lined up I'm there thanks! I got my BB January 1 this year under Master Bruce Weiler he is a 2nd degree BB under Prof. Bitta. I've been training since 2001 and only competed as a blue twice and a brown once. Got a few injuries when I got my brown belt and kinda got swamped in work and life so it took me a few yrs to achieve black! Again nothing but hespect for this system I'm hooked on it and would love to train with all yal! I'm telling ya when I started to check into the system my game changed for the better and it really throws off guys who are old school for enough time to advance to better positioning in most cases for me! But I'm forever learning new things as the game evolves! I'm in the works to get something together for place to train jiu jitsu in our area! Just wanted to say something on here incase anyone would want to hook up and roll.

[Eric Schuettenberg]

BJJ and MMA is huge in St. Louis and very competitive

Tyron Woodley - UFC fighter owns ATT Evolution

Kyle Watson - BJJ Black Belt and Ultimate fighter alum owns Watson Martial Arts

Rodrigo Vaghi - 4th Degree Black Belt under Rickson Gracie and the first Black Belt in St. Louis. My original bJJ instructor

Mike Rogers - BJJ Black Belt under Rodrigo Vaghi and owner of St. Charles MMA. Current students include UFC Fighters
Josh Sampo, Alp Ozkilic, and Lance Benoist as well as Strike force fighter Matt Ricehouse.

Brian Guidry - BJJ Black Belt under Rodrigo Vaghi

Steve Berger - Long time pro MMA Fighter and Three time UFC Veteran

John Menke - BJJ Black Belt Under Rodrigo Vaghi

Finneys kick boxing and MMA - Owned by Jessie finney with BJJ instruction from BJJ Black Belt and ADCC competitor Ezra Lennon
Finney also owns Matt Hughes old school the HIT Squad

JW Wright - 2nd degree BJJ Black Belt under Royler Gracie

Keith Robinson - BJJ Black Belt under Royler Gracie

Mike Rethmeyer - BJJ Black belt under Nova Uniao