In 2006, Josh (10P Sunshine) and I met in LA to check out what Eddie Bravo was all about, as I was amazed at what I saw from the footage of ADCC 2003 against Royler. I had to know if this system was real. I needed to see for myself what 10th Planet JJ was all about. In the flesh!
I never forget the feeling when I saw Eddies TWISTER dvd and listening to his commentary of his career at that point gave me a feeling of what kind of a person Eddie was. Would he accept me? Could I cut it? Did Josh and I have what it took to survive and be accepted by Eddie and the savages at HQ? Well, we got slaughtered that first week and we were smiling all the way through it.We both knew we found something really unique and Eddie was as cool as fuck!
So we met there and trained at the Bomb squad in its last week of existence before Eddie moved to Legends gym (Labrea and Hollywood). We were blown away and I have been back 10 times in 7 yrs and Josh has been back training with Eddie and the HQ killers 4 times. The rest is history!
I opened our affiliate when the OG's did and I believe we were number 7 in the original group of 11 or 12 at the time. Josh in 2011.
I look back now and see how far we have come and its incredible how we have infected so many great people, and I appreciate everything Master Eddie has done in leading us into a very exciting 10P future. The support I got from Josh was, and still is, amazing. Together we have been able to hold our own against the Jiu Jitsu grain in Oz and we are super proud of the fact that through our determination and belief in 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, we were able to overcome many obstacles and many dark times to get to where we are today. The work continues but as many of you moon heads know, there is lots more work to do.
I have had the privilege to teach over 30 seminars and hours and hours of privates around the country and infect as many players as possible. Why? Because I felt and still feel, that every Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school's no gi system should be 10th Planet JJ! I even exposed 10PL to the Carribean in 2010 on an Island called Curacao where I could see the Venezuelan mountains from the beach I was teaching rubberguard from. It was INSANE! I even made it on Curacao TV!
Since the 2006 birth of 10th Planet JJ Melbourne, we have attracted students from Tasmania (Jem and the crew), regional Victoria ( Jason Faren and the shepparton crew)
South Australia (Matthew Grub and crew) Queensland ( Tiran Holmes Vypa MMA) and a whole bunch of some of the coolest homies you could ask for stretching from Sydney to Western Oz and from so many other areas of Australia. SUPPORT! Its a beautiful thing. And its available to everyone. If fact, I reckon the 10P4L family is the tightest group I've ever been involved with over my 35 yr career in the MA's.
In 2011, Eddie came to Melbourne in a show of support for the Melbourne affiliate and has returned each year since. How lucky are we! With Rob Bradley working his Jersey ass off on MTS and all the insane support from the 10WO moonhead association, EBR, Joe Rogan and Joey Coco Diaz offering so much love and support and from everyone I have met and trained with at LA 10P HQ, and from my brothers and sisters from around the planet, has been an honour.
So, there you have it Jem. A snap shot of the history of 10th Planet JJ in Australia.
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