Blue Belt Promotion

[Gary Meek]

Zac and I just made contact...he's right between me and Indy! I think there's a ronin out near him somewhere that we're gonna try to get him in touch with in the meantime.

[Pat Campagnola]

Yeah, I see your point in that. I wouldn't want to promote someone on a first time meet either. You'd need to see them roll live a few times to see what they know. I did find a 10P 2.5 hrs from me though. So I don't have to drive 5 hrs to Chicago.

Go see Gary whenever you can! You won't be disappointed. I learned a ton from him during a short seminar.

[Gary Meek]

Go see Gary whenever you can! You won't be disappointed. I learned a ton from him during a short seminar.

Thanks brotha...how have you been?!

[Serge Bunimovich]

Stop by 10P O'Fallon as much as you can. You won't be disappointed. Awesome group of guys and straight killers on the mat.

[Pat Campagnola]

Thanks brotha...how have you been?!

Life is good. Grinding away and working on big plans for 2016!

[EddieHibbard]

Mastering all the warm up series is a good start. I trained 2.5 years, worked hard, lost 30lbs and rarely missed a mat session, demonstrated all of the warm ups from memory in front of a seminar full of people including Master Eddie. Got my blue in October. Not everyone's path is the same, but I felt pretty good about where I was when I got it.

[Gary Meek]

Mastering all the warm up series is a good start. I trained 2.5 years, worked hard, lost 30lbs and rarely missed a mat session, demonstrated all of the warm ups from memory in front of a seminar full of people including Master Eddie. Got my blue in October. Not everyone's path is the same, but I felt pretty good about where I was when I got it.

I was there for that...pretty epic to watch! Nice work!

[Zac Wilson]

Stop by 10P O'Fallon as much as you can. You won't be disappointed. Awesome group of guys and straight killers on the mat.

I did make it out to see Gary. I was able to sort of test myself against different skill levels. I'm not as bad off as I thought I was. I got a lot of great pointers from Gary and the guys. I have more of a path to follow now instead of just learning random techniques. So I'll drill here with my training partners and I'm planning to go to their open mat every other Saturday. It was totally worth my drive. I'd go more if I lived closer. I want to start chipping away to hotbox status but I think I have to be ranked for that first.

[Tim Mohatt]

Herb Chao- Yes. I was training gracie system before. went half way through the blue belt testing and switched to 10P. love it! now that's all we roll is 10P. I'm hooked. I'm going to NAGA Chicago in April. I might try to hit up 10P Chicago while I'm there.

I'd change that might to a will.

[David Rosado]

Contact an affiliate that is relatively close to you and take a road trip and ask them to evaluate you.

Do you need to be proficient in the warm ups to get to blue? Is that a strict standard, or does each instructor choose their own way of promoting?