We brought a group of guys down to Destin Florida for the Emerald Coast Classic, a tournament that is put on by the Capitao gym run by black belt and Pan Am winner Danny Ruiz and Daniel Silva. That gym has kind of become a joking rival, they like poke fun at our 10th Planetness, we like to consistently prove them wrong. It really has become quite the relationship. Anyways, we had our youngest killer Blake Jordan competing for the first time. He's 17 and has been training only a couple months! He took 1st in the beginner Nogi. Bobby Rivers showed up again "as usual" taking silver in a combined blue/purple belt gi division and silver again in the advanced nogi division. I was competing for the first time in blue belt and managed to take 3rd in the gi. In nogi the intermediate division was combined with advanced, i won my first match and lost my 2nd. This tournament was definitely a really good learning experience. Don't show up 3 pounds heavy after having not eaten or drank anything in 18 hours, proceed to cut that 3 pounds wearing sweat suits in the Florida sun and then expect to feel good in the slightest bit. It apparently just doesn't work like that....either way here are the videos that my phone was able to record.
Blakes 1st match, I'm a bad camera man.
Blakes 2nd match. again I apologize.
Blakes 3rd Gold medal match
The only match I was able to get of Bobby's. Got some other footage on the way i'll post it when I can get it.
Blakes 1st match, I'm a bad camera man.
Blakes 2nd match. again I apologize.
Blakes 3rd Gold medal match
The only match I was able to get of Bobby's. Got some other footage on the way i'll post it when I can get it.
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