10th Planet Decatur NAGA Nashville 3-31-12

[Brian Beaumont AKA Thor]

Great work guys

[Chris Herzog]

James Lowery (no nickname yet, but maybe Mini-Zog would be appropriate?).

This is his first grappling match EVER. Hard to believe. He channeled the Spirit of Herzog on this one.

He practiced this EXACT sequence for weeks leading into NAGA. Gameplanning, hard work, and dedication pay off, kids.

Beautiful, great example of the use of the Clamp position!

Great work guys!

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Here's Joe Stanford AKA "Wonder Boy".

Adult Intermediate Match #1. (Intermediate is up to 5 years of grappling experience.)

Please keep in mind as you watch that Joe has only been training for 8 months

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Joe Stanford.

Match #2.

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Joe lost his 3rd Match on points to the Division champion. However, this is his 4th match for 3rd place.

Joe has asthma and was quite literally out of gas before this match even started. He found himself on the bottom of side control at the end, and still managed to dig deep and find the heart to come from behind and submit his opponent. This was my favorite match of the day, as it embodies the philosophy and the struggle of jiu jitsu as a whole

[Brandon Mccaghren]

And here are Joe's matches from Atlanta NAGA earlier this year. Sorry about just now getting these up. Kid is gonna be a super star, so I want to share them. He had 4 submissions and wiped out the men's intermediate division. He had only been training about 6 months at this time.

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Joe at Atlanta NAGA #2

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Joe at Atlanta NAGA #3

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Joe at Atlanta NAGA #4

[Brandon Mccaghren]

White Belt Joe tapping out an Alliance Blue Belt at NAGA Atlanta 2012.