I'm also here because of Frank Barca.
5 years back I was at a gym 'training' MMA when I came across Frank in an article for Aussie MMA magazine.
It was my first glimpse of the spider-web to arm bar transition.
Now I'd read BJJ tutorials before but the way Frank broke it down and seeing the system for the first time it jumped off the page at me and I knew it was special.
So that weekend I jumped in my car and drove the 2 hrs to his gym.
He gave me the basic lockdown path that first visit all the while saying "Eddie does this here..." And "Eddie likes to do this...", I had no idea who Eddie was!
Of course I well & truly do now, but I was there that day to train with Frank.
And even after a white belt Adam Gray triangled me 100 times in 3 mins I knew I'd found a home, an Instructor & someone I'm proud to call friend.
At this time I was in terrible shape (40kg overweight) and stinking up the gym and just struggling to do anything on the mats.
After that one visit though it was like night and day, I swept everyone with old school and even tapped some fools with just the lockdown!
I don't think there's a word for how happy I was, and I knew this system was legit.
After that I typed Eddie Bravo & 10th Planet into the YouTube search engine and a 10th Planet soldier was born!
I've accomplished a lot since I started under Frank, but I owe it all to him.
Even my work ethic of just keep working cones from his, watching how he's evolved over the past few years to the unbelievable knowledgable coach & mentor he is today.
He sets the benchmark for all 10th Planet warriors here in Oz and I look to his example to be the best ambassador I can be for our great Martial art.
So that's my long ass intro to 10P, and I think this just officially became the we love Frank Barca thread
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