Mission Accomplished!

This weekend Fabio Novaes BJJ took the NAGA Pan Ams by storm.

No seriously.  By storm.

This was far and away the biggest turn out we have had for a competition.

(We are missing four girls in this picture.)

We had more female competitors at this tournament then we had total for the Miami Open, most of them were competing for their first time, and every single one of our girls placed!  I am beyond proud of them, and not just because they all did well, but because they had the courage to get out there and do it.

This tournament was awesome.  Everyone who competed has been busting their asses for the past couple of months getting ready for it, and everyone had their hard work rewarded on the mat, not to mention the fact that because everyone pushed themselves so hard in their training, it benefited the team as a whole.  We are all better grapplers now then we would be if we didn't have this tournament to drive everyone forward.

Nicely done, Team Fabio Novaes!

   

And not to neglect the ever so slightly less pretty side of the team:

Thank you for all that you do Fabio and Roberta!!

Flula Borg, I blog you!

For those of you yet unaware of who Flula Borg is, let me inform you...  He is the best thing that has ever happened to the internet.  Yes, ever. 

I feel like he needs a small disclaimer though.  He is the type of awesome that only awesome people like.  If you don't find him to be hilarious it probably means that you are lame.  =)  You can correct said lameness by watching more Flula.  So really, it's win win.

It is hard to explain what Flula does, so I will just use his words, "My name is Flula.  Like a Ziploc Bag I have many purposes:  Musik, Video, MC, Novel writing, Basketball, and yes Adventures!"

 And now I will show you:  

SPC is my favorite.  Clearly.

And I want to thank my friend Jennifer for being a party pooper.  For if this was not the case, I would be among the sad ranks of people who have no idea who Flula is.  It is her party pooping that lead to the discovery of this gem:

I had the pleasure of meeting Flula this weekend.  He very randomly came to Lakeland for PariahCon, and like the weirdo I am, I went to the Con just to see Flula.  However, I met a ton of really nice super friendly people.  Thanks PariahCon!   


And not surprisingly, he is just as awesome in person as he is on the internet.


And now, pictures.

   Flula was super cool about my excessive picture taking.  

 Trying and failing to be hard.  You know, like I do.

My new phone, (that Flula very awesomely made my voicemail recording for) doesn't take great pictures of moving targets and I don't think Flula stood still for more than a few seconds, so sadly my pictures didn't come out that great.  I'll have to bring my camera next time.  

Kara and I with Flula post show.  

 I love how terrified Kara looks in this picture.  

These are my favorite shoes, and Flula managed to make them even more dope for me.  

And look!  It's Flula's ass!

And now, you know who Flula is.  You are totally welcome.  I am just sorry it took this long for you to find him.

http://www.youtube.com/djflula 

https://twitter.com/flula 

https://www.facebook.com/flulaborg

http://flulaborg.com/

 And now you may be asking yourself, does Flula beatbox like a triceratops...?
Are two bees in a bush worth five horses?

...Yes, the answer is yes he does.

"Martial arts competitor foils attempted carjacking"

Earlier I posted a link to an article about my friend Josh stopping a car jacker in his tracks.  The story made it to the 5 o'clock news tonight.

Check it out!

Martial arts competitor foils attempted carjacking

Do Jiu-Jitsu. Become a super hero.

True Story.


One of the guys I train with went from average guy to real life super hero this weekend.  Though, really the super hero was there all along, he just had a situation arise that required the super hero to make an appearance.

His name is Josh, but we call him Delilah.  Long story short... He made his son cut off all of his hair, leading up to a loss at a competition.

Anyhow, this weekend he stumbled across a car jacking in action.... and took action.  He rushed the would be car jacker, choked him out, and held him there until the police arrived.

It made the local paper.  You can check out the full story here:

Lakeland Man Witnesses Carjacking, Nabs Suspect