Alex 4saken shows how to counter the omoplata by flying over and passing.
For all you 818 Valley heads, we also teach 10th Planet classes at:
Fitness Unlimited in Granada Hill. Devonshire and Balboa right next to the Mann Movie Theaters
Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:45-8:15. Come hollar at us if you’re interested. You can contact Alex at 213 247-3286 or you can hit me on an email. My contact is in the lower left hand column.
I was on TMZ’s Idiot Savant answering comic book questions. We were representing The New Chamber Of Comics on Roscoe and Woodman in Van Nuys. I even got a free TMZ hat and t-shirt for my troubles! Peep out the sweet wrestling poses and 10th Planet shout out.
The first person to tell me why his rubber guard sucks is the best #1 winner of all time. You know, Tae Kwon Do is really hot these days, I’m going to put up some youtube instructionals on how to do spinning back heel kicks next week. The week after that, I’ll be showing Krav Maga.
I’ve been getting a lot of interest recently about my pro wrestling back ground. Let me just give you a quick bio. I started to watch pro wrasslin’ as early as I can remember. Coming from hippy, pacifist parents, violence was frowned upon in my household. So, many times I would go my friend’s house or Grandma’s house to watch my favorite sports entertainers engage in the art of combat in the squared circle. After the show was over, it was off to practice the moves I’d learned from that installment of WWE’s Superstars of Wrestling. Underclass mates and little brothers of the neighborhood would feel the power as I applied such moves as The Camel Clutch, The Figure Four and The Abdominal Stretch. This was real world application at its finest. I was practicing the art of Jeet Kune Do as it applied to Wrestling. I would use the moves that worked, and throw out the ones that didn’t.
Fast forward 20 some odd years to now. I feel it is my duty to legitimize Sports Entertainment. My quest is to come up with a series highlighting the effectiveness of pro wrestling moves in Jiu Jitsu. I will bring back life into what has become a mundane world of sub grappling. No more boring Twisters, no more sleepy double bagger set ups. No, from now on it will be crowd pleasing “Sharp Shooters” and the power of “The Claw”
Here’s another video coming to you live and direct from 10th Planet Head Quarters Headquarters in Hollywood California. Eddie Bravo’s brown belts and heterosexual overachievers, Check Ur Oil and Coach Alder Hampel, demonstrate how to pass the half butterfly guard. Watch for a knee to the balls blooper on the 3rd demonstration. It’s sure to leave you in stitches!
After you watch the video you’ll probably have a few questions.
Q: “Are they really that tough?”
A: Yes, those sledge hammers and Loc’s sunglasses were NOT props. They came into the gym with those things in their possession. Those menacing scowls are the product of years of “street experience.”
Q: “Is CUO really the ladies choice?
A: Are you kidding me? Right now as your you read this he’s taking your mom out for a nice seafood dinner at Red Lobster
Q: “Where can I get some of that phat dope, fo’ shizzle 10th Planet Gear?”
A: www.Meleefightgear.com, duh dummy
Credits:
A Coach Alder “Smooth” Hampel Filmette
Starring Check “The Ladies Choice” Ur Oil
Cinematography by Karl “13 Years of Experience” Cutta
Original Music Karl Cutta MC f/ DJ Alder
*Sample taken from “DJ Alder + Karl Cutta: Live From Konkrete Jungle” 2002
I’ve gotten a lot of flack from hollywood types about our style of Jiu Jitsu. They say it’s not flashy enough, it’ll never work on the big screen. All I have to say to the haters is, have you seen this fight? This is the best example I could find of how 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu translates into film. I know when the time comes, Jorge Lucas will be phoning me to do the fight choreography for his next million dollar movie. Watch out “Red Belt”, be on your guard “Never Back Down,” we’re comin’.
Brent CUO began his jiu jitsu career with Ricardo “Rey” Diogo, a Carlson Gracie Black belt and team member. After three years of training with Rey and following a promotion to blue belt, Brent decided to shed the gi and started his training with Eddie “The Twister” Bravo. Under Eddie’s tutelage, Brent was promoted to purple belt and began teaching private lessons to beginners at tenth planet. During the following two years, Brent continued to work at tenth planet, and in September of 2006, he became a brown belt, receiving his belt from Eddie Bravo himself. Today, Brent still coaches for tenth planet at Legends Gym in Hollywood and hopes to get his black belt soon.
As far as teaching is concerned, Brent has experience far beyond the gym and the mats, experience that he believes allows him to convey jiu jitsu technique at the highest level. In addition to having an undergraduate degree in religion, Brent also has a Masters degree in Applied Psychology. He has worked as a school teacher to special needs children and, today, works as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Through working in both of these fields, Brent believes that he has a unique understanding how to package information in an easily digestible manner, helping every beginner become proficient in brazilian jiu jitsu at an accelerated pace.
If you would like to contact Brent for private lessons, you can reach him at checkuroil (at) hotmail.com. His specialties include the half guard, rubber guard, and the d’arce (brabo) choke.
Here’s my first original video, I just taught myself how to edit. The better I get, the worse these videos are going to get. I’m going to use the “Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job” format. It’s going to be bad acting, awful music, terrible editing and when I figure out how, bad fx. Just think the Whiskey Skate videos mashed up with the Invisible Skratch Piklz and a little Public access thrown in, but for Jiu Jitsu.
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