10th Planet Watch – 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Van Nuys Blog

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Big shouts out to everybody that competed or came out to support this past weekend at the ADCC 2009 west coast trials. There were tons of us out representing that day. Riverside, Burbank, Hollywood HQ, all our friends and families came out to root us on as we competed. I was proud to be a part of such an amazing group of people. There was a real sense of comradery between us. Everybody it put it on the line and gave everything they had during the competition. After months of training, injuries, dieting, weight cutting etc it all came down to this day. In the end, win or lose, it’s my belief that we did a fantastic job coming together as a team. My hat is off to everyone, big props all around!

For me, this was an especially important event. This was my first ever, real competition. Thank you to my coaches, Eddie Bravo, Brent Littell, Shigeki Matsuda, Edwin Co, Scott Epstein, Jason Juatco (sorry if I forgot anybody). Thank You to all my training partners in Hollywood and Burbank that helped me get ready for the event. Win or lose, it was all about stepping outside of my comfort zone to challenge myself and test my skills. I learned so much this time around and look forward to competing again in the very near future.

10th Planet, all day!!!

They disabled the embedding feature for this video, but I thought it was cool enough to link to it. Here’s Rener Gracie using mission control and a zombie at some Army Demo. It’s around 1:25 of the video. Will Rener be the next Rubber Guard stand out? He’s the best salesman in the game, what if he started pushing 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu?

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10th Planet Burbank – #2 Technique of the Week – Getting the most out of your dojo (Alder’s 31st Birthday Edition)

That’s right bitches, technically I’m a year older than I was yesterday. If anybody wants to join me in celebration, I’ll be non-alcoholicly partying on my porch, watching bugs hit the zapper, and complaining about today’s youth. I’m just kidding, actually I’ll be DJing some underground rave party where the location is only revealed when you bring an egg to a liquor store. Well, the part about bringing an egg is from the “euphoria” episode of 90210, but the rest is true. So, if that sounds appealing to you, hollar at your boy.

10th Planet Burbank Blowin’ up! Don’t forget, if you’re in the 818 or surrounding areas, and you like to roll around on the mats with your peers, come to our gym. It’s a good time, you can lose weight, learn to stand up to bullies, learn japanese names for stuff, learn to bow correctly, build confidence, and even learn how to Ultimate Fight!

10th Planet Burbank/Blue Dragon
4130 Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
www.10thplanetburbank.com

**Special 4-20 announcement!**

Grandmaster Eddie Bravo will be teaching class at 10th Planet Burbank this Thursday, April 23rd. Class is open to all currently enrolled students of the Burbank chapter. If you haven’t signed up for classes yet, and have been waiting for that extra added reason, this is the time! So, come down, sign up, get a free Eddie Bravo seminar, and start enjoying the classes of the Jiu Jitsu system that keeps on giving. Class time starts at 8:30 pm.

I know what everybody is thinking, “Why isn’t Alder teaching that day?”

I just felt it was time to give the new guy a shot. I teach there everyday, I figured I could share 1 day. I like to give back. Who knows, one day this Eddie Bravo character might go on to do great things in the Jiu Jitsu world. That way, I can say I gave him his first shot. 

Location:
Blue Dragon/10th Planet Burbank
4130 Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA 91505

10th Planet Burbank, blowing up!!! Check out the newly remodeled website at www.10thplanetburbank.com. Scott “Einstein” heads up the MMA program. The infamous, Victor Acosta is the new Muay Thai instructor. Last and quite certainly least, “Coach” Alder Hampel is the 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu teacher. The new class schedule is on the website, so peep game!

If you want your kids to learn 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, but know better then to send them anywhere near Eddie Bravo, send them to 10th Planet Burbank. Sensei Kim has renamed the Double Bagger and the DPO so your kids don’t have to learn the horrible truth about life too soon. www.10thplanetburbank.com

“Denny Prokopos, head instructor at 10th Planet San Francisco and 10thpjj mma fighter Meegan Thomas from 10th Planet Springfield MI both took the gold medals at the Arnolds this past weekend. Fuck yeah!

Seminars: Indy March 14, Pennsylvania March 21, Sweden March 28, Omaha April 4, NYC April 11, Victoria BC April 25, Bismark May 2, Laredo TX May 9, for all the details go to www.myspace.com/thetwister and click on the “upcoming seminars” photo album 🙂

Thank you all very much for the support!

oh, and who saw all the rubber action on Dream last weekend? Micah Miller and Imanari went to it constantly and Miller even wore tights :)”

  This is all from Eddie

I’ll be teaching at 10th Planet Burbank now along side Sensei Kim and Dan “The Wolfman” 

Blue Dragon Martial Arts
4130 W. Burbank Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
818-559-1437
www.bdmartialarts.com

Eddie is teaching tonight @ 10th Planet Burbank, come down and join in the fun!!

Blue Dragon Martial Arts
4130 W. Burbank Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
818-559-1437
www.bdmartialarts.com

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