10th Planet Van Nuys fighters Mike “Lobes” Frausto, Gorgeous Georgie Garcia, Thor “TNT” Skancke and myself all showed up to Legends/10THPHQ this morning. We woke our sorry asses up at the but crack of dawn, or in my case just stayed up, to come down and promote Lobes and Georgie’s up coming fight at, U of MMA. Channel 5, KTLA was there covering all the action live for their morning news show.

While plugging the show they had us sparring, rolling, and going over technique in the background. They interviewed me talking about 4 of the basic styles in MMA: Wrestling, boxing, Muay Thai and of course 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu.

Video to come shortly!

Here’s a fun little move to show your friends when they say Jiu Jitsu is boring. Mike Frausto and Mike Venturella show how to take the armbar off the Samurai in transition.

Legend has it, we were drilling armbars when I thought to myself. “Armbar from the Ninja? this move might just work.”
I tried to pull off the armbar from the roll to the Twister, but I couldn’t get enough momentum. I asked Mikey “Lobes,” our resident arm snatcher and all around badass, if he could do it. He bypassed the ninja roll, and went straight to the Samurai instead. Genious!. He locked it down, rolled, and BAM! The S’arm-urai was born!

Have fun!

Coach Alder

For more info on training with us at 10th Planet Van Nuys visit www.10thPlanetVanNuys.com,

Posted by: Mike Frausto
(10th Planet Van Nuys)

Posted by: Mike Frausto

(10th Planet Van Nuys)

The video in which you are about to view is how Van Nuys rolls up to competitions. If you’re looking to compete, and looking to win, we have what you need. All the footage on here was filmed and edited by Aldo Parenti.

Posted by: Mike Frausto

(10th Planet Van Nuys)

Here’s another basic armbar drill we use to prepare out guys for competitions. Push, kick, push, kick.

Posted by: Mike Frausto

(10th Planet Van Nuys)

10th Planet is known for its lockdown, twister, rubber guard and spiderweb. But that’s not all we do, basically anything that works is incorporated into the system. As long as it’s nogi jiu jitsu, it’s 10th Planet. Here’s a basic armbar drill we use to prepare out guys for competitions.

Posted by: Mike Frausto

(10th Planet Van Nuys)

The latest and greatest from Jack Brocksmith’s Lazer Dragon jiu jitsu series.

Posted by: Mike Frausto

(10th Planet Van Nuys)

At 10th Planet Van Nuys we understand that it’s important to keep the gym clean in order to avoid skin infections. They can lead to missed training time, or worse they can cause serious health issues. Thats why we clean and disinfect our mats several times a day with a cleaner that kills the viruses, bacteria and fungi. But it doesn’t stop there. YOU should make sure you’re taking precautions, take showers after you practice and use an anti-bacterial soap. If you can’t get to a shower right away, you can use disinfectant wipes to hold you over. If you want to take preventative steps, there are also protective foams you can put on your body prior to training. If you aren’t already using one, I suggest you use Defense Soap. 10th Planet Watch has partnered up with Defense Soap, so if you’d like to buy this product, you can click the banners on the side. Make sure you train hard, but more importantly, train smart.

Below is an article I found on Defense Soap’s website on staph. Staph is a NASTY little bugger. If you don’t believe me, look at what it did to Kevin Randleman.

What is Staph Infection?

Staphylococcus (commonly called as Staph) is a group of bacteria that causes a multitude of skin infections among humans. Over 30 different types of Staphylococci can infect humans, but most infections are caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococci can be found normally in the nose and on the skin (and less commonly in other locations) of 20%-30% of healthy adults. These Staph Skin Infections range from minor ones requiring no medication to quite severe ones.

The Staph Infection often begins with a small cut, abrasion or crack which gets infected by the Staphylococcus bacteria. The severity of the skin infection depends on how fast and how deep the bacteria spread and whether the infection is treatable with antibiotics or not. The Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections like MRSA are common in North America.

Some more conditions caused by the Staph Bacteria are:

Folliculitis
An infection of the hair follicles that causes small white headed boils on the skin. This often starts when hair follicles are damaged by friction from clothing, blockage of the follicle, or shaving.

Boils
Localized skin infections that run deeper within hair follicles that leave swollen, red, painful lump in the skin.

Styes or Hordeolum
Infection of the follicle surrounding the eyelashes that causes pimple-like sores on eyelids.

Impetigo
Generally affects the skin around mouth and nose, causes red sores which develop into blisters. While Impetigo skin infection is most common among children, contact sports athletes are also susceptible.

Abscess
An infection of skin that causes localized collection of pus accompanied by inlammation of the infected area. This may appear on any part of the bidy.
What are the Symptoms and Signs of a Staph infection?

Staph infections range from a simple boil to antibiotic resistant infections to flesh-eating infections. This makes it imperative to identify the infection in the early stages and opt for the correct treatment.

Most commonly the infection starts with a noticeable redness, swelling and pain in the affected area. Sometimes it begins with a skin sore or a localized collection of pus, known as an abscess, boil, or furuncle. As the severity increases the patient may develop fever.

What are the causes of Staph Infection on the Skin?

The Staphylococcus bacteria naturally reside on the human body. Whenever there is damage to the skin in form of a cut or abrasion the bacteria may enter the wound. As the bacteria overcome the natural protective mechanisms of the body it leads to the Staph Skin Infections.

People with weak immune system or already having skin problems like burns or eczema are more susceptible to the infection.

How to Prevent Staph Infection?

Good Hygiene is the best way to protect yourself from staph infection. People who are otherwise healthy typically do not usually become severely ill from staph infections, but those at special risk, who have weakened immune systems.

For more information visit: How to Prevent Staph Infection

Staph Infection Prevention and Treatment with Defense Soap

As a fighter or sports person you need to sanitize your skin regularly. However using synthetic chemicals to cleanse your skin before you train is not the right option. The bacteria on your skin are your natural protection when you are training. Using products that contain triclosan, alcohol or other chemicals before you train makes you more susceptible to Staph skin infections by killing the protection that nature has provided for you.

The Defense Soap Advantage

Defense Soap does not contain synthetic chemicals. Instead, it is formulated with 100% natural essential oils. These essential oils are known to have very powerful antibacterial, antiviral properties. Yet, they do not destroy all of the skin’s natural bacteria, as chemicals will. The healthy bacteria left behind continue to flourish and allow the skin to continue to protect itself from harmful pathogens.

Secondly, using soap as the delivery method makes perfect sense. Soap can penetrate every part of your body easily, simply, quickly and economically.

-article courtesy of Defense Soap

10th Planet Van Nuys is proud to welcome coach Chad Solano to the team as the wrestling instructor.

With this new addition in the mix, Van Nuys has simply become a laboratory, producing aggressively technical machines to take over the grappling scene. With Chad’s hard work ethic and heavily stacked credentials, 10^th Planet Van Nuys is the place to be to improve your wrestling and overall MMA game.

With a track record adding up to over 16 years of competitive wrestling and coaching, Chad is no stranger to what it takes to compete as well as develop a competitor. He attended Northglenn High School where he was coached by two Colorado State Champions including Lance Oviatt, Terry Trujillo (3x Colorado State Champ) and Leonard Solano (Colorado State Champ). He has coached for 7 years at the High School, Junior High, and kids level as well as competed at the International level in Freestyle and Greco Roman for 2 years.

Specializing in three styles of wrestling including Folk style or collegiate wrestling, Freestyle and Greco-Roman, Chad has put many young wrestlers at the tops of their game. Currently coaching out of San Fernando High School he has taken their team to the City Championships and won 5 years consecutively, as well as sending three young students to the State Championships. (Two of which took first)

Chad is teaching the 7 basics of wrestling at 10^th Planet Van Nuys every Sunday at 11am before Jiu Jitsu at 12pm. Come down and improve you wrestling as well as your overall MMA game.

10^th Planet Van Nuys

16838 W Saticoy St
Van Nuys, CA 91406

Posted By Mike Frausto (10th Planet Van Nuys: Team Alder)

This week at 10th Planet Van Nuys we’ve been going over attacks from the vice grip. Here is an old video of Eddie showing a butterfly pass to a darce choke.

Posted by: Mike Frausto

(10th Planet Van Nuys: Team Alder)

Hello and welcome to another news letter. I want to remind all you guys of some basic things that you probably already know. We need to stay healthy and motivated while we are in training, especially now, 1 month out from the competition at Grappling X. This means staying healthy, and avoiding mat cooties. Things like ring worm can take you off the mats and can be super annoying. Things like staph infections can be even worse. That means following a few simple things to stay cleanly and to have good mat manners. I also want everybody to have good gym etiquette. Please take into consideration your teammates. People don’t want to roll with people who don’t take care of basic hygiene and grooming. Here’s a simple list of things to follow to ensure you don’t fall victim to the gross nasty cooties and being avoided by your team.