Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Machado 5 Brothers Camp in Nov.

I got back from the camp last tuesday but I'm just now catching up enough to post some comments about it.... First off, guys if you are over 14 save your money!!!!! These guys are on a whole different level. I got to grapple with Roger and Jean Jacques. They are way too smooth. I got a triangle set up on Roger because he was being too nice to me and I was thinking hey I'm gonna tap out Roger Machado. He escape and stopped being so nice, he tapped me with a collar choke from side control. I swept Jean Jacques and got to knee on stomach and I was thinking how cool it was that I got a dominate position on Jean Jacques, he spun like a helicopter and I ended up in an arm bar. I have new material for months in addition to the regular rank stuff. All the brothers are awesome but I truly believe I lucked out when I decided to go with Carlos... He and Roger seemed to be the most concerned with their students. I'm not saying the other brothers aren't just Carlos and Roger are even more concerned than they are with their students. My back did ok during the camp and it seems to be almost well. I will resume judo training on Wed. with Vincent. I still have to get my cardio up and do something to get my shoulders more flexible. Keep working hard guys and work on your journals. Get your acts of kindness in and keep looking for ways to help out other people. Let me know what I can do to help you. Later Chris