Grappling Creed by the man himself Master Lloyd Irvin!

Anyone who wants to become a professional grappler has to check this out! It is extremely expiring. When I read the Grappling Creed I am rejuvenated with the will and desire to become the best grappler in the world! Everyday you read the Grappling Creed you pick up something new. Even if you are someone who does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for a hobbie. Read the Grappling Creed!

http://www.mygrapplingcreed.com/

Advanced Sport Perfomance is coming to Crazy 88!!!

If you don't know now you know!! We are all getting on a strict workout plan for the 2011 Mundials... I can't wait to get my workout on! Advanced Sport Performance is going to make a 12 month program for the guy's at Crazy 88. When the Mundials come around everyone will do there part in bringing home some gold medals!

The Mundails is the biggest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament in the World! So its extremely important for the team to train hard and put in the work early. Everyone has to put in the time now if they want to results later. So Advanced Sport Performance will be here to make sure we put that work in!

Open mat at Crazy 88!!!

Its the 4th of July weekend and Crazy 88 is open! Crazy 88 has open mat from 11:00- ?? on Saturday. So whoever is serious about getting a good workout get up and get down here!!
Most of the open mat will consist of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. But we will have a few Muay Thai guys here to if you wanna get your stand up game tight!!!

Special appearances at Crazy 88!

Today for the Combat Gold class Mr. Wayne "EMO" Johnson decided to make a
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu comeback!! The last time we saw Wayne was at the Mendes brothers seminar down in Camp Springs Maryland... Wayne told us that one day soon he would make an reappearance.

And after a two year vacation!!! Wayne made it back to his old home Crazy 88 BJJ. As you see from the picture above I am not joking around. That is Wayne Johnson rolling with BIG SAL himself!

Two Purplebelts go head to head

Today we had a special class at Crazy 88 BJJ. Jon "DEVASTATOR" Delbrugge and
Evan "OZ" Gideon went head to head coaching the white belt beginner class!!!!

Jon started it off with a super technical scissor sweep ending in the mount position. I was up next! I had to do something to to win the class over. So I went for an submission from the mount. The submission was one of my favorites. The armbar from mount!!

So after Jon and I taught the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu moves everyone voted for the move they thought was the most technically sound....... Well it didn't go so well for me! Jon ended up getting the most votes 14 to 10.

Hard work beats talent!!!

My day started at 5:45 struggling to get up and start training. I knew I had a long hard day of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ahead of me. BJJ Basics at 6:30 was the first class. We went over the Mendes brothers guard passing and back attacks. There moves are so sick!

After that was weight training. Since we are in the off season right now I have to get super big! So it was time to get the heavy weight out and start lifting. After my rounds of box jumps with the medicine ball and clean and jerks I was sweating bullets. Now its time to relax and recoup for the 11:30 am class.

The after noon class was drilling for an hour and rolling for 30 minutes! By the end of this class my body HURT!!! I was ready for some protein!!! So off to Chevy's I went. One hour later and 4 lbs heavier I was ready to fall over and sleep for an hour. But instead I was back at the gym getting ready to teach the kids classes at Crazy 88 BJJ.

Last class was the advanced BJJ. Time for the real training to begin. My body already felt like I have been hit by a car and tackled my 50 awesome little kids. But how am I going to win the Mundials at the Purplebelt if I don't put in the training now!?! So I suited up and got prepared for more beating! One hour later my gi is soaked and I can barely walk.

I go threw all this for one reason and that is to become the 2011 Purplebelts world champion. So I will work harder than anyone in my division and go through all the pain and suffering it takes to be the best.
Like the title of this post says HARD WORK BEATS TALENT!!! And there is no way around it!

Where I Train

I train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at Crazy 88 BJJ in Elkridge MD which is a Team Lloyd Irvin affiliate.