In-house Jiujitsu Fund Raiser at BAMF

Deftac recently held an in-house jiujitsu tournament to help a comrade to go to mundials. It’s brotherhood in the works and it actually amazes me to see how these bunch of guys take time from their usual routines to come out and join this in-house tournament.

I have had groups before and I know how hard it was to organize something like this even if it was in-house. I saw familiar faces like Alvin Aguilar – founder of the URCC group, Richard Lasprilla, and WIlly Carlos (also behind URCC) who were the ones who invited me to watch and join them at this day. A pledge of support to our fellow athlete, I showed up.

Parking was jam-packed, and it was lucky for us to find 1 slot free from the gasoline station nearby. I came in with my brother and as we went along, ofcourse people there did not know us and us likewise. But it’s jiujitsu and it’s universal for us fans, and practitioners so it was like watching a ballgame for me.

We caught up with the absolute division and saw some nice white-belt action. They don’t look white-belts though and was actually impressed with how learned these players are. Hope I can start training again soon, and start here at BAMF MMA Center. Also saw familiar jiujitsu aces in the likes of Pichon Garcia, Jerome Lepiten, and Marcus Valda. A really great experience for the MMA Guy.

I got some pictures taken of the action taking place at BAMF, enjoy:

Poll Result: Penn vs Edgar

I guess the public calls it Frankie Edgar. Edgar appeared to be faster and the aggressor but Penn was more into connecting. They mentioned a rematch is already set which will be held on August of 2010 I think.

MMA Weekly Recap

I think since it has been a while since I have posted (simply because there wasn’t much that interesting news to broadcast from the UFC) I think it’s best if I create like a weekly news on what I knew was going on and will go on.

UFC Related News

I am always excited about the Machida – Shogun Rematch. It’s a fight of legends since Shogun was the first fighter to ever exploit Machida to pain. They say they will give it their all, they say they will have different strategies and I do hope that they do and give us fight fans the fight of the year.

On another note, there is Tito Ortiz’s recent arrest due to domestic violence. I am with Tito on this one. It’s like a martial artists instinct that Ortiz would never hurt a female or anyone in the matter that is not necessary but on females generally. I think most MMA practitioners in its real sense knows this. To learn the sport and be good at it, discipline and mental toughness is necessary. Otherwise, if things get bad, I’m sure a broken arm would be Jenna’s least problems to undertake.

I remember this one time when I lost control myself, I punished our door and my hand.  The rage is there, sometimes it comes out, most of the time it stays in. But never to hit my wife, or anybody for that matter that is not necessary. Doesn’t mean you can that you should always prove it as one of my sensei’s before taught me.

Back to UFC related news is that Jackson and Evans have now a fight scheduled. It was long time due but I guess it’s more of a hype now than it was before being that Jackson is now more well known being cast in the upcoming movie remake – The A Team. White is always full of these under the sleeves techniques by which he commits to further more hype UFC fighters.

WEC Related News

Urijah Faber got owned but Aldo hold back in the last round. Jose Aldo has now proven himself as one of the best pound per pound fighter in the world if not the best in his weight class. His dominant wins over Mike Brown and Urijah Faber seals the deal and gives him an invincible aura most of these P-4-P fighters have.

Manny Gamburyan, a TUF finalist also gained much respect after defeating former WEC champ, Mike Brown. A fight is a fight and it’s always as unpredictable as it is whenever you step into the octagon.

MMA in the Philippines Related News

An in-house jiujitsu tournament will be held in BAMF MMA Center tomorrow starting at 9am. The cause is for getting another individual within the DEFTAC (Defense Tactics Group) to go in the upcoming Mundials. It’s a show of how camaraderie can prevail in such short time and efforts to increase the growth of Jiujitsu and MMA in the local Philippine economy.

I will sure be there to watch and support these fellow jiujitsu practitioners which will be present tomorrow at BAMF MMA Center.

URCC University Challenge Trials

URCC is holding a MMA Try-out / Elimination on who wants to be a part of URCC University Challenge. On May 22, 2010 – these try outs or fights will be held at BAMF MMA Center.

This reminds me of the movie Never Back Down which is one of my fave’s by the way. Getting that social status in college, that is priceless. Also adds to the fact that we should promote martial arts in our young generation. Most people think that this will simply increase the number of bullies in school, but think again. Martial Arts is a serious deal to be in. If you really want to get buffed up and be the fighter you want to be, you have to have the mental toughness, discipline and respect along with a good heart and healthy body to cope up with real fighters of today.

URCC News

Richard Lasprilla possibly rematches with Erwin Tagle in URCC. Interesting fight to see, I remember some intriguing lines before between the 2 and they both grueled it out in 2 fights both ending in draws. Well now if the fight happens, there is no more draw in the URCC rules so we will know who the toughest man is.

What’s happening with URCC fighters? I am thinking of getting interviews from them whenever I get the chance. Let me write up a questionnaire for them then

I guess that’s about it for this past week. Catch you guys up again next time. Probably sooner since if I can get pictures, I will probably share my BAMF experience tomorrow.

The Right Way to do an Arm Bar!

Lets do an arm bar, chicken style! This one is hilarious, being a jiujitsu fan its actually some what accurate in position.

- Secure the Arm

- Make sure that the elbow is pointing at a right angle from the source of the force you are going to give to it

- As much as you can sink the arm deeper into your thighs the better

- Use your hips to hyper-extend the arm – this way you are using your weight and not simply your arm strength

- Keep the move swift and sharp to get a tapout before releasing the arm

It is but a common mistake for grapplers to put pressure gradually on the arm, it’s good for sport but not if you are planning to compete. This gives your mind a sense of taking things slowly while giving your opponent ample time to think and escape.

Remember, the key to winning a fight is to take away your opponent from his game plan. Giving him or her no room to think will probably work best to your advantage.

Happy Saint Patricks!

Back to Writing

Been out for a while.. probably due to the lapse between UFC events in which at the moment is the mainstream level for MMA.

Also just noted a new game which I really had thought of before that now I play and see on Facebook.. Neat! Getting me interested again with turn based games similar to other text and browser based games was a real effort that I do appreciate.

Will have a review on that soon. and more fight news and more UFC

Starting the year busy which is actually good!