Hello guys,
This has been an awesome week and don’t know where to start.
OK, first my baby is still in the womb, we are past due , so anytime now….I’m so stoked can’t wait to teach her how to choke and apply an arm-lock :)
While she doesn’t come I ll talk about my other kids…the ones that are grown and I teach them how to fight. Past weekend we had the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Annual Tournament and was held on San Diego, CA . We had over 120 competitors and I was so proud to see that, because I could see how wonderful job my instructors all over America are doing. They fought like champs, left their heart out there and even with almost zero experience and some with one week of training they did a great job just for trying it. And for me is a blessing, because I helped the to be like that. I directly or thru their teacher put Jiu-Jitsu in the, and now it belongs to them. They are My Jiu-Jitsu and I’m proud of the family I have. Im honored to have all of them representing my Jiu-Jitsu. The tournament went perfect, a lot of exciting fights and I can see a lot of future champs.
We had several states there and 4 countries. USA, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. Plus states of California, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ontario(Canada).
It’s great to see how Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Association grow in these years since i first moved to US in 2002.
The energy was so great that we had a great surprise on the next Monday. We had a Relson Gracie seminar at our University, Relson is the 2nd son of Helio Gracie, one of the toughest, stronger and funniest in the Family, went undefeated all his competition years back in Brazil, winning always weight and absolute, he was also the first to make the connection between surf and Jiu-Jitsu, he lives and teach in Honolulu, HI , please visit www.relsongracie.com . And I say that was way special because Relson was the first to gave us the opportunity to come to America and teach. He brought my brother Saulo and then I came with Saulo to teach seminars too, and from that we spread our seeds and followed our path. We are very thanked to Relson for making this possible for us.
Thank you guys for being here with me and soon I will bring more news.
Um Grande Abraco
Xande