Short version: Thanks for those who came out and supported the fighters. I know it makes a big difference. Picture and videos are worth my thousand or so words(below):
http://octopusbjj/media.php (check out the link for EGO 2009)
Long version:Several students went to the EGO Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament and competed, and several more came to root on the competitors. we took as much video and pictures as we had time for, though it would probably help if we had at least two dedicated videographers and the same for photographers. Given the fact the most everyone was in at least two divisions gi and two no-gi, there was a whole lot of fightin' goin' on.
It was a well run tournament, and I know Bazooka Joe, Butter, Kenny and Ryan were all glad to compete, and the rest of us had a great time watching.
Note that Joe isn't Little Joe any more. After this tournament he is now Bazooka Joe. He got in there with some sturdy white belt competition to say the least, and showed immense heart. No kidding. I told him I was going to go harder on him if he was going to be fighting some of the monsters we saw in his division.
What can we say about Butter that he hasn't already said himself ... and repeated... and reiterated...and reminded us. So I can't say you heard it first here. He fought some exciting rounds, no question, especially when he was behind on points, and got a submission in the final seconds.
the other 3 matches? Oh didn't you hear? all ended in Butter submitting each and every one. I think the pink fingernails and the willow-y appearance lulled the monsters in super-heavy-unlimited-too-big-to-weigh into thinking they were going to have a power lunch on the Razzano teddy bear. Surprise! His new blue belt has been been notched.
Kenny has the distinction of defeating two competitors from the across-town M.A. school, one of which was an old instructor of our instructor. Dax yelled "armbar" when Kenny had him in a weak triangle, that is exactly what happened. Way to listen Kenny...we will watch for more of that listening stuff from you in the future.. And the blue belt opponent didn't even see it coming, as his gi was uncomfortably pulled over his head. You have to see the picture of that! As for his no-gi match with the second competitor, Kenney made us think he slipped into lactic acid shock what with the way he was laying there like a flounder for the first 30 seconds of the match. Tired? Playing Possum? he won't say..Man did he make his opponent look good there for that 1/2 minute. But, he then did his leviathan from the deep move, slapped on a MEAN legbar ending the match before a sweat or leg could be broken.
And as for Ryan's match, he wanted to dive in the deep end with his newly aquired blue belt, and he did just that. Turned out there weren't other competitors in his weight division, so his only option was to fight in a weight division up. The guy was big, strong, fast and RED. Ryan did us proud, right up to that armbar that he A..L.... M.......O.....S........T got out of...On our facebook Razzano Academy group I voted his fight my favorite fight because it was the most technical. it is worth a watch.
