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Caleb Martin Earns Green Belt

11/29/2017

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We would like to congratulate Caleb Martin on achieving his Green Belt. This is the highest rank that can be earned by a junior student (under 16 years of age) in Jiu Jitsu. He is the first student to earn a green belt at Magnolia Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We are all very proud of him and feel very fortunate that he chose to train at our school as he makes everyone he trains with better. 
"Iron Sharpens Iron"
​Caleb started training in 2010. This journey has taken him 8 years. He has been training Jiu Jitsu half of his life. He undoubtedly faced significant challenges over that period and there must have been occasions when he wondered whether the sacrifices and hard work were worth it. He pushed through and did not quit.   
"A Black Belt is a White Belt that Never Quits"
The Wednesday after thanksgiving we had a full house in the adult class and with the help of many of the adult Jiu Jitsu students we put all of his dedication and training to the test. Caleb was put through a very rigorous and challenging test that lasted close to two hours. During this test Caleb demonstrated hundreds of techniques, survived an intense shark tank and fought three black belts. The distinction between the word fought and sparred is important here. After holding his own kickboxing with Scotlon Moore he was asked to stand toe to toe and exchange punches with Mike Stokes before finally fighting Scott for his green belt. Battling fatigue he put a knot on Scott's forehead with a straight right hand before taking him to the ground and finishing him with a rear naked choke.

Caleb definitely was put under stress and rose to meet the challenge.

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Old Footage of Judo Matches

11/26/2017

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I just had a box of old vhs tapes digitized. Some of them contained some 20 year old judo tournaments.
Here are couple of the times things definitely did not go my way. I drove all the way from Mississippi to Ohio so that this guy could foot sweep the hell out of me. It was a long drive home. Then at the senior nationals the guy that ended up winning gold decided to pick me up like a child. Definitely a strange feeling. 
I thought some of you guys might get a kick out of some old basketball footage. I put this together and posted it on youtube so some old college buddies could view it. I was trying to motivate them to come out of retirement and play in a 3 on 3 tournament with me. Luckily it did not work. 

When my daughter Maddie heard that I was posting a video on Youtube she got very excited. Every morning for a week she would wake up and say "How many views does your video have now?"  

"Seven views Madie. Seven"

​She lost interest. 
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