Sand Hill and Training with Ryron

Today I woke up at 5:45 threw on some clothes, brushed my teeth, gathered some workout clothes and jetted out the door not knowing how beneficial today was going to be. As I got to my destination which is located at Manhattan Beach, I walked up to a pit filled with sand and as I looked up there was a sand hill approximately 200 yards high. Immediately I thought, "wow, what have I gotten myself into!" Ryron says to me, "run up first or walk up?" Not knowing what kind of workout we were going to do, I responded, "walk up first." As I was walking up my legs began to burn and each step got harder and harder. I stopped for a split second to relieve the burning and Ryron yells, "DON'T STOP!!! You stop in the fight you are going to get beat." So I trudged onward. This workout consisted of not only walking which in itself is a great workout, but we sprinted, lunged, carried each other, and a kill on the hill type exercise. This exercise consisted of hand fighting up with one of us facing the hill and the other with their back facing the hill, the one facing the hill tries to pass as the other tries to prevent the pass. Upon passing you switch and the exercise resumes. This sand hill workout lasted an hour. Immediately after we went back to the Gracie Academy to train jiu jitsu. After rolling for over an hour and a half straight, he taught me all the areas I needed to improve and forced me to figured out positions and how to fight out of them and also how to setup submissions. Today was a very beneficial day. I learned so much and very excited to implement what I learned. Looking forward to training with him tomorrow!!

Training

I just found out that I am most likely going to fight in Vegas on Dec. 3. My opponent is a jiu jitsu black belt, which I feel is great for me to test my skills. I have been training both with Ryron Gracie in Torrance who is amazing at jiu jitsu, and with Mike Guymon in Lake Forest who is another fighter who is like-minded and with his experience in the cage he has put all my skills together more efficiently. Both have become a great friends to me. I am learning a ton and am looking forward to my training camps coming up. I am anxious to get back in the cage. I am ready. I am focused. I am determined to be a champion.

Going Hollywood

Tomorrow I am going to Santa Monica to meet with a director of a new film about the legendary Mark Schultz. They want me to train the lead in the movie (Ryan Gosling from The Notebook) how to wrestle. He is going to come to me to train. This way I can keep my focus on MMA and just take 1-2 hours each day to wrestle. It is a great opportunity for myself and my family! I am excited to embark on this new adventure! To be able to take part in glorifying the sport of wrestling is a great honor. I will keep you posted!