“To all but the newest of MMA fan, Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu needs no introduction. Watch any televised MMA event and you’ll see the brand name sprawled across fighter gear, shorts, and banners. 10th Planet satellite schools are spread out worldwide, from Portland, Oregon to Rochester, New York, Stockholm, Sweden, and even Australia. Producing contenders and champions is business as usual for those involved in Eddie Bravo’s system of no-gi jiu jitsu…”
Courtesy of Jorge Abarca and U of MMA, for full article, click here
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We’re at it again! 10th Planet Van Nuys and the gang are doing it big! UFC 155 is the event, Orochon Ramen is the spot! Prelims should start about 6, Main card at 7pm. Get there early to ensure seating. Bring all your friends and make sure they’re hungry!
We’re going to have a special unannounced surprise on the card. Hugo vs. David Hah in the light weight Spicy Orochon Special # 2 challenge-fight of the century. Who will reign supreme? Who will go home with stomach issues? This is a can’t miss match up that you won’t dare want to miss!
UFC Heavyweight Champion
Junior dos Santos
15-1-0
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
vs
Challenger
Cain Velasquez
10-1-0
Yuma, Arizona
Results
MAIN CARD
Lightweight (155lbs)
Joe Lauzon
22-7-0
Massachusetts
vs
Jim Miller
21-4-0
Sparta, New Jersey
Results
Middleweight (185lbs)
Tim Boetsch
16-4-0
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
vs
Costantinos Philippou
11-2-0
Merrick, New York
Results
Middleweight (185lbs)
Alan Belcher
18-6-0
Biloxi, Mississippi
vs
Yushin Okami
27-7-0
Kanagawa, Japan
Results
Middleweight (185lbs)
Chris Leben
22-8-0
Portland, Oregon
vs
Derek Brunson
9-2-0
Wilmington, North Carolina
Results
FX PRELIMINARY CARD (8PM ET)
Bantamweight (135lbs)
Brad Pickett
22-6-0
London, England
vs
Eddie Wineland
18-8-1
Portage, Indiana
Results
Bantamweight (135lbs)
Byron Bloodworth
6-2-0
Wilmington, North Carolina
vs
Erik Perez
12-4-0
Monterrey, Mexico
Results
Lightweight (155lbs)
Melvin Guillard
30-11-2
New Orleans, Lousiana
vs
Jamie Varner
20-7-1
Phoenix, Arizona
Results
Lightweight (155lbs)
Michael Johnson
12-6-0
Springfield, Missouri
vs
Myles Jury
10-0-0
Hazel Park, Michigan
Results
FACEBOOK PRELIMINARY CARD (6:30PM ET)
Heavyweight (265lbs)
Phil De Fries
9-1-0
Sunderland, England
vs
Todd Duffee
7-2-0
Evansville, Indiana
Results
Flyweight (125lbs)
Chris Cariaso
14-3-0
San Francisco, California
vs
John Moraga
12-1-0
Phoenix, Arizona
Results
Featherweight (145lbs)
Max Holloway
6-1-0
Waianae, Hawaii
vs
Leonard Garcia
15-9-1
Plainview, Texas
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It’s always a big deal anytime somebody gets a new belt in Jiu Jitsu. Even though we don’t wear belts at 10th Planet Van Nuys, we’re still just as happy to receive them. It means a lot to reach a new benchmark. It means many hours spent on the mat, bumps and bruises, triumphs, defeats, taps, getting tapped, blood sweat, and tears, new techniques learned, new friends made, and hopefully at the end of the day we had some fun in the process!
After years of dedication and training, Franky Orellana get’s his blue belt. Congrats Franky on your new belt! after every belt, we line up em up and let everybody take down the freshly belted. Thanks to awesomejiujitsu.com for the video!
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Coach Ryan Bradford’s new blog, www.awesomeniujitus.com, is up and running!!! Ryan is one of the smartest, and most analytical coaches we have at 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Van Nuys. He’s also one of my oldest and most loyal students. He’s followed me all over this Valley. His dedication is what every coach hopes to get from a student.
What makes Coach Ryan different is he can break the science of jiu jitsu down to atoms. When it comes to teaching a curriculum, he “gets it.” What makes him so effective, is that he’s an educator by trade. Teaching is what he does best. Look for big things to come out of Coach Ryan in the next year. He and I are working on some amazing projects as we speak!
Prepare to be dazzled! This blog is definitely for the jiu jitsu geek in all of you! You will learn something new, and be entertained at the same time.
If you’re interested in coming down and learning from Coach Ryan, or another of our instructors at 10th Planet Van Nuys, visit our website. We’ve got some awesome free offers on there.
Joe Rogan (www.joerogan.net) had stuntman, MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter Season 3 contestant, gym owner and all around great guy, Tait Fletcher on his show. At a certain point they gave 10th Planet Van Nuys (www.10thPlanetVanNuys.com) a nice little shout out. Thanks for the plug guys!
The Muay Thai gym Rogan mentions is Saekson’s Muay Thai, run by Julio Trana Jr. and the family www.vannuysmma.com
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Dan Hardy is not new to myself, or 10th Planet Van Nuys. I had the pleasure of being his Jiu Jitsu Coach in his title fight versus Georges St. Pierre. It was at that point, the highlight of my MMA coaching career. Being able to have the honor of being a part of something that big, a title shot against one of the biggest draws in the sport, was indescribable. The coverage was crazy, Dan was doing interview after interview, photo shoots, appearances, and not to mention the camera’s followed up around everywhere. The UFC was doing a 24/7 type reality T.V. show leading up to the fight. The schedule was packed from sun up, to sun down, but when when could fit it in, we did like to get a bit of training in too!
The whole story itself is crazy. We trained all over the place, Matt Serra’s 2 gyms, LA Boxing in New Jersey, Ray Longo’s in Long Island, and Joe Defranco’s just to name a few. We even trained at this decrepit, old wrestling gym where many great NJ amateur champions had wrestled. The place had no heat and it was freezing cold, it was filthy, it was wet, it was falling apart and it made a great photo opportunity! I was miserable, my joints hurt, I was covered in dirt, but it was great material for the camera crew! After that training session, I was pretty confident we’d have a shot at that fight. Training in that place made me feel like we were the underdogs about to fight the Canadian Ivan Drago in GSP. I knew one thing, for better of for worse, GSP wasn’t training like we were!
Unfortunately, that fight didn’t finish how I would have liked it to. Dan ended up losing a 5 round decision to GSP. It did however show that he does not give up. Even when it looked like St. Pierre was going to finish him with a fully extended armbar, or a fully locked in kimura that was completely behind his back, he would not give up. He proved to the world it is not easy to finish him. Many critics didn’t even expect. him to last one round, much less, survive an entire fight and sustain little, to no damage! He did much better than most people expected. He went the distance and gained much respect from fans all over the world.
All personal things aside, Dan Hardy is legitimately one of my favorite fighters on the planet to watch. He exciting, he’s dynamic, and he’s always down to scrap! There’s a reason that even though he had a brief hiccup in his career, losing 4 in a row, that he’s still in the UFC. He proved he belongs in there in his last fight, when he knocked out striking legend, Duane Ludwig. I know tomorrow I’m going to have my tv set to watch Dan take on the always dangerous, Amir Sadollah in Nottingham UK. I have to guess Dan isn’t going to let his fans down when it’s in his home town. NO WAY!
Many of the fighters at 10th Planet Van Nuys look up to Dan and have modeled certain parts of their styles after him. In fact, just last week one of my top fighter, Mike “Lobes” Frausto, used devastating knees to finish his opponent in less than one minute in the first round. The last of which forced the referee to stop the fight because one of the knees that landed, looked like it broke his arm. After the blow was delivered, his opponent dropped his hand and started holding his arm in pain. The ref waived off the fight from there, declaring the fight a TKO. I know Dan would be proud!
If you’re interested in fighting, competing, or just learning martial arts give us a hollar. We cater to guys, like Dan Hardy, who are looking to become the next UFC champion. We also cater to the everyman who just loves to the sport, and wants to get a good work out. You don’t have to have aspirations of fighting or competing to train with us, we welcome all people at every level of experience. We have classes that fit all kinds of schedules. We’ll even give you a free private lesson, consultation, and tour! Stop having the internal debate in you head about it, and give us a call. You know you want to! (818) 925-JITS (5487)
That’s me on the 1’s and 2’s reppin’ 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Van Nuys! Not to mention a special surprise from everybody’s favorite 27 time mundial champion, Renato Laranja
Want to learn Jiu Jitsu? Need DJing lessons from yours truly? 😉 Call us today and take a free class! www.10thplanetvannuys.com
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