Alaska Seminar 2010
Gracie Barra Alaska hosted me for a seminar this last weekend, and as usual, it was a fantastic experience. The seminar itself focused on a few concepts, several techniques that were linked together into a flow, and even some Q & A in the last 30 minutes.
My good friend Bob Grunder also asked me to evaluate the Academy’s top brown belts for promotion to black belt. Both Pat and Jarvis impressed me with their very technical games, skillful use of their weight, solid grips, and excellent passing. Each evaluation took about an hour and rolled out like a spirited debate. Reflecting on training with them both, I realized that I had probably learned more from them than they had learned from me. In the end, I recommended both of them for black belt and look forward to the day they receive it from Professor Nelson Monteiro.