We did takedowns drills for warm up. Techniques of the day was Knee on the belly with an arm bar and cross choke submission. Training concluded with students demonstrating techniques for their stripes. Luan demontrated the blue belt curriculum for his exam and was awarded his blue belt after training with us for the past 2 years. Congratulations to everyone and thanks for your support . We will have a break for 2 weeks and we will start teaching the BJJ classes on Tuesday 07 January 2014. Meanwhile, they will still have Judo classes (as they do not stop training) which our members are welcome to attend during the next 2 weeks.              

This is a controversial topic not only in New Zealand BJJ but all around the world People either hate it or love it. What is it? Basically, you walk down the line while your teamates whip you with their belts. In some club, you can run and some other would make you crawl on your fours. One thing for sure, it hurts. Does it make you a better person? Hell no. Is it fun if you are not the recipient? Hell yes. When I started training, I thought that was fun and different. But now after participating in the gaunlet for over 20 times, it is getting old and blase. Actually, I see people posting their whipping video in the facebook and it just makes think how silly it looks like from the outside. The bad new is that Stu still wants to maintain this tradition. Bad luck, boys!