If You Are Not Serious
About Gripfighting then
don’t go here –> http://www.gripfighting.com

In 1992 Jimmy made his first
appearance at the Olympic Games
and in 1991 Jimmy Pedro won his
first medal at the World
Championships by placing third.

Which means that Jimmy has been
on the top of the judo world for
12 years. If you include the 14
years that he spent to get to that
level, then you are looking at 24
years of total high level judo
and gripping instruction and
experience. 

If you multiply 22 years by $30000.00
you will quickly see that Jimmy
Pedro easily has over $660,000.00
dollars worth of gripfighting
information in his head.

Rhadi Ferguson returned to Judo
in 1997 after an 11 year layoff and
he immediately found a way to start
training with Jimmy Pedro and in
a matter of 1 year Rhadi Ferguson
placed 3rd at the US Open Judo
Championships and instantly became
the #2 player in the United States.

–> http://www.gripfighting.com  <--
        
After learning from Jimmy, Rhadi
developed his own gripfighting system
in order to use his explosive power
and in a matter of months Rhadi became
the 2000 Olympic Alternate and then
became a 2004 Olympian while totally
owning and dominating his weight class
in the United States.

Rhadi did all of this while also
training and competing and using
his gripfighting prowess to become
one of the top Judo Players in
the World and one of the top in
Brazilian Jiujitsu Practitioners in
the World.

Rhadi consistently trained in Brazil
and through travel and competing
also spent thousands of dollars a
year consistently spending between
15,000 to 25,000 a year and spending
over $30,000 during 2004.  

If you multiply Rhadi's 7 years by
$20,000 you can clearly see Rhadi
easily has over $140,000.00 worth
of gripfigthing experience to pull
from. And, even more than that because
as Jimmy Pedro said, "Rhadi is a true
student and excellent coach of the
gripfighting game".

So all in all you can clearly see
that there is easily over $750,000.00
of Gripfighting experience and
information between Jimmy Pedro
and Rhadi Ferguson. That’s a quarter
of a million dollars of info power
packed on 8 Audio CDs and 2 Manuals
for less than 100 bucks. 

That’s absolutely dumb, when I
think about it, but Jimmy and I
love judo. So, what the heck!  :-/

Right now you need to capitalize
on this opportunity.

This is actually better than stealing…..

–> http://www.gripfighting.com <–

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Valerie Gotay
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In the United States there are two judo players on the female roster who have had phenomenal results this year so far. One is Ronda Rousey and the other one is Valerie Gotay. 

Don’t get me wrong, Ronda is TRULY impressive, but what makes Valerie’s accomplishments so huge are the facts that she is a wife and a mother of two.

The sacrifice that she makes in order to be great is one that challenges not only her mind and body, but also her heart.

Recently, I was surfing the internet to find out some info and fact on Valerie and I stumbled upon this great vidoe that I’m sure many of you will feel is awesome and inspiring.

Check it out

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Balancing Act
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Introduction
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I don’t care if you practice judo competitively or leisurely -

NOBODY AND I MEAN NOBODY LIKES GETTING THROWN FOR  IPPON!!

I know that I don’t like it and you don’t either. It’s just natural. Our egos
won’t allow us to take an a$$ whuppin’ and be happy about it. And that’s
good. The thing now is, what can we do to stop this, eliminate it or reduce it?

Well let’s see…….

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Some Brief Questions
Just For You To Answer
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Are you looking for the “edge” that has been escaping you?

Would you like to get the inside secrets that only the Olympians and World Champions know?

Are you interested in being a better coach, a more supporting parent or athlete?

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Why?

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In fact…

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If you’ve ever wanted to…

- Discover exactly how the pros seem to effortlessly win nearly every match they play!
- Finally figure out why you’ve been losing at the time that you know you should be winning (Hint: Just using one or two of the ultra-effective tactics in “The Gold Mettle Plan” will prevent this from happening ever again)!
- Discover killer strategies that you can use to slaughter your competition and effortlessly win match after match!
- Learn the exact steps you need to take to start winning 80-90% (or more) of the competitions you attend!
- Discover how to CREATE A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION so that you can knock down the competition like bowling pins

Find out to what extent coaches, friends, family and loved ones should and should not play a part in the your mission towards success

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There are a great deal of existing
myths in the judo world of how to
become great.

A lot of people really mix up
cognitive ability with technical
proficiency. You don’t have to be great
in order to be a great teacher. 

You know how I know that? Well it’s
easy. Michael Jordan did NOT coach
himself. Somebody who was a lesser
athlete than he coached him. And
Tiger Woods did NOT coach himself.

All of the great ones has someone who
was “not-so-great” coach them.

So let me start by saying dispelling some
myths:

Myth #1: BEING AN OLYMPIC OR WORLD
CHAMPION  MAKES YOU A GREAT TEACHER
Well, the truth is – is it DOES NOT!!
IT MAKES YOU A CELEBRITY (well, kinda)
If you look at ALL of our country’s World
and Olympic Medalist you will notice one
thing that they have in common.

Well, two things. One – they all had
coaches, and Two – very few of their coaches
were Olympic and/or World Medalists.

NEWSFLASH!!!!!!! 

COACHING IS AN ART FORM – AND SO IS
THE ART OF BEING A DISCIPLINED ATHLETE.

Myth #2: THE AMOUNT OF IMPORTANCE
PLACED UPON UCHIKOMIS

Look, most of the moves that I do, I
can’t do an uchikomi for them. And most
moves that are perform LOOK NOTHING LIKE
THE UCHIKOMI!!!!!

Now, I started out doing uchikomis and a
lot of them, like we all did. But the
secrets of judo success ARE NOT inside
of uchikomis.

They are great, but uchikomis don’t win
matches. And I have proof of this. One
of my Judo students and my Brazilian Jiujitsu
Coach Master Lloyd Irvin won 2 National
Championships in Judo, he was the United
States Judo Federation International Coach
of the Year in 2001, and he is a World Brazilian
Jiujitsu Champion and people in Jiujitsu know
him as a judo expert.

But if you ask him
to do some pretty uchikomis, it ain’t gonna
happen. But if you ask him to put a match
together and create a Gold “Mettle” Plan
for success – well that for him is EASY!!

Stay tuned next week for Myth #3 and keep
your eyes on the lookout for The Gold “Mettle”
Plan (your personal at home seminar).

Take care,

Rhadi Ferguson
2004 Olympian
4-time National Judo Champion

P.S. LOOK! If you’ve ever wanted to…
 
Discover exactly how the pros seem to
effortlessly win nearly every
match they play!
 
Finally figure out why you’ve been
losing at the time that you know
you should be winning (Hint: Just
using one or two of the ultra-effective
tactics in “The Gold Mettle Plan”
will prevent this from happening ever
again)!
 
Discover killer strategies that you
can use to slaughter your competition
and effortlessly win match after match!
 
Learn the exact steps you need to take
to start winning 80-90% (or more)
of the competitions you attend!
 
Discover how to CREATE A STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION so that you can
knock down the competition like bowling
pins
 
Find out to what extent coaches, friends,
family and loved ones should and should
not play a part in the your mission
towards success Beat your opponents
FASTER, EASIER, and IN LESS time than
you ever thought possible! Then…..
 
Get The Gold Mettle Plan Today
and start winning more tomorrow.
 
—-> The Gold Mettle Plan <—-

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Dieting
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Diets suck, so I do’t do them. I just change what I eat and make some minor adjustments. I’ve been very successful doing this for Taraje Williams-Murray and I thought, why not do it for myself.  Since I have an issue with high blood pressure, The Judo Crusader, thought, “Why not lose a pound or two.”  So now I’m on my way to getting somewhat slimmer. I’ve stopped lifting the heavy iron, I do a lot more bodyweight exercises, I run more and I do more cardio. 

Right now, I would like to get down to around 205. I was about 241 lbs. 3 weeks ago. So right now, I’m getting myself together. I at 225 right now.

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Rolling Jujigatame
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I was just at a training camp and I saw this top notch judo player demonstrating Jujigatame.  And IT WAS TOTALLY INCORRECT!! I mean on the surface, it looked right, but as a BJJ Black Belt, I now know what I didn’t know years ago and he made some huge errors. What I couldn’t understand was why he didn’t ask someone for some help.  As a cliniciain, I could tell that he wasn’t well versed on the technique by the way he was teaching it, but instead of backing off, he just kept on teaching bullshyt.  Now the bad thing about this is that he probably didn’t know that he was teaching it wrong. He was just copying (poorly, might I add) what he saw someone else do at one time or another.

For those that reading this let me tell you something that I really love about Martial Arts….. When you remove your EGO from the equation, you can learn so much more.

Walking around saying dumb shyt like you’re the “Michael Jordan” of Judo makes you look like an idiot – not a Champion.

Putting other people down and saying that they don’t “know nothing” because they know some things which are different than what you know makes you look like an idiot, not a Champion.

So if you have a coach like this – do yourself a favor and run like hell. If you don’t, you may just end up adopting the same type of  behavior.

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Junior US Open
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I recently attended the Junior US Open and I must say that I was SUPER impressed with the level of Judo by many of the Junior competitors.  I was really impressed with a young man by the name of Pessoa from Canada. He is 60 kg and is very savvy on the mat.  Aslo Miguel Ballesteros who fought against Pessoa in the finals looked good as well.

Bobby Lee, who now works along with The Judo Crusader, did an awesome job as well. He really looked sharp and fought at the 81 kilogram weight class in order to get some matches in. All in all the level of competition was stiff and really good.

I was also impressed with the level of gripfighting that I saw the young folks exhibit. It was good to see that some of my work and the work of Jimmy Pedro and Todd Brehe has begun to penetrate the fabric of the judo culture. Many people were singing the praises of the Gripfighting Products that we have available. 

Such as the Grip To Win Audio CD Series and the Grip Like A World Champion package. Both of which can be purchased from Hatashita Sports.

Well, that’s about it. The Judo Crusader is very tired and very beat and he must travel again next week to spread the word about the fusion of BJJ/Judo/Sambo/Wrestling and how they all can help you become a better martial artist.

Up, up and away………

The Judo Crusader

P.S. Know it all coaches are IDIOTS!!