I do garage training every Saturday, folks from all different academy's come by. A friend of mine, who trains Kajukembo brought his black belt to train. Mind you, my friend never likes sparring, unless it is with someone smaller than he. So when he brought his black belt, it was open season. Anyhoos, this black belt starts telling my buddy (a professional thai boxer) how to kick, and punch. (Real story). My friend Brandon takes this humbly and offers to spar with the kajukembo black belt. Brandon has no headgear, only mouthpiece, no shin guards, just cup. He takes apart the "expert" kicker/puncher with leg kicks and ONE cross. After EVERYTIME the BB gets hit, he asks for "timeout."
My friend, who is a "green belt" asks to spar my nephews. (who are 125, and 145 each) What he doesn't know is that they took states in wrestling, (younger one was third). Well, his anti grappling takedown defense doesn't work, and he ends up on his back getting GNPed. Second round, he gets heelhooked, triangled, footlocked in succession.
Best part is he tells me after the fact that had they been able to use the deadly Kembo techniques of eyegouging, biting, scratching, that none of that "tournament" fighting stuff would work.
Same dude brings his cousin, who fights on the Paul Mitchell team. Guys about my size, 6'1, 215, obviously lifts weights. I figure this is my chance to do something to some of these clowns. I take him down repeatedly. I pass what he calls a guard, and make him tap from a side control forearm choke. (This had my friends snickering)
16 year old blackbelts who would get their clocks cleaned by Drake Dudley and yet still believe that they about to learn "deadly" closed door stuff. WTF?
The garage was the first studio Rorian had when he moved to the US. He had old wrestling mats hanging on the walls and on the ground. It was just a small two car garage. Mostly taught one on one at $20 per class. After class you went in the house and ate. I only took classes here and there and not steady. I was traveling to much at the time. But, I do like to know that I helped put them on the map.
