Something pretty amazing happened this Saturday at HBJJ.  We were all chilling at the party that we traditionally have on UFC nights.  (Shawn has a gi-normous TV mounted on the back wall.)  Suddenly, Shawn appeared with three brown belts and promoted Sameer, Warren, and Todd.  The room absolutely erupted in applause and whistles that went on forever.  I didn’t have my camera with me so I couldn’t take any pictures but maybe I can scrounge some up later.  The three new brown belts are exemplary in every sense - not just as BJJ fighters - and it was incredibly cool to see all of their hard work and dedication to the craft be recognized with such a huge promotion.  Afterwards we walked over to Barney’s Beanery and made fools of ourselves.  It was fun.

On a side note, the preceding Thursday I was promoted to blue belt.  I don’t think I really deserve a promotion, primarily because I make so many technical errors.  But I’m not going to over-analyze it.  At my level does a belt color really mean anything? For me the main benefit of promotion is that I can start learning foot locks and other techniques which are off limits for white belts at Shawn’s academy.  

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