Ede ends in injury

Last saterday was the Grappling ede competition witch I always participate in but due to some bad luck I bruised my ribs in the second match,went on to winning the 3th and 4th but injured myself further when I fought my 5th match.. Had to quit a tournament prematurely for the first time..
So Its a week rest now and I'll be back on the mat in no time,Still, I'm a bit disappointed.

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Official results Dutch open

Here are the official Dutch open results.
I only placed the rankings of Rickson Gracie Holland fighters do:

Whitebelt
class -70 Feather M
1 Elderson Christiaan . (Rickson Gracie Rotterdam)
2 Dae-young Holten . (Carlson Gracie)
3 Nguyen Pele . (UCT )

class -82,3 Middle M
1 Bas tros Bas . (Rickson Gracie olympiawaard)
2 Dennis Vanwegberg. (Team bad boys)
3 De Kort Paul . (Rickson Gracie Holland)

class -94,3 Heavy M
1 Rahad Darpinyan . (Van Os Gym)
2 Joca Rodrigues . (Rickson Gracie Rotterdam)
3 Roest Eric . (Rickson Gracie Haarlem)

class -100,5 Super Heavy M
1 Ronald Gouverneur . (Rickson Gracie Olympiawaard)
2 Roseboom Hans . (Budo Academy Phisical)
3 Vos Robin . (Team Yamasaki)

Blue belt
class -88,3 Med. Heavy M
1 Henk Heneweer . (Team Agua/Kaishin)
2 Sebastiaan Mook . (Rickson Gracie Holland)
3 Juan Argentina . (Gracie jiu-jitsu köln)

Open Class White Belts

1 Rahad Darpinyan . (Van Os Gym)
2 Ronald Gouverneur . (Rickson Gracie olympiawaard)
3 Joca Rodrigues . (Rickson Gracie Rotterdam)


Pics and vids wil follow later

Antoni Hardonk, michel verheij and raoul promoted

Antoni, Raoul and Michel where promoted to purple belt all this week by Henry Akins who was here for seminars and private lessons.
Apparently Kron tipped Henry about it being time for Antoni to move up.

Congratulations to them all.

Dutch open, when things just dont connect

Today was the big Dutch Open.
The final Gi tournament of the year, and for some reason, I just cant manage to create a lasting impression there..
In the first place my own matches started out with a bye, witch meant the second fight(my first) was already the semi final.. I won that on a RNC, and controlled the whole fight.( leo who apparently won the Scandinavian open) Sadly,the second fight was against Henk, a guy who I have fought 8 times now(!?!) but I cant really get the edge over him, and this fight ended with him winning with a 3-0 score..(I thought I had figured him out..) Making me the silver medal winner..
Nice,but not what I had hoped for(2 matches?!), still, preparations for this tournament where not as ideal as for the Amsterdam Open,so a lesser result wasnt such a surprise, and Henk is a good opponent.

The open class went oke, but yet again only two fights, but this time purely because of my own poor performance.

As a technical note too myself, I should get a more solid take down game, I should work more on controlling my opponent in the guard and making him work.
Besides that there is a load of small details I have to work on, Of which some Henry and Danny already pointed out for me.

Amsterdam Open 2008

Amsterdam Open proved to be a good tournament for me once again, as I could Submit my three oppenents in the -88,3 kg division.
Sadly there werent more fighters, but Desmond and Henk proved to be good tests of my skill.
I won the first round in the openweight class,( with 22-00 ) But sadly lost my rematch against Henk, altough it did give me more insight on how to beat certain fighters (like him.)
Hopefully I wil be able to use these experiences for the Dutch Open thats comming up.
The importance of a set of good takedowns and an agressive game for me seems clear..

For fun,some of the pics that where taken.
I hope to post some vid's soon.

Short Circuit

Had the Short Circuit tournament in Fred Royers Gym,
Did not do to wel, won two matches and lost two matches.
Stil, I did not have a lot of trouble making the weight, and I got a good chance to polish my technique.