Re-Joining the "Enemy" to better understand 10th planet

[Tom Gavrilos]

Going to join a GI school run by Cleverson Silva. (Chute Box)
Working on posture and seeing first hand what obstacles Eddie's system was designed to react against.

Should be an interesting experiment. 1/2 to get in shape 1/2 to prepare myself for a major move i anticipate making in early 2009 :cool:

I dont want any injury or to overstress myself. Will go in and play it really cool. Work on some very basic fundamentals all while ignoring how to re-learn collar chokes and GI related sweeps as much as possible. (I started with the GI at AZ Combat sports)

I will keep you guys updated on my little experiment :)

[Herm]

Tom are you working in Chicago or just chillin out for a while? Sounds like an interesting experiment, are you going to try and plant some 10th planet seeds or just do recon?

[Tom Gavrilos]

Tom are you working in Chicago or just chillin out for a while? Sounds like an interesting experiment, are you going to try and plant some 10th planet seeds or just do recon?

Ill be in Chicago for a while. Rented my home out in AZ and just taking a break from everything.
BJG actually selling pretty well (wholesale + ebay)

IMO Im not qualified enough to truly plant seeds in RG. I am a 10th planet white belt really. But it will be very interesting for me going "backwards"

Getting back into GI Jiu Jitsu and re-affirm the setups and their thinking. This will actually help me better be effective in my RG. Most people in MMA or even tourney style have their roots in the GI.

Also Cleverson is up by me in Deerfield and Im getting a lil fat (190lbs) lol If Cleverson lets me roll with him NO GI I will for certain but he only teaches GI and he is a multi time Brazilian Champ.

I will test it out this coming week and see how it feels.