<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199</id><updated>2011-09-06T20:18:35.425+01:00</updated><category term='facebook'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><category term='Teamwork'/><category term='grappling no gi gi'/><category term='Mats'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise fitness'/><category term='Adams Morgan'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu Tournament 2009'/><category term='videos'/><category term='jiu jitsu dc'/><category term='Jiu Jitsu'/><category term='mma'/><category term='martial arts'/><category term='tournaments'/><category term='stretching'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu jujitsu martial arts Tournament March 2009'/><category term='self defense'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu jujitsu martial arts Tournament 2009'/><category term='Dupont Circle'/><category term='Class Schedule'/><category term='Practice Area'/><category term='Admas Morgan'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu exeercise fitness'/><category term='UFC'/><category term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exeercise fitness'/><category term='funny video Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu exercise fitness'/><category term='class sdhedule'/><category term='DC'/><category term='washington dc judo jiu jitsu jujitsu stefan templeton'/><title type='text'>Capitol Combat Sports</title><subtitle type='html'>JIU JITSU and MMA SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON DC

1726 Kalorama Road Northwest, Washington D.C
Email:  info@capitolcombatsports.com 

Phone:  540.455.9219 (James)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-3754360532527584455</id><published>2010-12-10T01:17:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-12-10T01:33:47.169Z</updated><title type='text'>New Group Photo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/TQF_weO8RRI/AAAAAAAAABc/Jo87Y7ikSV0/s1600/CCS_GroupPhoto_2010_small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/TQF_weO8RRI/AAAAAAAAABc/Jo87Y7ikSV0/s400/CCS_GroupPhoto_2010_small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548856686623343890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;From left to right:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Dave (Sauce), Tom, Brad (Wombat), Aaron, J (our Sensei), Joe and Steve (Colossus)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;We finally got around to taking a new group photo... Pictured above all of the members with a blue belt or higher, who decided to show up for the photo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-3754360532527584455?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3754360532527584455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=3754360532527584455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3754360532527584455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3754360532527584455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-group-photo.html' title='New Group Photo'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/TQF_weO8RRI/AAAAAAAAABc/Jo87Y7ikSV0/s72-c/CCS_GroupPhoto_2010_small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-6807707102143193642</id><published>2009-09-30T02:59:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T03:06:30.405+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>We Moved!</title><content type='html'>Good News and Bad news.  The Bad news first:  The Gym we rented space from was sold and will be turned into a hipster bar.  The Good News is that we found a new space nearby.  We moved to &lt;a href="http://www.hardtrainingclub.com/"&gt;Hard Training Club&lt;/a&gt; at 1726 Kalorama Road in Adams Morgan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Classes will Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 10pm.   Monthly fee will include a membership to Hard Training Club Gym.   See you all at the new space!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-6807707102143193642?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6807707102143193642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=6807707102143193642' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6807707102143193642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6807707102143193642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-moved.html' title='We Moved!'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-8902575795149580764</id><published>2009-09-04T13:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T13:54:58.581+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>Class Scedule on Labor Day</title><content type='html'>Since most people have the day off on Monday, Labor Day, September 9, 2009, we will be having class at 10am instead of the usual time.  Classes resume the &lt;a href="http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/09/class-schedule-new-night-added.html"&gt;normal schedule &lt;/a&gt;the following day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-8902575795149580764?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/8902575795149580764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=8902575795149580764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8902575795149580764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8902575795149580764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/class-scedule-on-labor-day.html' title='Class Scedule on Labor Day'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-4778204928944462266</id><published>2009-08-04T20:22:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T20:29:33.269+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>T-Shirts , Promotion</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;UFC Fight:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check your yahoo group email to find out where we will be meeting for the next UFC fight (probably Public Bar in Dupont, since it's convenient for everyone, but check your email before the fight to be sure).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;School T shirts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new T-shirts are in.  They are red with white logo and lettering.  There are only a few left in Large or XL, so if you want one, see J.  They are $20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Promotion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After winning two gold medals at Copa Nova, (for a total of five gold medals in the last two tournaments) Joaquin was promoted to Blue Belt.  Congratulations!  Now he can start terrorizing some higher belts at the upcoming tournaments.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-4778204928944462266?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/4778204928944462266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=4778204928944462266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/4778204928944462266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/4778204928944462266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/08/t-shirts-promotion.html' title='T-Shirts , Promotion'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-6882293680934929753</id><published>2009-07-24T02:44:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T03:08:12.833+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Submission Only Tournament pic and Vids</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/SmkSZNeIqkI/AAAAAAAAABE/Tbcu2WT199g/s1600-h/6168_127677215329_604855329_3576127_1161927_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 86px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/SmkSZNeIqkI/AAAAAAAAABE/Tbcu2WT199g/s320/6168_127677215329_604855329_3576127_1161927_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361837055683373634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here's a pic of three of the Capitol Combat Sports guys at the submission only tournament in Richmond last week.  From left to right, Tom, Joaquin and Dave.  This was a no-time limit tournament--all wins by submission.  The shortest match was 14 seconds, the longest match was 34 minutes. Joaquin (in his first tournament) came close to being the longest match with a 31 minute bout.   Jordan (not pictured) also made his first tournament appearance and won a bronze medal.  Benny made his second tournament appearance and won a silver.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6uhVhnsgwvQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6uhVhnsgwvQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XF99sKArDfE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XF99sKArDfE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCpA6U8mUzg&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCpA6U8mUzg&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-6882293680934929753?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6882293680934929753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=6882293680934929753' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6882293680934929753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6882293680934929753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/07/submission-only-tournament-pic-and-vids.html' title='Submission Only Tournament pic and Vids'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/SmkSZNeIqkI/AAAAAAAAABE/Tbcu2WT199g/s72-c/6168_127677215329_604855329_3576127_1161927_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-742752535637802406</id><published>2009-07-20T22:24:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T22:40:17.165+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>Tournament Results, US Grappling Submission Only iV</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The results:  3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze.  It was great seeing everybody out there competing at this well run tournament. Work schedules and injuries prevented some people from competing, but others were eager to try out this unique no-time limit tournament.  Wins are by submission only, no matter how long they take.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Men's No-Gi  Divisions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Advanced 205 and up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 Hi-Woon Kang&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Intermediate 150-159.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st Joaquin Azero&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beginne&lt;/span&gt;r &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;up to 139.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd Benjamin Saunders&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Novice Absolute 150-169.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd Jordan Davenport&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Men's Gi Divisions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Men's Blue Belt 160-169.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd  Tom Mooney -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Men's Blue Belt 205-219.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd Hi-Woon Kang -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Men's White Belt 159-159.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st Joaquin Azero - &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30+ Gi Divisions&lt;br /&gt;30+ White Belt Up to 159.9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st   Joaquin Azero&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-742752535637802406?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/742752535637802406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=742752535637802406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/742752535637802406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/742752535637802406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/07/tournament-results-us-grappling.html' title='Tournament Results, US Grappling Submission Only iV'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-7333710086344565757</id><published>2009-07-13T19:13:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T19:20:35.531+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>UFC 100</title><content type='html'>It was great seeing everyone out at Public Bar for UFC 100.  This was a new venue for everyone, but the consensus is that it's a great place for UFC fights. Plenty of TVs, booths and booze, and the location in Dupont Circle seemed convenient for everyone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a reminder that if any of you are planning on going to the next couple of tournaments, (the Submission Only tournament this saturday/sunday or the Copa Nova tournament), either as a competitor, or just for moral support, let us know in class so that we can figure out the carpooling situation.  Good luck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-7333710086344565757?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7333710086344565757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=7333710086344565757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7333710086344565757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7333710086344565757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/07/ufc-100.html' title='UFC 100'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-2520431546959906091</id><published>2009-05-23T19:07:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T19:09:14.837+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Memorial Day Class?</title><content type='html'>There will be no class on Monday night May 25 (Memorial Day).  For those that are off from work that day, we will have class on Monday morning at 10am.  once again: NO CLASS ON MONDAY NIGHT MAY 25. (class is in the morning).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-2520431546959906091?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2520431546959906091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=2520431546959906091' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2520431546959906091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2520431546959906091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/05/memorial-day-class.html' title='Memorial Day Class?'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-2059355217406422937</id><published>2009-05-21T15:12:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T15:21:08.629+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bull in The Ring</title><content type='html'>Who knows who starts these weird traditions?  Whenever it's someone's birthday, or they get married or some other big life event we do something called "Bull in the Ring".  (As if people needed further discouragement from getting married). Basically, the person being honored has to roll with every in class for a minute each, with no breaks.  So, if 15 people show up that day, 15 people = 15 minutes non-stop rolling with 15 fresh opponents.        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, here is a message from Jason about it:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Wanted to remind everyone that [Today] is Jody's last day...he's moving to Denmark because he's tired of getting beat-up by people smaller than him.  Let's make an effort to have as many people present as possible to wish him a proper goodbye via bull-in-the- ring."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, for those of you that read this blog, but haven't been coming to class regularly, see you tonight!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-2059355217406422937?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2059355217406422937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=2059355217406422937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2059355217406422937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2059355217406422937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/05/bull-in-ring.html' title='Bull in The Ring'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-8933545921938562780</id><published>2009-05-15T17:41:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T17:54:22.267+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>Copa Nova May 2009 Results</title><content type='html'>Although none of our adults competed at this event, we did have a couple of kids competing, with James and Tom driving down to corner for them. Despite his eye surgery, Tom made the trip down and will be well enough to start training again this week. Congrats to Rael and Dean for an outstanding effort!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced Children No Gi&lt;br /&gt;69 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Place Rael Griffin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced Teen No Gi&lt;br /&gt;169 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Place Dean Szollory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-8933545921938562780?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/8933545921938562780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=8933545921938562780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8933545921938562780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8933545921938562780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/05/copa-nova-may-2009-results.html' title='Copa Nova May 2009 Results'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-4228985383449384355</id><published>2009-05-04T15:34:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T15:39:13.642+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fedor / Aoki Exhibition Match</title><content type='html'>I found this on YouTube, so you may as well enjoy it before it gets taken down or flagged. It's a video of the exhibition match between Fedor and Shinya Aoki.  Fedor outweighs Shinya by about 100 pounds, but does surprisingly well against the Russian who is arguably the best fighter in MMA.  The smooooooth takedowns are particularly impressive. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-XisoUegzUw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-XisoUegzUw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-4228985383449384355?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/4228985383449384355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=4228985383449384355' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/4228985383449384355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/4228985383449384355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/05/fedor-aoki-exhibition-match.html' title='Fedor / Aoki Exhibition Match'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-2070099754709238528</id><published>2009-05-01T20:08:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T20:27:30.730+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Swine Flu and You</title><content type='html'>We disinfect the mats before every class, but no matter how careful you are, if you are in close proximity to others you should take steps to minimize your chances of getting sick from anything on the mats (inlcuding staph, flu and other bad things).  Here are some simple things you can do to protect yourself:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)  &lt;strong&gt;wear a long sleeve rashguard and your gi pants.&lt;/strong&gt;  In the summer people tend to want to roll no-gi, but rolling in shorts and a t-shirt puts more of your skin in direct contact with the mat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)  &lt;strong&gt;if you are sick, stay home&lt;/strong&gt;.  No one wants your flu!  you might feel well enough to go to work, but don't roll with people unless you are completely well.  Some people in class have babies at home, so be considerate.  If you are sick, feel free to watch class and take notes if you want, or ask someone to go over what you missed when you get back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)  &lt;strong&gt;take a shower as soon as you get home.&lt;/strong&gt;  Simple soap and water will kill the staph virus, and it takes a couple of hours for it to take hold, so you have plenty of time to wash your hands/take a shower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)  &lt;strong&gt;care for&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;the mats&lt;/strong&gt;.  we disinfect the mats before each class, but if you walk off the mats barefoot and then walk back on, you will track germs on it.  Have some flip flop sandals that you can put on when you leave the mat so your bare feet don't touch the floor in other parts of the gym.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)  &lt;strong&gt;bandage up your cuts&lt;/strong&gt;.  staph infections usually happen when you have a cut and it comes in contact with something that is not sterile. keep your cuts bandaged when you are rolling.  If you don't have bandages or tape, ask someone in class for it (usually several people have some).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-2070099754709238528?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2070099754709238528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=2070099754709238528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2070099754709238528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2070099754709238528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/05/swine-flu-and-you.html' title='Swine Flu and You'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-3812351900530317794</id><published>2009-04-08T12:21:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T12:34:45.001+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise dupont circle adams morgan  fitness'/><title type='text'>A Picture is worth 1000 words</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xlsAhqpz59o/SdyHHGmqFeI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/QdNVsx_aV6Y/s1600-h/DSCF0073.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xlsAhqpz59o/SdyHHGmqFeI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/QdNVsx_aV6Y/s320/DSCF0073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322277415746672098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Since you probably don't like reading blogs without pictures, here's a shot of the jiu jitsu club from Capitol Combat Sports at US Grappling's Dominion Grappling Championship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's  impossible for you to train at a small club like ours without developing a strong sense of camaraderie with your training partners.  If you're not sure if you want to compete or not, going to the tournament is a great way for you to support your gym friends and see what the competition is like at tournaments.   When you see your training partners competing and winning, it will take away any concerns you have about whether your ready or not to test your skills against people from other schools.  And you may just walk home with some medals to show your wife or girlfriend.  Or both, if you're lucky. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*****&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you want to make an appointment to see the school or take a free class, drop us a line at info@capitolcombatsports.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-3812351900530317794?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3812351900530317794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=3812351900530317794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3812351900530317794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3812351900530317794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/04/picture-is-worth-1000-words.html' title='A Picture is worth 1000 words'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xlsAhqpz59o/SdyHHGmqFeI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/QdNVsx_aV6Y/s72-c/DSCF0073.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-8898532330058793334</id><published>2009-03-20T14:21:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-03-20T14:42:58.964Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu jujitsu martial arts Tournament March 2009'/><title type='text'>You Gotta Be In It To Win It</title><content type='html'>Congratulations to everyone who put it on the line at the US Grappling tournament last Saturday. We have a small club, so our team was much smaller than some of the other schools, but we sent out 5 members and came back home with some hardware.  Thanks to everyone who wasn't competing, but still came out to support the team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men's No Gi&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Intermediate&lt;/strong&gt; under 149.9 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Elwell - Bronze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men's Gi&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Beginner&lt;/strong&gt; under 129.9 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Benjamin Saunders -  Silver&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30+ No Gi Division: Intermediate&lt;/strong&gt;  under 199.9 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Peter Sanchez - Silver&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30+ Gi Division:  Intermediate&lt;/strong&gt; Under 180 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;Peter Sanchez - Bronze&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-8898532330058793334?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/8898532330058793334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=8898532330058793334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8898532330058793334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8898532330058793334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/03/you-gotta-be-in-it-to-win-it.html' title='You Gotta Be In It To Win It'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-3348636710725033746</id><published>2009-03-16T17:28:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-03-16T17:37:06.758Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu jujitsu martial arts Tournament 2009'/><title type='text'>More Upcoming Tournaments: 2009</title><content type='html'>Whether you're interested in competing or watching some up and coming jiu jitsu fighters do their thing, you are in luck.  There are another two events coming up within an hour's drive of DC. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;US GRAPPLING:  SUBMISSION ONLY III  April 25th, 2009.  This is a non-traditional tournament that doesn't features points.  All wins are by submission.  Fights can be anywhere from less than a minute, to an hour.  You can get information on registering by &lt;a href="http://www.usgrappling.us/events/042509/"&gt;clicking here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COPA NOVA:  SATURDAY MAY 9Th:  The Folks at Copa Nova have just announced that they are hosting another tournament on May 9th in Ashburn Virginia.  You can get information on it by &lt;a href="http://copanovabjj.com/"&gt;clicking here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're interested in coming down to our club for a free introductory lesson, or just to watch a class, send an email to &lt;a href="mailto:info@capitolcombatsports.com"&gt;info@capitolcombatsports.com&lt;/a&gt; to set up an appointment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-3348636710725033746?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3348636710725033746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=3348636710725033746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3348636710725033746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3348636710725033746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-upcoming-tournaments-2009.html' title='More Upcoming Tournaments: 2009'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-7624455286047888597</id><published>2009-03-06T18:28:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-03-06T21:37:45.774Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exeercise fitness'/><title type='text'>Live MMA Fights in the Metro DC Area:  Chantilly VA</title><content type='html'>Saturday March 14, at 7:30pm there will be a live MMA event in Chantilly VA. It's a good chance to see some live mma, for a decent price. (Tickets for a live UFC can run you several hundred dollars).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General admission tickets are only $25 at the door, seating in the general admission area is first come, first served. You can buy tickets in advance online for a few bucks more, but that doesn't guarentee you a &lt;strong&gt;good&lt;/strong&gt; seat, just a seat.  You can get better seats for about $45. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the website and the fight card:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://operationoctagon.com/index.php?page=fight-card" target="_blank"&gt;http://operationoctagon.com/index.php?page=fight-card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google maps page for the place:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/maps" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.google.com/maps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI, we are not getting anything from the promoters of this or any other event that we have mentioned on here. The reason we plug this stuff for free is so that these events do well and hopefully more promoters will decide to put on events in the area. We also know that sometimes it's hard for you to find about local tournaments or MMA fights because they are not widely advertised, so please check back here periodically (or subscribe to the RSS Feed) and we will keep you informed about future events in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you know of an event that we haven't menitoned on here, send us the details at &lt;a href="mailto:info@capitolcombatsports.com"&gt;info@capitolcombatsports.com&lt;/a&gt; and we will post it for you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-7624455286047888597?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7624455286047888597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=7624455286047888597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7624455286047888597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7624455286047888597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/03/live-mma-fights-in-metro-dc-area.html' title='Live MMA Fights in the Metro DC Area:  Chantilly VA'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-1637755650094602369</id><published>2009-02-19T19:06:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-02-19T19:13:48.771Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exeercise fitness'/><title type='text'>Helio Gracie 1913 - 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yfJAjG3gY6g&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yfJAjG3gY6g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Helio Gracie, who founded Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with his older brother, died recently.  The influence that he had on martial arts can't be overstated.  He lived into his 90s and still practiced constantly.  In his book Jiu Jitsu University, legendary 6x world champion Saulo Ribeiro tells about how he rolled against Helio, but couldn't defeat the old man because Helio's defense was so strong.  His defenses were so well honed that Saulo couldn't find an opening to attack and submit him.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He was small in stature, but well known in his youth for taking all challengers and routinely defeating opponents much larger than him.  Here is a tribute video that was done for him.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-1637755650094602369?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1637755650094602369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=1637755650094602369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1637755650094602369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1637755650094602369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/02/helio-gracie-1913-2009.html' title='Helio Gracie 1913 - 2009'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-5603580201237650673</id><published>2009-02-11T21:30:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-02-11T21:45:19.604Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grappling no gi gi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu jujitsu martial arts Tournament March 2009'/><title type='text'>UpComing Virginia and Maryland Tournaments</title><content type='html'>Tournament Season has started, so for those of you who missed &lt;a href="http://www.copanovabjj.com/"&gt;Copa Nova &lt;/a&gt;recently, there is good news and bad news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good news is that there are two tournaments within driving distance in march: One in Maryland and one in Virginia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Bad news is that they are both on the same day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1)&lt;/strong&gt;   The folks at Mike Moses' school will be host another &lt;a href="http://www.missionsubmission.tv/"&gt;MISSION SUBMISSION&lt;/a&gt; on March 14, 2009 in Frostburg MD.  This is a traditional BJJ tournament with both Gi and No Gi divisions.  It's only $50 for one event and $10 for each additional event.  Very reasonable compared to some other tournaments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) The folks at US Grappling are putting on the &lt;a href="http://www.usgrappling.us/events/031409/"&gt;DOMINION GRAPPLING CHAMPSHIONSHIP 3&lt;/a&gt; event on March 14, 2009 in Ashland VA.  This is $50 for one event and $75 for unlimited events.  Unlike their previous Submission Only tournament (with no time limits), this event will use time limits and be set up like a traditional BJJ tournament.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-5603580201237650673?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/5603580201237650673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=5603580201237650673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/5603580201237650673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/5603580201237650673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/02/upcoming-virginia-and-maryland.html' title='UpComing Virginia and Maryland Tournaments'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-6680757529787871485</id><published>2009-02-06T19:26:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-06T19:27:57.663Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self defense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny video Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu exercise fitness'/><title type='text'>Funny Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7PiOlZENcfk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7PiOlZENcfk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;  If you've ever wondered how effective martial arts are against multiple attackers.  Check out this video.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-6680757529787871485?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6680757529787871485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=6680757529787871485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6680757529787871485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6680757529787871485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/02/funny-video.html' title='Funny Video'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-7368701064605183078</id><published>2009-02-02T19:14:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-02-23T15:22:49.238Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='martial arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='washington dc judo jiu jitsu jujitsu stefan templeton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adams Morgan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dupont Circle'/><title type='text'>NPR Mention</title><content type='html'>This week &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99999971"&gt;NPR did a feature &lt;/a&gt;on Stefan Templeton and his humanitarian work in the Sudan.  His work plotting an evacuation corridor for refugees when fighting broke out in the Sudan saved thousands of lives.  As you know, when Stefan isn't busy saving the world, he drops in and teaches classes at the club. We are honored to have him here since he embodies the true spirit of jiu jitsu and helping others.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-7368701064605183078?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7368701064605183078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=7368701064605183078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7368701064605183078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7368701064605183078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/02/npr-mention.html' title='NPR Mention'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-1517780782355760214</id><published>2009-01-29T15:49:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-01-29T15:58:33.101Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu exeercise fitness'/><title type='text'>No Time To Workout?</title><content type='html'>"But I don't have time to workout" is one of the lamest excuses out there.  Wade Schalles, the legendary wrestler said that it's better to do a short workout and give it 100% than to be in the gym for a long time half-a55ing it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You should devote at least a couple of days of week when you are not training to doing some exercises on your own.  If you are giving it 100%, then you don't need to work out for 2 hours.  Just look at what you can do in 60 seconds.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_c7ZHdQ-Spk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_c7ZHdQ-Spk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI, this is legendary MMA fighter "The Gracie Hunter"  Kazushi Sakuraba.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-1517780782355760214?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1517780782355760214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=1517780782355760214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1517780782355760214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1517780782355760214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-time-to-workout.html' title='No Time To Workout?'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-4024602833616995675</id><published>2009-01-27T22:17:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T22:19:44.999Z</updated><title type='text'>Class Cancelled on Tuesday January 27</title><content type='html'>There will be no class tonight due to snow/icy roads in DC.  Class will resume at the regular time on Thursday, weather permitting.  Check the blog for further updates. thanks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-4024602833616995675?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/4024602833616995675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=4024602833616995675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/4024602833616995675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/4024602833616995675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/01/class-cancelled-on-tuesday-january-27.html' title='Class Cancelled on Tuesday January 27'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-7702785365676384790</id><published>2009-01-27T15:09:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T15:14:24.979Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu Tournament 2009'/><title type='text'>Washington Post Mention</title><content type='html'>The Washington Post did an article &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011602420.html"&gt;this weekend on Stefan&lt;/a&gt;, who has been teaching the striking class on Mondays while Val is away at training for his new job with the Feds.   As you can see from the article, Stefan has been busy lately so we really appreciate his instruction and support of the school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, Everyone did really well at the Copa Nova Tournament this past weekend.  I will post the results as soon as they are available.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-7702785365676384790?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7702785365676384790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=7702785365676384790' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7702785365676384790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7702785365676384790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/01/washington-post-mention.html' title='Washington Post Mention'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-9196825163993286911</id><published>2009-01-14T13:59:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-14T14:10:17.042Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UFC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jiu jitsu dc'/><title type='text'>Move Reviews</title><content type='html'>Dave Kang put together a summary of the guard passing and re-guarding techniques from monday's class.  We will post it on the Capitol Combat Sports Facebook page for you to review.  I will also post a summary of the syllabus from the overhook series from last week on Facebook as soon as I can.  If you don't have Facebook, let me remind you that it's 2009 so get with the program.  Also, don't share these summaries with people outside the club. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, if you haven't signed up for the email list, send an email to Aaron and he will add you to the listserv so we can keep you in the loop about what is going on at the club.  We plan on meeting up somewhere this weekend to watch the UFC fight.  If you don't sign up for the email list, then you will probably be drinking alone.  Nuff' said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-9196825163993286911?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/9196825163993286911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=9196825163993286911' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/9196825163993286911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/9196825163993286911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/01/move-reviews.html' title='Move Reviews'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-848966120000340485</id><published>2009-01-05T23:19:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-05T23:26:27.250Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu Tournament 2009'/><title type='text'>Tournaments 2009--NAGA Virginia</title><content type='html'>Just a quick reminder that now that the holidays are over, we are returning to the regular class schedule.  For those of you interested in tournaments, in addition tot he Copa Nova event in January mentioned in the previous post, NAGA will be hosting an event in Virginia on Saturday, February 28, 2009.  You can get info on the event, including the rules, fees and weight classes &lt;a href="http://www.nagafighter.com/virginia02-09_home.asp"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-848966120000340485?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/848966120000340485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=848966120000340485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/848966120000340485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/848966120000340485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2009/01/tournaments-2009-naga-virginia.html' title='Tournaments 2009--NAGA Virginia'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-7255570993804966973</id><published>2008-12-17T18:25:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-12-17T18:27:16.591Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tournaments'/><title type='text'>Tournaments in 2009--Copa Nova</title><content type='html'>Competing in tournaments is good for several reasons. If you're rolling with the same people in class everyday, you may be getting better, but it's also possible that you just recognize their set ups and know how to avoid them. By going to tourmaments you will learn quickly if there are any holes in your game, especially from schools with different fighting styles. For example, if your school drills a lot of techniques with the rubber guard, how will you adapt when faced with someone who has been training mostly with the spider guard? Or butterfly guard? Or X guard? How about a former wrestler?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It looks like the first local tournament will be in a few weeks. The &lt;a href="http://copanovabjj.com/"&gt;Copa Nova BJJ Tournament &lt;/a&gt;will be on Saturday January 24, 2009 in Ashburn VA. I wasn't able to make it to last year's event, but a few people in our club made it out there and reported that it was well run with good judging. It's not as big as NAGA or Grappler's Quest (but then again, what is?), but a good local tournament to go to and sharpen your skills. Put it on your calendars!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you getting ready to compete, check out the &lt;a href="http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/09/class-schedule-new-night-added.html"&gt;SCHOOL CLASS SCHEDULE&lt;/a&gt; and see if you can fit in at least one extra day a week of training.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-7255570993804966973?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7255570993804966973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=7255570993804966973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7255570993804966973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7255570993804966973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/tournaments-in-2009.html' title='Tournaments in 2009--Copa Nova'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-2392180281648132330</id><published>2008-12-16T12:17:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-12-16T12:25:23.286Z</updated><title type='text'>New Basics Class</title><content type='html'>From now on, Tuesday night will be devoted to learning and drilling basics.   This will help new students get up to speed on the fundamentals, and help more experienced students review and improve their techniques. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a basic kimura armlock drill that we normally do in every class during warmups.  You should do 20 of these to get you started. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FV7pMqXKTQA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FV7pMqXKTQA&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-2392180281648132330?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2392180281648132330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=2392180281648132330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2392180281648132330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2392180281648132330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-basics-class.html' title='New Basics Class'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-5526869355482255350</id><published>2008-12-15T15:28:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-12-15T15:41:06.104Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='class sdhedule'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stretching'/><title type='text'>Easy New Solo Stretch</title><content type='html'>The only thing worse than losing a match because of your technique is losing one because you are inflexible. Like it or not, if you are going to get better at jiu jitsu, you are going to have to work on all aspects of your game, including flexibility. Luckilly, it's easier to see improvement in your flexibility than it is to improve your strength or get better at your other skills, like keeping your weight on someone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we do work on stretching during warmups, it's important for you to practice that on your own as well. Here is a helpful trick for stretching out your hips with some old belts from your judo gi. It was submitted by the guys at Submissions 101.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3zfyLbRIbE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3zfyLbRIbE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep an eye out for changes in the schedule. Most of the people at our jiu jitsu club found out about us by word of mouth (i.e. from a friend), so as new people joined we worked with them to get them up to speed and let them participate in the class. Since we have recently gotten several new students, we may be changing one of the classes to focus specifically on basics. This will help the new students with their foundations and will be a good review for more advanced students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I will be adding a link on the side to let people know about upcoming jiu jitsu tournaments or seminars in the DC area. If you know of one, send the info to &lt;a href="mailto:info@capitolcombatsports.com"&gt;info@capitolcombatsports.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Pete Law&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-5526869355482255350?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/5526869355482255350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=5526869355482255350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/5526869355482255350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/5526869355482255350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/easy-new-solo-stretch.html' title='Easy New Solo Stretch'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-3867087385340276058</id><published>2008-12-12T14:21:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-12T14:34:00.346Z</updated><title type='text'>Rear Naked Choke Tutorial</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/176SLdBhj_A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/176SLdBhj_A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;I came accross this tutorial on the Rear Naked Choke on YouTube. Drew told me about it after he got done choking me. It's put out by &lt;a href="http://www.grapplearts.com/About-Us.htm"&gt;Stephan Kesting from Grapplearts&lt;/a&gt;.   It's got a lot a lot of useful tips about applying the technique and about common mistakes to avoid.  It's about 10 minutes long and it's got some details you can incorporate into your game right away.  Good luck out there!    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Pete Law&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-3867087385340276058?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3867087385340276058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=3867087385340276058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3867087385340276058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3867087385340276058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/rear-naked-choke-tutorial.html' title='Rear Naked Choke Tutorial'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-8900197880827397293</id><published>2008-12-01T19:07:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-12-16T12:13:14.318Z</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Just a reminder that now that Thanksgiving is over, we have returned to the regular class schedule: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mondays:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;7 - 8:15pm Striking &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8:15-10pm Jujitsu &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Tuesdays:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;8:30 - 10:30 Jiu Jitsu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Thursdays:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;8:15-10pm Jujitsu &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fridays:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;6 - 8pm Jiujitsu &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturdays:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;9:00-10am No Gi Grappling &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, for the white belts testing for their next stripe or for their blue belt, the testing requirements are as follows: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd stripe:&lt;/strong&gt; Should know at least 15 submissions or techniques, as well as shoulder, and hip throws, and major outer reap.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4th stripe:&lt;/strong&gt;Should know at least 20 submissions or techniques, as well as shoulder, and hip throws, and major outer reap. Should have competed at least once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blue Belt:&lt;/strong&gt; 25-30 techniques, good stand up, knowledge of Judo throws. Should be a Positive Representative of the club.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-8900197880827397293?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/8900197880827397293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=8900197880827397293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8900197880827397293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/8900197880827397293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/happy-holidays.html' title='Happy Holidays'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-6180794908728793342</id><published>2008-11-21T14:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-21T15:20:26.031Z</updated><title type='text'>Holiday Schedule 2008</title><content type='html'>Because many people will going away for Thanksgiving, we are altering the schedule slightly this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday: practice will be as usual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday:  J will not be in class.  If Juan is available we will keep it open as a regular session. In the even that Juan can't make it,  please treat it as an open mat, or a day of recovery, everyone has been working very hard. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday:  No Class as usual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday and Friday we will obviously be closed to celebrate the pilgrims tricking the natives into giving them all their food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, there will be testing in December for promotions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those eligible for a stripe/belt test in December are as follows:&lt;br /&gt;Aaron&lt;br /&gt;Jason&lt;br /&gt;Pete (both)&lt;br /&gt;Tom&lt;br /&gt;Jody&lt;br /&gt;Drew&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 4th is the tentative date.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-6180794908728793342?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6180794908728793342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=6180794908728793342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6180794908728793342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6180794908728793342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/holiday-schedule-2008.html' title='Holiday Schedule 2008'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-3198405637015013962</id><published>2008-11-12T14:06:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-12T14:12:10.552Z</updated><title type='text'>NAGA New Jersey 2008</title><content type='html'>This weekend Capitol Combat Sports' Sijara Eubanks trekked up to New Jersey for the North American Grapplers Association tournament.  Although she was the only one from CCS competing that day, she laid down the law, won all her matches and came back with two gold medals.  Sijara won first place in the women's white belt divisions in both gi and no-gi.  Congratulations, Sijara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Pete Law&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-3198405637015013962?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3198405637015013962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=3198405637015013962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3198405637015013962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/3198405637015013962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/naga-new-jersey-2008.html' title='NAGA New Jersey 2008'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-34220800570061177</id><published>2008-11-06T17:55:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:03:36.732Z</updated><title type='text'>CCS Merchandise</title><content type='html'>Hey Guys, just a quick note. I ordered school patches for the uniforms and they should get here in a couple of weeks. They look like the logo on this blog. I wanted to get them in before the next tournament.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I found a place that will give us wholesale pricing on Gis. I ordered a few to start out and we'll see how it goes. I ordered single weave gis to give new students something they could start out with without spending an arm and a leg (and also because the place that would wholesale double weave gis to us wanted a large order). If this goes well, we'll try to keep some in stock so that when you guys need another one you can order it directly through the school which will help keep our dues down. If anyone needs another gi, let me know. They should be here in a few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, people have been asking about ordering another round of CCS shirts with the school logo.  We hope to get some new shirts or hoodies in soon.  Last time we sold out, so this time please pre-pay so that we are sure we'll order enough for everyone that wants one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Pete Law&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-34220800570061177?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/34220800570061177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=34220800570061177' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/34220800570061177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/34220800570061177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/ccs-merchandise.html' title='CCS Merchandise'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-6073234372322013642</id><published>2008-11-04T21:18:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-04T21:37:04.556Z</updated><title type='text'>US Grappling Submission Only Tournament Nov 1, 2008</title><content type='html'>This weekend some of Capitol Combat Sports' students took a roadtrip from DC to Winchester Virginia to participate in &lt;a href="http://www.usgrappling.us/"&gt;US Grappling's Submission Only Tournament II&lt;/a&gt;.  This is a tournament with no time limits or points.  A win can only come from a submission.  Congratulations on some hard fought matches! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men's No Gi Beginner&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Beginner 149 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Place Andrew Elwell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beginner 159 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd Place Jon Christophel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men's Gi Divisions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;White Belt 140-149.9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd place Andrew Elwell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women No Gi Divisions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beginner 145-159.9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st Place Sijara Eubanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women's Gi Divisions&lt;br /&gt;White Belt 159&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st Place Sijara Eubanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;White Belt Absolute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st Place Sijara Eubanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-6073234372322013642?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6073234372322013642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=6073234372322013642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6073234372322013642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6073234372322013642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-grappling-submission-only-tournament.html' title='US Grappling Submission Only Tournament Nov 1, 2008'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-1022715946064112783</id><published>2008-11-04T21:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-04T21:17:40.899Z</updated><title type='text'>US Grappling Junior Championships II Oct 25, 2008</title><content type='html'>Recently some of Capitol Combat Sports' youngest students got to feature their skills at&lt;a href="http://www.usgrappling.us/events/102508/"&gt; the US Grappling Junior Championships&lt;/a&gt;  II in Richmond VA.   Congratulations guys!    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Children Beginner  No Gi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;77 lbs&lt;br /&gt;2nd place  Rael Griffin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;89 lbs&lt;br /&gt;3rd Place Will Wests&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teen Advanced No Gi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;129 lbs&lt;br /&gt;1st Place Grier Freedman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teen Beginner No Gi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;159 lbs&lt;br /&gt;2nd Place  Michael McDonald&lt;br /&gt;3rd Place Dean Szollosy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teen Beginner Gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;139.9 lbs&lt;br /&gt;1st Place Michael McDonald&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-1022715946064112783?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1022715946064112783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=1022715946064112783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1022715946064112783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1022715946064112783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-grappling-junior-championships-ii.html' title='US Grappling Junior Championships II Oct 25, 2008'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-7096366129951348857</id><published>2008-10-23T15:02:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T13:28:42.367Z</updated><title type='text'>Recent Tournament Results</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Naga Virginia Championship 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Greer Freedman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st place teens no-gi&lt;br /&gt;2nd place in teens gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sijara Eubanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bronze medal: women's 135+ no-gi division&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Victor &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4th place adult no-gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jeff Freedman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd in the Executive no-gi division&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jim&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bronze medal: Novice gi division&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Mission Submission 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cody&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd Place White Belt Gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete Sanchez&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd Place Novice White Belt Gi&lt;br /&gt;3rd Place Novice White Belt no-gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sijara Eubanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd Place Womens Gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Copa Nova 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tom Mooney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2d Place Mens Open White Belt - Gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jason George&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd Place Mens Open White Belt -Gi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-7096366129951348857?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7096366129951348857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=7096366129951348857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7096366129951348857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/7096366129951348857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/10/recent-tournament-results.html' title='Recent Tournament Results'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-1063986394988850036</id><published>2008-09-03T18:53:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T01:39:15.798Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dupont Circle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise fitness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Admas Morgan'/><title type='text'>Class Schedule</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;Monday - Thursday &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;8:30 - 10:00 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;Hard Training Club - &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;1726 Kalorama Road Northwest, Washington D.C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-1063986394988850036?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1063986394988850036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=1063986394988850036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1063986394988850036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1063986394988850036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/09/class-schedule-new-night-added.html' title='Class Schedule'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-2481528045028469887</id><published>2008-08-28T18:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-08-28T18:25:13.168+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Practice Area'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teamwork'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jiu Jitsu'/><title type='text'>New Mats, more space for practice!</title><content type='html'>Knox Gym recently removed the exercise bicycles from the second floor.  As a result, Capitol Combat Sports was able add more workout space for our Jiu jitsu class.  We purchased a large wrestling mat which gives us an additional 250 square feet of practice space.  Several people who were at the open mat session Saturday morning helped carry it upstairs and put it in place.  Nice Teamwork, guys! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With more mat space, we can now accomodate more students interested in learning jiu jitsu at our metro-accessible gym, in the heart of Washington DC. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our classes are in the evening on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, with an open mat workout on Saturday Mornings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Pete Law&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-2481528045028469887?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2481528045028469887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=2481528045028469887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2481528045028469887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/2481528045028469887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-mats-more-space-for-practice.html' title='New Mats, more space for practice!'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-6287712354337530994</id><published>2008-08-12T14:38:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T15:22:04.666Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adams Morgan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dupont Circle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Class Schedule'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise fitness'/><title type='text'>Class Schedule</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mondays:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;7 - 8:15pm Striking &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8:15-10pm Jujitsu &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Thursdays:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;7 - 8:15pm Striking &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8:15-10pm Jujitsu &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fridays:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;6 - 8pm Jiujitsu &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturdays:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;9:00-10am No Gi Grappling &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-6287712354337530994?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6287712354337530994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=6287712354337530994' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6287712354337530994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/6287712354337530994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/08/class-schedule.html' title='Class Schedule'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907524510236315199.post-1104951147327992221</id><published>2008-08-06T15:21:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T20:33:31.859+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adams Morgan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dupont Circle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC Judo Jiu Jitsu MMA Martial arts  exercise fitness'/><title type='text'>Val, J., Victor, Stefano, Juan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/SJmzjP6enYI/AAAAAAAAAAY/_8Wb10rFTiE/s1600-h/teach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231409860316142978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/SJmzjP6enYI/AAAAAAAAAAY/_8Wb10rFTiE/s320/teach.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;J COLEMAN:&lt;/strong&gt; J.Coleman has been training in Martial Arts for over 20 years begining at the age of seven. He has studied Jiu-Jitusu, Judo, Kempo, Uechiryu, Wing Chun and Philipino stick fighting.He began studying jiu jitsu around the age of ten and at eighteen years he choose to focus soley on Jiu-Jitsu. He holds a black belt in Shorijimatokendo (Japanese system encompassing, grappling, self defense, and judo) under the training of John Bannon (4th Dan Jiujitsu, black belt in Judo) and Rob Rivers (5th Dan), Coleman is also second degree black belt in Judo under Master Quoc Dung (6th Dan) , and a brown belt in Kempo. He started his own school in VA with Dave Kang (brown belt) in 2002 and in 2006 he founded Capitol Combat Sports in Washington DC. In 2008 Capitol Combat named Stefano Tempelton (Sukata Jiu-Jitsu) honorary Professor, with Dave Kang and Val Penascino (formerly of Alive BJJ in Japan) as co-instructors with Coleman as head coach and instructor .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;VAL PENASCINO :&lt;/span&gt; From the first time he saw the Karate Kid Val knew he wanted to do martial arts. After dabbling in the more traditional forms of Karate, Kenpo and Tae Kwon Do, his search for a more practical art was satisfied when he began studying grappling and kickboxing in 2000. From 2001 to 2005 Val lived and studied in Japan where he had the opportunity to train in Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, mma, and grappling with a number of professional fighters who have competed in K-1, Pancrase, Pride, and Shooto. While in Japan, Val competed on the amateur Shooto mma circuit going 2-0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Val has been with CCS since March of 2007 running the striking/mma and helping out with jiu jitsu classes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STEFAN TEMPLETON&lt;/strong&gt;: Bio Coming Soon:  In the meantime, you can hear about Stefan's humanitarian work in the Sudan, and the book they are writing about him &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99999971"&gt;on NPR&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JUAN:&lt;/strong&gt; Bio Coming Soon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAVE KANG&lt;/strong&gt;: Bio Coming Soon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8907524510236315199-1104951147327992221?l=capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1104951147327992221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8907524510236315199&amp;postID=1104951147327992221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1104951147327992221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8907524510236315199/posts/default/1104951147327992221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capitolcombatsports.blogspot.com/2008/08/val-j-victor-stefano-juan.html' title='Val, J., Victor, Stefano, Juan'/><author><name>Capitol Combat Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16543100900019232755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ptC-j1RlNqA/SJmzjP6enYI/AAAAAAAAAAY/_8Wb10rFTiE/s72-c/teach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
