My buddy just moved to Arizona from Detroit, he said he signed up this weekend after meeting Royce & his dad. He was friggin' star struck, since he's been a Royce fan from way back.
I have a question. Whoever awarded you the blue belt, didn't they give you a belt??? Did they give you the wrong one? Or did they tell you were a blue belt now, now go buy one.
Easy- Yes, my old instructor gave me a blue belt. Here is the thing, he gave me a blue belt WITHOUT the black sleeve. Dont know why, I have my opinions why, but dont really want to talk about him here. So, I ended up buying another blue belt from Howard at HCK to match my gi. I didnt know there was a problem with white stripes at the ends.
CJJ- that sounds alot like my old instructor, just wansnt gonna say too much..hahaha
Chokeem, I hear ya. I dont really mind much either, but hey I guess to be technically correct i gotta do what I gotta do.
JR- Ya,im still doing a workout on Sundays at 32nd st and Thunderbird. Its from 1-4pm now. We do a lot more kickboxing now and a ton more conditioning, as well as the submission grappling. We dont work any gi stuff there cause nobody there really wants to. And its not like these guys are gonna be competitors or anything, they just like to get a work out once a week. As well, it helps me stay sharp technically when I have to teach it to somone else. You can come on down any time. As always, the guys there are pretty mellow. No egos, and if they start with the ego's I usually put em in check pretty quick.