I received my brown belt tonight

 congrats

Badass! That is my next belt crosses fingers

Congrads brother.....

Congratulations Jimmy. I called Toby & told him you got your Brown Belt. It dosen't seem like it's been that many years ago that we were all training together in Cleveland. We've seen a lot of guys go by the wayside since then. It always seemed that you were at the top of the class,even though that didn't seem to be appreaciated by everyone. You've put in a lot of time,training,& hard work for this well deserved promotion. Keep up the hard work,& hopefully, I'll be able to get some of my guys up there to train before long. Thanks for being a great friend & for all that you have taught me & my guys. Merry Christmas,Dave

Thanks Dave for all the kind words. I appreciate your friendship very much and am glad we've stayed in contact all these years. You are welcome to come up and train with us any time you'd like. It's always a pleasure seeing you. Have a great Christmas and hopefully I'll see you after the holidays =]

Take Care,
James

cool.... did you happen to propose to your girlfriend after getting the brown belt???


if so... how did that turn out?

Congrats!

Propose to my girlfriend lol? I'm married my friend.

Always cool to hear about the old school guys from Craig's.

Well deserved Jimmy.

Tom Mercer

Thanks Tom, it's nice to hear from you. How are things going for you? How's training?

I'm doing ok. Still stuck at purple belt, but my training over the past few years has not been consistent due to some back injuries.

Hopefully I'll be able to start training consistently again in 2010. I plan on visting Cleveland sometime this spring, so I'll try and work out a day where you, me, Dan, and Steve can meet up.

That sounds great pal. Keep working hard and i'm sure that brown will come. Take care my friend.

James

I will bro.

I hope you and your family have a great Christmas, and say hi to your dad for me.

I will tell him for sure. And you have a great Christmas as well. It was great hearing from you =]

congrats dude:)