My friend Murilo Ninja Rua, Pride veteran from Chute Boxe, will be holding a seminar in Tokyo, Japan, for the first time ever, this coming August 27th, just one day before the Pride GP Finals!
The seminar is MMA oriented and who has been in one, or heard about one of his seminars, knows how good it is. It's also a good opportunity to meet the Chute Boxe fighter. I won't be along this time, but it's still a great seminar and those who attend won't regret.
The seminar will take place at the Chute Boxe academy in Japan, and you can find all the info you need on:
I can provide you a lot of info on what a Murilo Ninja seminar is like, since I'm his seminar manager/assitant/translator! =)
Unfortunatelly this time, since he is doing this as part of his Pride trip, I won't be able to be there, however, at all his European and American seminars Im there.
So, the seminar is MMA oriented. It covers all aspects of MMA fighting, of course based on the style Murilo (and his brother) like to use and what they believe. It follows a natural progression of a fight, starting with standing up techniques, and transiotining to clinching, of course the Chute Boxe famous knees from the clinch, takedowns and takedowns defenses, moving to ground work from several positions, such as guard, half guard, side mount, standing up against a downed opponent, and everything else you can imagine.
Most important thing is that every position is MMA oriented, so it can involve some sort of strikes, and it gives you a feeling of how to adapt positions to actual MMA. Also Ninja is a nice guy, and is always eager to answer questions, take pictures, sign autographs and show positions over and over again.
I'll find some reviews of our seminars and give you the addresses. Hope this info helps!
The seminar is great! If you and kezza can go, that will be great! Murilo will benneffit directly from that, I can tell! I just won't guarantee that Shogun will pop up, cause he has to fight in the following day, but who knows?
Im not the one organizing this seminar, so the things I know are the things that Ninja tells me. Ill ask him today, and see what I can do to help! Hopefully the guy will reply the emails soon, but in the worst case Ill talk to Ninja, get your names, and secure a spot trough him.
I really hope you guys can make it to the seminar! You're going to like it!
I spoke to both Ninja and the guy that runs the site, Mauricio, and he said he doesn't speak English! so if you can write in Japanese, he will certainly reply!
If you can't write in Japanese, I'll find a way to help out
lol. Thanks for your help Eduardo! I wrote my email in English, apologizing that I dont speak neither Japanese nor Portuguese.
I'll try to get somebody to write in Japanese. There might be 3 of us interested time permitting (Me for sure, then kezza and another crazy Ozzie, though all Ozzies are crazy by default... ;-)
Eduardo - I phoned the Chute Boxe Academy in Tokyo and spoke to Prof. Zito (sp?). Just gave my name and he said a place is reserved. Hopefully all will work out :-) Thanks for the help and info!!
Thanks a lot, it really means a lot to us. We truly LOVE doing seminars, and when people enjoy them it makes everything feels worthy! We are planning a new tour with Shogun and Ninja together in the USA for around January!
Paul,
Great man! I`m sure you'll enjoy the seminar. Ninja is a nice guy, mention to him you're my friend =)
Unfortunatelly I won't be in the Tokyo seminar, cause they will be doing it as part of their PRIDE travel, and it wouldn't justify my airfare ($), however I'll be going to Europe with Ninja on September 1st to do some seminars there, as always =) So, life has been busy! I hope to finally reach Japan soon!