readres about your last superfight with Rodrigo Munduruca at the last Ontario Submission Wrestling Invitational.
ESFIHA:My last fight with Munduruca at the O.S.W. wasnt what I was looking for at all ...not that way... I know Munduruca a long from rio when he used to work in the very frist hunter store and I was 1 of the first fighters who had a hunter sponsorship... so he is a good freind and a person who is being here alot more then I have and I have alot of repect for him...
(Rodrigo Munduruca injured his knee only 45 seconds into the match Sunday December 5th 2004)
BALEIA:What do you think is the main difference between here and Rio?
ESFIHA:Well I think the main diference betwen here and rio in jiu jitsu is just numbers... number of teammates you have to train with.. I strongly believe if the competitors here had more exchange in training like in brazil, everyone would improve alot more and alot faster...I also believe that everyone should pick your team and stick with this flag...but I also belive that by visiting a friends club you can get alot out of this too. Just like I have being for a example in a judo classes with Vitor Shaolin, Saulo Ribeiro and many others from diferent teams. You can only win with these kind of experiences...
I also think we should and we could do alot beter in terms of numbers of tournamnets... Its a priority for any athlete in any sport to put him self in as manys competitions that he can... More than physicaly, in my view, mentally you can only get better with more experience in competitions. We all should be on the same page and have more new tournaments during the year....this way as an atlhete you could know in advance which competitions yo wanna do!
BALEIA:You recently did some jiu-jitsu instructionals and they have been getting some good buzz around them. Tell us a ittle bit about them.
ESFIHA:My dvds were made for the white to the black belt!!! It ivolvs basics and great techiniques that could be used by anyone in a competition or in a saturday day of training with friends! It took me alot of energy to make as clear as possible for averyone!!! So I bet my belt that if you have a chance to see them, you wont regret it!!!
www.islandmartialarts.com In cllosing I would like to thank Rick (BALEIA) for this opportunity and invite anybody who would like to visit my club in St Catherines, I am proud to say I always received everyone in my club with open arms. Niagara bjj doors are open for anybody who wants to come down for one day of class, one month or just to stop by to say hi. There I make sure its a extention of the same environment that I always had at home. You guys can check more at
www.niagarabjj.com All my family in rio and my freinds and studentshere who are my main things here in canada!!!
Ze Mario Esfiha
