Hey guys!!
 
This is Nathan Mendelsohn writing to you from Carson California getting ready to compete tomorrow at noon in the IBJJf US Nationals 2012! I'm set to compete against Brian Morizi in the first round, a tough opponent I've faced twice before at purple belt and its a rematch I'm really looking forward to! I plan on competing weight and absolute and I'll post the results and videos here as soon as possible!! Didn't have a chance to get the new Technique of the Week up before heading down here to LA but I'll put it up as soon as I'm back in Santa Cruz!

 Hey everybody!!
 
I had the pleasure this past weekend of traveling down to Los Angeles to watch the Pan Kids tournament at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The level of Jiu-Jitsu displayed by these children always amazes me. I didn't even start Jiu-Jitsu until I was ten years old and some of these kids are younger than that and have games that make them look like little purple belts. Our team did really well earning the top spot in the mighty might division and taking home the third place trophy for the Pee Wees.
 

 Hey Everybody!
 
So let's continue with the catch up....
 
After competing the World Cup(see entry #2) I was taken to the apartment of my good friend and black belt from Soulfighters team Marcus Antelante where I would spend the next two weeks. Marcus had spent two weeks at my house in California training with our team at Claudio Franca's academy before the IBJJF Mundial 2010 and now he always makes me feel at home when I'm here in Brazil.
 

As the title says it; Tsui-Jen "Soo Bee Doo" Cunanan wins big in her pro debut on Greg Jacksons's, Jackson's MMA Series 4 card in Albuquerque, New Mexico this past Saturday on April 9, 2011! This was a very momentous occasion! Tsui-Jen fought a very tough opponent Kelley Renee. We were going into her backyard, she trains in a higher elevation, at one of the worlds best MMA schools, and to top it off, she is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. So, it seems the cards were stack against us. We were the obvious underdogs. To us, it meant nothing. She had more to loose!