This past weekend a former student of mine was assaulted by multiple attackers while he was leaving a casino. Here is the story and a picture of what happened.
Todd,
In the early morning hours of September 24, 2011, I was at an Indian casino with some friends for a bachelor party, I left early to walk back to our place and was approached by a group of guys asking if "i won any money in there?" I knew it was trouble. told them "I wasn't gambling" and one said "yeah we'll… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 29, 2011 at 10:38am —
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Here is a video on how to wipe your okole by using only 3 sheets of toilet paper by my friend Kyle. I personally think thats pretty gross to only use 3… Continue
On September 23rd 2011 Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Team HK was honored to have Kyle Maynard come by and train with us. This video contains footage of Kyle training with brown belt Daynin Dashefski and he shares his favorite techniques.
Kyle is an awesome guy and I'm glad I had the pleasure to meet him. Thank you to my friends Steven and Daynin for bringing him by.
You can check out more on Kyle at his website… Continue
Added by HK Fun on September 24, 2011 at 10:00am —
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We celebrate Aaron's 34th birthday starting off at Wine The Experience, then eat dinner at The Fat Greek, followed by more drinking at Club Tsunami, and then finish the night eating again at Solrabol. Good… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 23, 2011 at 8:47am —
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In case you missed the fight and haven't seen what went down. Here are a couple of videos.
Some people say that Mayweather had no class in doing what he did but in my opinion, he did exactly what a real warrior would do. If you fight in a sport with rules and then break those rules be ready to fight for your life cuz in the street there are no rules! Protect yourself… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 18, 2011 at 9:00pm —
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Here is part 2 of my 10 year class reunion at Dave and Busters. I can't remember what the exact date was. Hope you guys enjoy! Don't forget to watch Part… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 15, 2011 at 3:00pm —
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Here is part 1 of my 10 year class reunion at Dave and Busters. I can't remember what the exact date was. Hope you guys enjoy! Now you know why I always video stuff, memories. Don't forget to watch Part… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 15, 2011 at 3:00pm —
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Today Stuart and me drive Relson to Philidelphia to do a seminar at Phil Milagrese's Balance Studio. After the seminar we Phil took us to Pod restaurant.
Today is the 1 year anniversary of Team Maryland BJJ owned by Stuart Ramos and Nick Tissue. Relson Gracie is here with the help of some of his association leaders to teach a seminar to over 60 students.
We have footage of some of the association leaders sharing GJJ techniques, even Master Relson Gracie shares one of his favorite… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 13, 2011 at 5:30pm —
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Friday September 9th, 2011. As soon as I arrive in Baltimore Maryland we head straight to Team Maryland BJJ HK's dojo to meet up with Relson, Stuart, & Nick. Relson teaches a kid's seminar and I talk a little about bullying.
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Added by Todd Tanaka on September 13, 2011 at 5:30pm —
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It's Thursday September 8th, 2011 and I'm almost done with my Texas seminar tour. I spend my last few hours in Tyler riding Drew's ATV before he drives me over to meet Scott Philips in… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 12, 2011 at 7:00am —
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On day 7 Christy drives me over to meet up with Drew Arthur. The drive between Austin to Tyler took about 4.5 hours all together with out traffic. Later that evening I teach a seminar at Drew's school. At the end of the night The gang took me over to Genghis Grill (Relson & Rhalan's favorite restaurant here in Tyler, Texas).… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 8, 2011 at 9:30am —
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It's day 6 in Texas and I'm headed over to Cedar Park with Lance Yager to do a seminar at his school. They have a huge facility and a lot of different martial arts programs going on. The staff here is really nice.… Continue
Added by Todd Tanaka on September 8, 2011 at 9:30am —
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I did absolutely nothing yesterday and just relaxed on Sunday. Today is Labor Day Monday and I went to the open mat in the afternoon at Christy Thomas's gym in Austin Texas. Then I taught a seminar that night. Tomorrow I'll be going over to Cedar Park, Texas and doing a seminar at Lance Yager's gym.…