Jiu Jitsu Advancement

As you all know I am pretty into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I love it! To progress in Jiu-Jitsu there are 5 belts in this order: White, Blue, Purple, Brown, and Black. If you train at a legit school then you know that it takes about 10 or more years to get a black belt, especially if it is from a good school. Good BJJ(Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) instructors don't just give these out like candy. At my school to progress in within the belt system they issue stripes. After three stripes, you get the next belt. Now I digress.

Currently, I am training under the great Vinicius "Draculino". He is considered one of the best instructors in the world and lucky for me he chose Houston as his home away from Brazil. Well, I have been training at his place for about 4 months and last thursday, he advanced and gave me all three stripes at once! I was extremely honored by this gesture and know now that the competition is going to get tough. I plan on competing in November at a BJJ tournament and see how I do. I added some pics and a video about Draculino's school in Brazil so you get an idea who he is and how awesome an instructor he is. I will keep you posted on tournament results with maybe a cool video.

Secret Loves

When you ask Jimmy and me about our favorite bands the names might not seem familar to the average radio listener...like Fleet Foxes, Black Kids, Band of Horses are some the ones that currently occupy our cd player. We like to listen to bands that don't even exist yet, but every
once in a while we fall from our indy music ladder.

Jimmy discovered Hanna Montana's brother formed a band and I catch him listening to the songs all the time. Check out Metro Station here. Her brother is the one with all the tatoos.

I, on the other hand, have been going around humming American Idol's David Archuleta's new song. Yes it's really good I promise :)

Do you have any bands you secretly like, I know Jamie was a big fan of Hanson Brothers for a long time!