Seattle's Brian Johnson Wins U.S. BJJ Open

This old Dojo Rat owes a lot to instructor Jake Burroughs. Jake has surrounded himself with the best experts like Tim Cartmell, the late Mike Martello and others who he brings to Seattle for great seminars.
We meet and practice at "The Northwest Jiu Jitsu Academy", run by Jake's BJJ coach Brian Johnson. Over at Jake's Blog "The Ground Never Misses" Jake has posted this great short video of the U.S. Open BJJ highlights, and the first competitor shown is Brian Johnson. Brian won the Black Belt open division, giving away as much as 90 pounds.
It was also great to see how tough the women competitors were, and the quality of sportsmanship.
I swear, if this stuff was around when I was wrestling, I would have been ape-shit nuts for it. But for now, these old bones will merely appreciate learning a few modern techniques for holding my own -- if I find myself in the unfortunate position of defending myself on the ground.
Great, great stuff, congratulations to Seattle's own Brian Johnson!

Brian Johnson Kicks Ass At Vegas Tournament

Over at Jake Burroughs' "The Ground Never Misses", he has posted a series of grappling fights won by our friend and Jiu Jitsu school owner Brian Johnson. Brian won the "Expert Lightweight" and "Absolute" divisions, submitting every opponent. This event was the Abu Dhabi Regional, and was held in Las Vegas.
For more videos of Brian's fights go to Jake's site linked above. For information on Brian Johnson and Jiu Jitsu in Seattle check out this link for Northwest Jiu Jitsu Academy.
Congratulations Brian!