Matthias W.
12:52 PM EST
MAT 1

Matt loses in the second round.

It’s tough being the standard-bearer.

The pressure to not only compete, but win at the highest levels every single year is more than many people can bear.

Traveling all over the country constantly placing yourself in that vice of stress, nerves, weight cutting, training etc is taxing.

When you’ve risen to these challenges to claim gold as often as our standard-bearer has, we can forget how hard The Way can be.

We start to expect the wins, and even worse start to take them for granted.


Hail Matthias.

TLDR/he lost, let’s hit the pool and get some beers. 🍻

The whole gang back together on the home mats in Virginia.

No place I’d rather be
(although the Florida weather was really nice ☀️)

When I got to the gym this morning, I had a few extra minutes and I spent some time thinking about this quote from the great Chris Haueter.

“You’ll be somewhere in 10 years…why not be a black belt too?”

I don’t know where I’ll be, but if I’m still breathing, I’ll be a black belt.

Go train today so you will be too.

This was a fun weekend.

Many people are saying we should do it again:)

(Date, reg info, etc, etc. all coming in the weeks ahead)

Sights and sounds from our first promotion night!