Horace Holloway

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Breakfalls! Tuck that chin! #leoncountyjudoclub #LeonCountyJudo

Russia are flying high!!! This has been the craziest #WorldCup so far!!!

ALWAYS a pleasure to run into a fellow @fabionovaesbjjflorida student! @hanksprostudio was kind enough to drop in and share some knowlege and some time on the mat w/ the crew at #RailroadSquareJiuJitsu tonight and it was greatly appreciated!! Thanks for dropping by brotha! #fabionovaesbjj #WorldClassJiuJitsu #WorldClassPeople #carlsongracieteam #CarlsonGracie #RailroadSquareBJJ #Tallahassee

This gi and I go way back. This is the one that started it all. I was 15 or 16, and had been K.Od pretty righteously in a fight after school. My ego was shattered, my confidence had left me. I was powerless. and I decided i would never let that happen again. I was going to take "karate" (....But the gi says "Taekwondo" youre thinking, not karate)... Well, as a 15 year old with zero knowlege of martial arts i assumed "Taekwondo" was some sort of Karate. A flyer came to my house taped to the top of a Hungry Howies pizza box, and once i saw the images of them jump kicking and breaking boards, i was sold. I showed up a 190 lb high school football player who couldnt bend his knee to kick, and was transformed into a 155lb training junkie working at the school. Training 4 - 5 classes a day, 5 - 6 days a week. And training not just Taekwondo, but also the other arts available to me there, Combat Hapkido and Krav Maga. I wanted to learn anything and everything I could. I was a sponge. After two years the school that i knew and loved moved to a new location, and as a kid who rode his bicycle to train every day and home every night, rain or shine, the distance had become too great, and i was off on a new adventure. I was looking to shore up holes i realized I had in my training. Namely, what to do while fighting on the ground... This was the gi that I wore when i started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Back in 03/04. In the pre "ill just go on Amazon and order what I want " days, It was the sturdiest / strongest gi i had access to, and even though it certainly wasnt constructed for it, this gi survived many months of training and rolls. Lately Ive been training 4 days week, doing BJJ and supplementing that w/ Judo. More than Ive trained in years... And ive had moments where Ive felt like that kid again. Moments where the world makes sense and everything is ok. Moments of absolute freedom. And for that, I am forever grateful. Training built me into the guy i am today, and even with all the current aches and pains, i am so thankful to have it back.

Somebody was through the roof at earning her first stripe at Judo today! Huge thanks to Coach Jeff and Leon County Judo Club!

This Judo is some serious business! And Ill be honest, its a little terrifying! (My Judo mindset: "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Floor.") Hahaha But Ive always wanted to train Judo, and a solid arsenal of throws is a skill set that Id love to have, so its incredible to have been finally offered the opportunity to do it, and to be able to supplement my BJJ training with an art that is brand new to me!

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