Congratulations to the following:

BLUE BELTS:

Dylan Ellis
Cody Ellis
Daniel Posey
Bill Little

2 STRIPE BLUE BELT:

Jeremiah Gunter

2 STRIPE WHITE BELT

Samantha Hargrave

It was a blast!  Seven of our guys made blue belt.  That makes eight total for Leading Edge!  Great job guys!

I teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at TAG Gymnastics in Orange, Texas.  Classes are Tuesdays AT 8:00PM, Thursdays at 8:30PM and Saturdays at 10AM. 

I started BJJ around 1996 with Pat "Hawk" Hardy.  I was teaching Karate and Japanese JJ at the time.  Two of my friends started training with Pat (Jeff Book and Patrick Head) and after about a month they were killing me on the mat.  So I had to check it out.  I showed up and got schooled by some white belts.  I was instantly hooked.  I tried for a few years to do both, teach my own stuff and train BJJ on the side.  I eventually gave it up and converted my teaching over to BJJ.  I have had alot of injuries and other things that have interrupted my training over the years, but I keep coming back for some reason.  I must really like this stuff. 

When I started, Pat was a blue belt and everyone else was a white belt.  Now Pat is a black belt, two more guys are black belts, a few browns and purples, and more blues than anyone can remember.  I got my blue in 2000 and my purple in 2006, both from Royce Gracie.  I am right on schedule to be a black belt about 2020!!  :)

We have a very informal club that practices strictly gi based BJJ.  Mainly because of the location and limited class times.  One day I hope to expand and include no-gi and MMA.