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My name is Romeo Barnes. I'm an author and a BJJ black belt with cerebral palsy. This blog is about my life balancing existence in two worlds. My latest book, My World is now available Amazon.com. Glad you're here, enjoy the journey.

BJJ in MMA 2

Since Werdum beat Fedor with BJJ just last night just like he said he would, I figured it was a good time to post the second installment of BJJ in MMA. However, before I get into that I must say, I'm glad Fedor finally lost because now people have to admit what has been true for years. Fedor was never really that good especially if we're speaking from a technical standpoint he just has crazy power and extremely explosive hips. Wild looping punches thrown from behind your ass and leaning backwards while cranking a kimura in half-guard with your legs together no less is NOT technical in the slightest. No good instructor in boxing or BJJ will allow either of those things to happen. On to the fight analysis: Fight starts after some circling Fedor hits Werdum with one of those crazy shots. Werdum falls and Fedor throws another looping into Werdum's guard, Werdum grabs the (now inside) arm and sucks Fedor into triangle slowly adjusting and transitioning to the armbar when needed.

Emotions Volume 1 in Hard Cover!!!!

Emotions Volume 1: The Beginning of Turmoil is going to available as a Hard Cover book very soon!!!! It will NOT be available on Amazon.com the only way to get one is through me. This will be a collector's item in near future. So if you want one shoot me an email at Romeobarnes47@gmail.com. Please format the email as follows: Subject line: Hard Cover Emotions Vol. 1 Name Address Number of Copies (Please hit the return/enter key as it makes it much easier to read and therefore respond) Comments/Questions I will reply within 24 hours of putting in your order. Yes, all books will be autographed if you'd like it to say anything specific please let that be known in the comments/questions section. There will be a $20(per copy) charge for this service to cover shipping. The address where the checks are to be sent will be in the confirmation email you receive after I receive your order. Thank you

GQ Nationals report

I just left the GrapplersQuest US Nationals and incredibly pissed off at myself. I got a bye the 1st round(my dad keeps counting it as a win which technically, I guess it makes him feel good I personally don't see it that way) so that was awesome simply because one win puts me in the medal rounds, sadly, I failed to get that win. Here's the match(The opponent started on his knees as per my request): I reach for his right lapel with my left hand. He beats me inside and grips my left lapel with his right hand, I break the grip dragging him to right as a result. (at this point he has one knee up and one down) I hold on to the sleeve and go for the back grab to force the turtle position and work collar chokes(instead of taking the single leg that was screaming at me), he postures and shoots for half-guard and gets it; moments later, as I'm climbing up for my passing position I get caught in a triangle and have to tap. This makes me 0-1 at purple belt and 0-4(with a default win)

Worlds 2010 quarterfinals

Content from Graciemag.com please visit the site for the women's lineup it has its fair share of classics too. Classic match-packed Sunday: black belt quarterfinals set Posted on June 5, 2010 by Ivan Trindade Nearly all the black belt weight groups have their quarter finals set. The dispute continues on Sunday. Check out the matchups: Roosterweight Rafael Freitas vs Bernardo Pitel Makoto Sawada vs Caio Terra Rogério Taborda vs Felipe Costa Marcelo Pereira vs Bruno Malfacine Light featherweight Paulo Melo vs Daniel Beleza Pablo Silva vs Sebastian Lalli Samuel Braga vs Yoshihiko Matsumo Laercio Fernandes vs Samir Chantre Featherweight Cobrinha vs Theodoro Canal Mario Reis vs Renan Borges Rafael Mendes vs Ryan Hall Denilson Pimenta vs Naoya Uematsu Lightweight Michale Langhi vs Rafael Barbosa JT Torres vs Gilbert Burns Celso Venícius vs Bruno Frazatto Augusto Mendes vs Lucas Lepri Middleweight Marcelinho vs Murilo Santana Kayron Gracie vs William Cooper Sergio Moraes vs Kron Gracie L

A change of pace

Just for a change of pace and to show fans of my literary work I haven't forgotten about them here's a poem from my first book, "Emotions: The Beginning of Turmoil, Vol. 1" Components of the Human The heart holds emotions The mind holds thoughts The soul holds the spirit The three components of the human All housed in the body The components must unite In order to maintain stability Work in harmony, they must The mind The heart The soul To stabilize the body Deny the soul- Become cloudy Deny the heart- Face depression Deny the mind- Become insane The soul The heart The mind Deny them all- cease to exist The heart The mind The soul The components of the human To purchase a copy of the book in its entirety click here Leave a comment if you like it or even if you hate it; if you'd like more poetry posted here just let me know.