My money's on 'no one's ever given him a belt' at this point. If someone had promoted him to blue, purple or brown, he probably would have tried to claim his black belt came from that person. It just doesn't make any sense to not name your promoting instructor, even if you've had a falling out. And there's no way all three of these parties (McGonigal, Machado, Fadda) plus the people McGonigal says he contacted (Santos, the Gracies) are lying about this, and there aren't any people who trained alongside him who could set the record straight. The exception is I think he was likely given the first and/or second degree on his (apparently fake) black belt by Machado during his affiliation with him. But, hey. Exciting to think that I'll outrank this guy when my professor gives me that blue belt! :-D

Messaging this guy's students is a bit too much, imo. But 'Lasu' deserves all the negative comments he finds the time to delete and more. Keep 'em coming! If a thousand people starts to question his rank, maybe he gets the point and just fades away?

My money's on 'no one's ever given him a belt' at this point. If someone had promoted him to blue, purple or brown, he probably would have tried to claim his black belt came from that person. It just doesn't make any sense to not name your promoting instructor, even if you've had a falling out. And there's no way all three of these parties (McGonigal, Machado, Fadda) plus the people McGonigal says he contacted (Santos, the Gracies) are lying about this, and there aren't any people who trained alongside him who could set the record straight. The exception is I think he was likely given the first and/or second degree on his (apparently fake) black belt by Machado during his affiliation with him. But, hey. Exciting to think that I'll outrank this guy when my professor gives me that blue belt! :-D

Messaging this guy's students is a bit too much, imo. But 'Lasu' deserves all the negative comments he finds the time to delete and more. Keep 'em coming! If a thousand people starts to question his rank, maybe he gets the point and just fades away?

Here’s a video of them working on some open guard technique for anyone who’s interested: https://www.facebook.com/[...]476929851/?

Here’s a video of them working on some open guard technique for anyone who’s interested: https://www.facebook.com/[...]476929851/?

Man, I couldn't help myself. yeah, that's an almost complete tripod sweep. Good thing he's a coral belt.

The tripod sweep is my jam! Now I'm pissed I can't see it

I saved you my friend. It only makes me sad. On other news, I always find it surprising when I throw sweep attempts out and eventually the one I catch someone with is a simple one from white belt. That tickles me, and makes me realize all the open guard and other stuff, fundamentals still get the job done. I'm sure by the time I'm a black belt I'll be super simple with my closed guard and open guard.

The tripod sweep is my jam! Now I'm pissed I can't see it

I assume Asado = Machado?

The tripod sweep is my jam! Now I'm pissed I can't see it

So much wasted movement for a basic tripod sweep. You don't need to do all that non sense. If your going to do all that you better be trying to take the back.

So jealous you got to watch it

He basically did a gramby roll then he ungrambied himself however you spell it. all to just go for a basic tripod sweep that no one would fall for. Much easier to just grab the ankle and go straight into a hook sweep or ankle pick without all that grambying around.

Amen to that... I like the tripod sweep because my fat ass can lay on my back

I use to love to tripod sweep everyone but now I just toy with them until they come to the ground and from the ground kick the knee out with a scissor sweep so I end up in mount instead of scrambling for underhooks after a tripod sweep. Kind of like the last image 5 of 5 on this picture https://www.instagram.com[...]aCczzp6Zy/ short video lol so easy to just relax and sweep sometimes once you wear them down even against purples+

I like it! I'm big on the scissor sweep too. First sweep I learned and still love it

Bridget saved the day and got me the video. I don't like how he even does that tripod sweep. What is keeping Jordan from stepping his left leg back to avoid the sweep?