I just wanted to let everyone know that we wrapped another video shoot last week. The shoot included Submission Escapes, No-Gi Guard Passes, No-Gi Submissions from Side Control, and even No-Gi Submissions from Mount. My team is working to get the new video ready for the site and we’ll keep you posted as new material goes live. Be sure to keep checking back, and as always, train hard!
- Drac
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by Thayer Evans [April 12, 2010] — Nassau Bay City Manager Chris Reed didn’t get the dishwasher he was shopping for over the weekend, but he helped police get their man in the Best Buy parking lot.
According to an affidavit he gave to League City police, Reed, a former police officer who also happens to be a professional mixed martial arts fighter, chased down a man he saw pushing a woman to the ground and punching her in the face.
League City Police Lt. John Jordan said Krisean Deon Wade, 19, is charged with family violence.
The incident took place Saturday in the parking lot of League City’s Best Buy at 2510 Gulf Freeway, where Reed been looking at dishwashers. Reed, 41, gave the following account of what happened in his affidavit:
Reed had just left the store about 3:40 p.m. with his 16-year-old daughter and was getting into his car when he heard her say, “Get him daddy.” He looked behind his car and saw Wade, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound man about 15 yards away, throwing his 19-year-old girlfriend to the ground.
Reed told police that at first he thought the two were playing around but then he saw the man hit the young woman at least twice in the face with his fist. Reed said the punches were hard enough that he could hear the impact, and the woman was trying to escape her boyfriend’s grasp but he wouldn’t let go.
According to Reed, he yelled at the man and started to run towards him. At first, Reed said, the man took an aggressive stance, but as Reed — who’s 5-foot-10 and 210 pounds — neared, he took off across the parking lot. Reed gave chase and pushed him to the ground, where he held him with a knee in the man’s belly and arm raised as a threat until police arrived.
Within seconds, a League City police officer drove up and exited his patrol car holding a Taser.
The officer recognized Reed — who used to be an assistant police chief for League City — and told him to step away. Reed said he did so after telling Wade to remain where he was, and the suspect was arrested without incident.
“It was instinctive to act,” Reed wrote in a text-message. “I didn’t even think about him potentially having a weapon until afterwards. I did get a little nervous when the officer got out with a Taser. I was glad he recognized me.”
League City Police Chief Mike Jez said he is appreciative of Reed’s assistance. Reed was League City’s assistant police chief before becoming League City’s city administrator, a job he quit in June. Reed was hired to his current position in Nassau Bay in July.
In 1993, Reed was shot in the chest while chasing suspected drug dealers in a wooded area on the city’s south side. It struck him in his protective vest, leaving him with a bruised heart and lung.
“I wouldn’t have expected anything less out of Chris Reed,” Jez said.
Original Article: http://www.ultimateclearlake.com/2010/04/city-manager-credited-stopping-assault
Draculino is featured in May’s issue of GracieMag, along with Wand, Rickson and Mendes. To read a portion of the “Effectiveness in Training” article, click on the images below the excerpt.
“We also spoke with Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhães. Now residing in Webster, Texas, after a brilliant term at the helm of Gracie Barra BH, the three-time Pan-American champion is master to a legion of renowned black belts. On the list are such beasts as Rômulo Barral, Augusto “Tio Chico” Vieira, Erik Wanderley, among numerous others.”
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My team has implemented a NEW FORUM and it is up and operational on the site now. This is a Free, easy to use and full featured forum that I will be posting on along with other professional/amateur BJJ’ers. Register today and join the community! Click “Forum” at the top of this page, or click here.
- Drac
I will be going to Tennesee for the first time to teach a seminar at GB Knoxville, under professor Samuel Braga, my long time student. The event will be on April 17th. Then, on May 8th, I will be going to Brownsville to Gracie Barra RGV, under Professor Tyler Bossard. That will be basically one seminar a month!
The last seminars that I taught were for good causes. At GB The Woodlands, under professor Chad Robo, we had a fundraiser for GB Black Belt Alex Gotay, who was diagnosed with throat cancer. Then I taught a BJJ for MMA seminar at San Jacinto College. The funds were donated to the Remembering Barbara Baker organization, that treats adults and children with brain cancer. Jiu-Jitsu for a good cause!
- Drac
I just wanted to say that I’m very proud of the Gracie Barra team that competed this weekend at the Houston International BJJ Open. Gracie Barra took home the first place team trophy. In two years of existence, GBTX has won the biggest tournaments in Texas four times in a row; two Atama Opens, one ADCC regionals and the Houston International BJJ Open.
I’d like to thank all of the competetors and the rest of the family for the great performances. Great job guys!
- Drac
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I was in Lubbock, Texas for the tenth time in ten years teaching at Pittman’s Martial Arts. It was a two day seminar and, as always, I had a great time. I’m in the process of scheduling my visit to the GB Corpus Christi, GB Beaumont, GB Rio Grande Valley, GB New Mexico, GB Poland, GB Holland, GB Greece and more…. tough schedule! As soon as I get back from Brazil, I will have the specific dates for everyone.
I was recently asked about my teaching strategy for the seminars that I do. My seminars are always related to a specific topic. That is the way that people learn best, and it allows them to remember the information forever. Instead of lots of different and random stuff, we dissect one topic. That is the best way and that is why I feel that people always want me back, because they learn.
- Drac
The upgrade process is now complete. It’s all a bit technical, but just know that we have increased the site’s awesome level from 100% to approximately 384%. Everything should be running smoothly now, but be sure and let us know if any hiccups are found. Thanks all!
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