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Chris "Hollywood" Templo is on a quest for knowledge. He is in search of the final level. What some call... The Glow. Follow along as Hollywood blogs about his travels and comment freely. More to come...

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Hey guys, I am still on the island but I am packed and all set to go. As soon as something interesting pops up, I will be sure to BLOG IT!

[GracieTeamHK]

we are still waiting for updates other then on your facebook page.

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First stop:
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy
aka "Jiu-Jitsu Heaven"

I first met up with Rener and Ryron Gracie

Then just like Todd's class, First thing's first... Self Defense

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Directly after the self defense portion, we had a short lesson on some positional techniques:

Then we had Open Mat for the rest of the class

Lastly, we all line up and Rener gave out some announcements, then class was dismissed

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I also got to hang out with these Gracie Monsters and check out their museum. SICK!

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During my time at the Gracie Academy, I received one of the best comments...

(directly after I was finished rolling with one of their 4 stripe blue belts)
"Wow, I have to admit... You are really good. A lot of visiting blue belts that come through here, I feel, aren't REALLY blue belts. They are more like glorified white belts. But you sir, are definitely on the right track. It was good rolling with you."

That made my day...

ps. I caught him with a bow/arrow choke, Key lock from the cross, and a sexy foot lock.

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Of course, No trip to LA is complete without stopping off at
JIU-JITSU PRO GEAR!

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Then off to Santa Monica to go check out LEGENDS GYM and 10th Planet

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ENTER 10TH PLANET JIU-JITSU!

And since there was not an official class going on,
WE MONKEY AROUND!!

[B]

sexy foot lock? what the hell is that? doesn't sound like something that would work... what idiot taught you that?

Turbo said:

During my time at the Gracie Academy, I received one of the best comments...

(directly after I was finished rolling with one of their 4 stripe blue belts)
"Wow, I have to admit... You are really good. A lot of visiting blue belts that come through here, I feel, aren't REALLY blue belts. They are more like glorified white belts. But you sir, are definitely on the right track. It was good rolling with you."

That made my day...

ps. I caught him with a bow/arrow choke, Key lock from the cross, and a sexy foot lock.

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Yea, I had my doubts, but you better believe it... THE SEXY FOOTLOCK IS REAL! and works.
I think you've met the guy who taught it to me. It's that super lazy 4 stripe purple belt at HK. You know, the one who just lays around in different un-submittable positions while people give it their best to tap him (and majority fail).
"Jiu-Lazy-Jitsu"

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So some random updates:
1) I passed a sign on the side of the highway that said "Braille Institute - Next Exit". I found this ridiculously funny. For those who don't know what braille is, it's for BLIND PEOPLE! (a braille sign on the side of the highway, hilarious)

2) I drove through a place south of Hollywood called "Little Ethiopia". This was extremely confusing because it was full of restaurants, cafe's, and coffee shops. Since when did Ethiopia have food??

3) I rode a beach cruiser up and down Santa Monica Beach, Venice Beach, and got to flex my stuff in front of Muscle Beach. haha... I also rode by the basketball courts that were used to film White Men Can't Jump. That was pretty cool.

Will post pictures shortly.