Tigresa
I had the honor of witnessing my baby girl take her next step up in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, alongside our IMPACT Tribe and Carlos David Oliveira BJJ friends and family. It was such a blessing to see her and her fellow students fight through such a tough test and to emerge with new eyes in seeing where their training has taken them.
We were also lucky to have special guest, Renee Forte with us on this day. He is a BJJ Black Belt under Professor David and fought in the Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.
This event happened to be on my high school's 20th reunion, and I was a bit sad about not being able to make it, but I wouldn't miss seeing this great achievement for the world. There will be other reunions, but you only get your blue belt once.
Our BJJ Ladies surprised Animae with a late birthday rash guard by Meerkatsu! It was out of stock at the time, and as soon as we got it in, Ateh Carrie jumped on ordering it, just in time for this seminar and testing! We presented it to her right before the seminar to give her that added magical boost to take on her BJJ Blue Belt testing! She absolutely loved it and says thank you to everyone who pitched in for her dream rash guard.
What an amazing day! We spent the entire day immersed in BJJ with the best people around and celebrated everyone's hard work over the years to get to where they are now. Ervin and I are so proud of her for sticking to it. She truly is a "tiger" at heart.