Yesterday was the annual Super Cop Boxing Exhibition here in Chicago.  For those not familiar with the event, it's a charity event for the families of officers who've lost their lives in the line of duty.  Active duty, sworn law enforcement officers sign up for exhibition boxing bouts and their departments come to cheer them on.  Bragging rights are the only pay off beyond the charity.  For more info on the organization here it is:

http://www.supercop.org/

The past few years there have been a grappling division as well.  I'm not lying, I've been wanting this title.  There, I said it.  IBJJF medals are more highly valued among BJJers, NAGA is more widely recognized, but I've always wanted to win the cop grappling tournament.  I've given it a couple of tries. Gotten close a time or two, but never sealed the deal. Finally, the stars lined up this year.

The other competitors were great.  Each a class act and another cop.  Here's the breakdown on how it went:

Round 1

Round 2

And Round 3



It's not my most exciting work, but the strategy of the match worked really well.  Enjoy.

Last Set of Matches (Almost)

Two more of the matches from our group this weekend:

one more:

Group Photo

For those you you down south and don't know the crew up here, this is the team photo at the end of yesterday:

Nate, Ryan, me, Chris, and Ron.  Couldn't ask for a better group of training partners and friends.  Let's remember to shoot this photo earlier next time so we can get everyone!

Ohana Matches from the Winter Open

Here, as promised, are the matches for everyone else that we managed to get on video.  Awesome job everyone, glad to be teammates with you all.

I have a couple of more to get to guys.  I will get them up as soon as I get time.

Alex's Matches from the Winter Open

As promised, here are my matches from the Winter Open:

Obviously, I'm listing my winning match first.  Next up, the bout for the gold:

So, it didn't go as well as hoped, but it was still a really fun day that let me learn some things and gave me some more stuff to focus on.  Additionally, it was a pleasure to roll with the other guys from my division.

Can't wait for the fall outing.

Winter Open Results

Hey everyone, nice work yesterday!  Had a great time.  For those that weren't there, I personally walked away with a silver for the day after going one and one in two matches.  Thanks again to everyone I rolled with to get ready.  Photos and video coming soon.

For now, here is the link to the results:

http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2012chicagowinter.htm

IBJJF Tomorrow!

Good luck to everyone tomorrow at the Chicago Open.  See you there.  Win, lose, or draw we'll have results soon.