FlashApe

I love Mixed Martial Arts (UFC, Pride, etc), and was into jiu jitsu myself a while back. Lately I have been talking about wanting to get back into it, so my wife went and got me some training time at Legends as a Valentine’s day gift (strange gift, I know, but pretty cool).

For those who don’t know, Legends is and MMA training center that just opened up here in Los Angeles, and is owned by Randy Couture and Bas Rutten, two of the biggest names in MMA history. And they aren’t absentee owners…in fact, when I went there, the first person I saw was Bas Rutten, who was about to start teaching the 10 a.m. MMA class.

Originally the plan was to train with Eddie Bravo, who is one of the jiu jitsu instructors at the gym and a huge name in his own right, but he was (wayyy) too expensive, so I went with another jiu jitsu guy there who trained under a few big names. He was great and we got a lot of new stuff covered in a short amount of time.

I was defintely hoping to see Randy but I guess he is out preparing for his fight with Tim Sylvia, but overall it was a very cool experience.