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Mourning my Grandmother’s Death

November 5, 2008

Sunday November 2, 2008 – while I was working at Open City Bistro I received a phone call @ 10:11pm from my mother crying, she said ” Chea` my momma is dead”!! Right then and there I broke down in front of the police, co-workers, customers, bar-backs and all. For at that moment I felt my soul leave my body leaving me powerless and feeling so very helpless. Im thankful my mother had the courage to call my sister and brother-in-law before she called me and have them in route to where I was, for she knew this was news I could not handle alone.

I would like to thank all the well wishers from BONA Fitness, Elite Martial Arts, Open City, Union Bar, Zepplin, Pandora, Epic Lounge, Pravada (formerly) Crome, DECO, and all those who I missed thank you!! i know I have to be strong right now….if not for myself for my mother who is hurting the most!!

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Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. Luv you grandma! I hate you missed history in the making!!

~Chea~

Categories: Family Life
Tags: BONA Fitness, Crome, Death, DECO, elite martial arts, Epic Lounge, Grieving, Open City, pandora, Pravada, Union Bar, Zepplin

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How to Throw a Proper Send-off

July 30, 2008

1. RESERVE a table large enough to seat a football team.

2. FIND several large cows to ensure enough steak to go around.

3. TELL a few select people and get them to tell all your close friends.

Elite/DNC Family

As you can see by the family picture above, a large number of Chris’ closest friends came to Taste of Texas to wish him off last Thursday. We’re sad to see him go but wish him success in the next chapter of his life. And no worries, Christopher has pledged to keep us posted on the life and times of DNC Dubai.

: Elite/DNC Family

Categories: DNC News
Tags: brazilian jiujitsu, dubai, elite martial arts, elite mma, jujitsu, knock out, ko, martial arts, men, mixed martial arts, mma, steak, texas

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Houston BJJ Championships

July 28, 2008

Good afternoon everyone… how’s the work day treating you? I for one accomplished my most productive task of the day when I visited my mother’s house for lunch and hand washed my car. Not bad for a Monday work day huh? Now to the topic of this post which is the Houston Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships that was held on July 26th at Legends Sports Complex.

First off, I have to congratulate those who won and those who competed for there were some hard fought matches. Competitors from Elite included Jason Soliz, Elliott, Frankie, John Pierre, Pilot Joe and myself. Now I’ve only competed in one other tournament (Dungals ’08) but with that as a reference and with the opinions of other grapplers there I can safely state that the tourney was poorly ran. For instance, stopping a division and starting another in the same mat space to finish the division at a later time is just plain idiocracy. To have grapplers warm up/cool down all day long is just ridicolous but that is no excuse for any one of us but just more of a nuissance. Now that I got that out, a recap of my matches and the lessons learned. Videos to follow.

First match started right off the bat following the singing of the national anthem which shocked the whole division since it is a general thought that the kids started first. Warm/Cold we rolled nonetheless and the match summed up with me going for 3-4 submission attempts while my opponent won on points. Lesson learned, get back to Fundamentals!!! 2nd match went well with me winning via points. 3rd match lost by submission to the guy that won the white absolute division. My one match in No-Gi was a dissapointment due to inactivity on my end. I was at the bottom of half guard throughout the match and didn’t work hard enough to win. LESSON BEING TRAIN HARDER and with more emphasis on points and guard work. Here are some pics of me from the tourney (thanks Frankie!)

Categories: MMA & BJJ
Tags: armbar, brazilian jiujitsu, championship, choke, elite martial arts, elite mma, in house, judo, jujitsu, knock out, ko, lonestar beatdown, martial arts, men, mixed martial arts, mma, pass, submission, sweep, tournament, UFC

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Lonestar Beatdown 4 and an Austin Vacation Weekend

July 17, 2008

We took an awesome vacation this weekend!

Well…. not quite THAT awesome but we did manage to party in four cities in one day!

From Lonestar in College Station to Houston to San Marcos to Austin to San Marcos to Houston!

You know there are people who always say they are tired of ‘the routine’ and are going to do something new crazy and exciting. Yet they usually end up doing the same old BS time after time after time…

And then those like us who just live in the moment and always have fun.

“You know we just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening. Back then I thought, well, there’ll be other days. I didn’t realize that; that was the only day.” – Field of Dreams

The weekend officially kicked off on Thursday with Joe Rogan’s stand up comedy show at Laffstop. He and The Amazing Racist were hilarious! And I guess we were too! By the time left that night, we had our very own fans thinking we were famous. LMAO @ silly starfucker girls! “Are you famous?” … lol.

Friday after a good day at work, my bro and I booked it to college station for Lonestar Beatdown. Little did we know that we were going to be the official timekeepers for the event. It definitely got really real when we got ringside and saw the cowbell, bullhorns, crowbars, and stopwatches. We did an A+ job, if I may say so myself. In any case, after 14 fights and several shots & beers afterward, we ended up tearing up Northgate until a pizza-devouring Eric Williams came by to collect his drunken students.

We stayed at the Hilton which seems like status quo for our out of town trips. Saturday morning was going to be sauna/hot tub relaxation time but we decided on going back to houston instead. We were back in town for a grand total of two hours. Just enough time to do laundry and pick up some stuff. Next thing you know and we were off to continue the mini-vacation weekend in San Marcos and Austin!

Saturday ended up being awesome also! Did the college thing. Saw a bunch of peeps we hadn’t seen in awhile. Adrian, Chris, Sam, Heather, Allison, Caitlyn, etc. etc. Everyone ending up driving to Austin where we met up with a bunch of people on 6th. street. After the Library, Aquarium, Moose Knuckle, and Maggie Mays, we ended out the night watching Bono in concert! I don’t even remember the ride back to San Marcos.

Anyways, back in Houston now. Going to end up the weekend with Sunday Funday Somewhere. Beautiful weather out….

Categories: MMA & BJJ, Traveling
Tags: armbar, brazilian jiujitsu, choke, college station, elite martial arts, elite mma, in house, judo, jujitsu, knock out, ko, lonestar beatdown, martial arts, men, mixed martial arts, mma, pass, submission, sweep, texas a&m, tournament, UFC

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Dungals 2008

July 17, 2008

FANTASIC job to the Elite MMA Competition Team at the Dungal World Championships in Pasadena. 1st, 2nd, and 4th place in the Absolutes as the very best in the tournament shows the level of training at our gym. My brother competed for the 1st time ever and got 2nd place. Jason, Hyper, Kevin, Frankie, etc. all medaled and did well. Anyways, pics below of the Dungal’s as well as the rest of last week.