Anjani siddhartha night out...dancing !

2 more beautiful medals for my collection: today, Sunday oct. 18 at the ABU DHABI GRAND SLAM JIU-JITSU TOUR, LOS ANGELES : Gold and Silver, weight class and absolute. Got to meet some of the best fighters in the world, lots of fights, my body aches but I am please with my performance.... and like one the best guys around, "Cyborg" Abreu told me: It is always amazing and inspiring to be 50 in this body and be doing this....Thanks to the guys and gals at Gracie jiu-jitsu Academy and Phenom BJJ for their support and my Facebook friends for the encouragement. Life is short...live it to the fullest !

One more Gold today at the 
JIU JITSU WORLD LEAGUE
SAN DIEGO AMERICAN OPEN
OCT. 17TH, 2015 : )

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Today special training at the legendary Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Torrance, CA, with Master Rener Gracie in celebration of Grandmaster Helio Gracie's birthday. ( Below, Kimono Master Helio used in his fight against Kimura in 1951)

anjani siddhartha Hot Buddha

anjani siddhartha Hot Buddha

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anjani siddhartha medals

ZEN: ‘The art of winning without fighting.’ even being injured and unable to train for a few weeks I entered the BJJ tour California competition today, the Gold medal god's smile upon me and I was alone in my weight/age class. : )
It is been around a year since starting my journey in Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
and it is been a wonderful journey of self-discovery, meeting the best ones in the sport, specially Master Rickson Gracie, and many more wonderful people.
With my prior experience in Tai chi, Shaolin and Wrestling ( I was a State Champ back in Colombia over 30 years ago ! ) I have been doing better than expected , but it is not just about winning or losing over an opponent, but being in the HERE-NOW and achieving a state of No-Mind, mushin no shin, as the Japanese Zen masters called. That is my real purpose.