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I just picked up the new edition of Black Belt and ran across this in the editorial section:

“Go to books.google.com and type ‘Black Belt’ into the search box. You’ll be treated to every page of every issue-articles, photos, and ads-and the neat thing is, the pages are clickable. That means you can look at the table of contents and click on the kata story on page 75 and be whisked to the feature without having to ‘flip’ through all the intervening pages.

Furthermore, the text is serchable. Want to see every reference to JKD in the June 2001 issue? Enter JKD in the search box and each use of JKD will be highlighted in the articles and advertisements.”

Now if they can only come up with a multi-issue spanning search function.

“My belt only covers two inches of my butt. The rest I have to cover myself.”–Royce Gracie

I just wanted to let everyone know how beneficial the NAGA training has been to me, and I am sure, to the other team members. Before I started training for NAGA I weighed about 220-225 (240 before I started classes at EDS, I’ve been here for about a year and a half). Doing NAGA gave me the motivation to eat healthy, work out every day, and keep it consistent. On top of that the whole team has helped everyone and encouraged them to keep it up. It has been a month or two since I first started NAGA training, and I am happily down to a stable 209 and dropping.

If anyone is thinking of doing NAGA next time, at LEAST do the training, it is one of the best workouts I ever get. On top of that if you plan to compete, you get the motivation to stay consistent and not slack off.

I want to throw out a big thanks to Dustin, Mike, Travis and all the rest of the NAGA people for just being there, making it fun, making it worth while. Let’s go win that tournament

- Noah

When in class this week Dustin announced that he would sadly be taking a step down from teaching at EDS to pursue other options in his career. I just wanted to say ?Thank You Dustin? During my time with you at EDS you have been a great teacher. You truly care about the training of your students and have a true respect for the art. I am very privileged to have had the chance to train under you. Your patience, knowledge and work ethic has had a huge impact on my training and development of my skills and so again I thank you. I wish you the best in your future endeavors and I hope that you will come back to the gym from time to time to let us know that you are doing well and to have some fun and train with us. For personal reasons I am sad to see you go, but for your own needs and reason I wish you the best of luck. For all you have done for me and my training I greatly appreciate it and hope to see you walk back into EDS one day. God Bless. Now bring back some belts from NAGA to close out your stay here.

Hey Gang,

Good luck to the team this weekend at NAGA that is representing Elite Defense Systems. If you get a chance log on and let us know who grappled and what the outcome was I would greatly appreciate it. Be safe and be dominant!!!!

Brian

Hey there,

I wanted to let all of you know about a fundraiser I’m putting together on June 21st in Rockford. I’ve seen the difficulty kids from single family households sometimes have and I hope to help their situations. Not everyone has the same advantages in life we’ve had and take for granted.

I sponsor a Bocce Tournament and Pasta dinner at the St. Ambrogio Society Hall in Rockford. Bocce is fun and EASY! If you would like to enter a 4 person/mixed couple team in the bocce tournament the cost is $100 per team ( $25 per person). Team entry includes – Bocce/gifts/dinner/Elvis concert. (+ possibility of seeing ME onstage)

This year I have the band “ELVIS HIMSELVIS ” performing. Dinner and concert is $15 – Concert only is $12.

The Helping Kids & Families Fund, Inc. is a nonprofit organization. This year the monies raised will benefit Rockford MELD for their programs helping single parent households and St. Anthony of Padua Church for their programs helping families in need.

If you are interested in any of the above – please contact me, JT, via this log or my email at JT4ME_1@sbcglobal.net

Thanks… Or I mean uh… Thank you, Thank you very much!

TCB (baby)

JT

Hey Rockford students and instructors! Is Rockford ready for another Night Out? JT and I have gotten together and started planning about Night Out for March 29th at Cousin’s, meeting around 6pm again. Is anyone interested? Those that came last time seemed to have a good time. So either let JT or I know and we look forward to seeing you there!

Got BS?

Before I talk about some of the pitfalls of dairy, first I have to give kudos to Matt for going as far as he did in his detox. It takes an awful lot of will power; we?re all human and have soft spots for certain foods. For me if I?m going to waiver in my diet (and believe me it does happen) it usually has to do with something chocolaty and made with some dairy in it.

We are all familiar with the dairy ads ‘Got Milk?’, milk mustache campaigns. Cow?s milk is the best and only way to get your calcium, right? In actuality, the FDA has found no evidence that cow?s milk reduces the risk of osteoporosis in men or women. And what the ads don’t tell us are the unwanted side effects such as an increased risk of prostate and ovarian cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Along with that, in this country, pasteurized cow’s milk is the number one food allergen. It is known to cause diarrhea, cramps, bloating, gas, gastrointestinal bleeding, iron-deficiency anemia, skin rashes, atherosclerosis, and acne. Sounds fun, right?

So, what will happen to your bones and teeth if you stop drinking milk? The majority of the world’s population takes in less than half the calcium we in the US are told we need and yet they have strong bones and healthy teeth. It is possible to obtain all your calcium from dark green vegetables. Or, you can always supplement with a vitamin. There is an inexpensive source called Calcium Citrate, which contains other minerals needed for healthy bones. Also soy and rice milk that are fortified are good sources. Try going without for a week or two, and see how you feel. For me I noticed that I wasn?t as congested, or had to clear my throat as much, and later on I noticed I stopped getting my frequent sinus infections.

Hopefully some of you were inspired by Matt?s detox to try some or all of it yourselves. If anyone is interested in more information on the health benefits of going ?veg?, much of my information was obtained from the book: The Food Revolution by John Robbins, and this website: http://www.mercola.com/article/milk/no_milk.htm.

~Julie~