New Brown Belt @ Team Lloyd Irvin Baltimore – Mike Atkin!

This is a SERIOUS Training Room - Mike Easton, Mike Fowler, Nyjah Easton, Lloyd Irvin, Mike Atkin, Jon Delbrugge, Danny Ives, JC Cuffee, Don Achnick, Robbie Sanyal

Master Lloyd Irvin promoted Crazy 88 instructor, Mike Atkin to Brown Belt this morning!  Mike was Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s first ever student and has more International competition medals for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu than anyone else at the school.  Mike is an inspiration to all the students here – He is on the mats training almost everyday although he is in his mid-50′s.

Of course, Mike had to go through the brutal promotion gauntlet where he had to face everyone in the room in back-to-back matches with no break (and this time, it was after a full-blown training session with the killer squad).  It was a near-death experience but all worth it in the end.

Ambivalence - a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing

Mike Atkin tries to survive against Mike Fowler's famous 1/2-guard!

Too tired to defend the back...

Mike Atkin vs. Lloyd Irvin - The Final Battle

Danny Ives Whips Mike Atkin! Is this what Ivey League MMA is all about?!?

Mike Fowler Winds Up!

But Its All Good in the End!

In other news, Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu will be starting its After-School Martial Arts Program with Pickup in Early 2010! See everyone there!