The other night in a heated grapple my brother and myself came to 'fisty cuffs' and had to be separated from each other. This got me thinking about other brothers especially those who compete in Jiu-Jitsu (Diaz, Mendes, Vieira, Estima, Gracie, Ribeiro, Langhi, Carmody, Paxman) and I wondered if and to what extent this Sibling Rivalry exists. Personally I don't believe we are all vying for our mothers attention. But it makes me laugh to think that we all are. I would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts on the subject (please leave a comment on the post and share your thoughts). For now my brother and myself are not rolling together but we have agreed to drill techniques together.
Here are the Mendes Bros competing against each other at the 2010 World Pro BJJ Cup
And here are the Vieira brothers having an unprompted roll in Sweden.
Finally Renzo and Ryan going at it (this is the most accurate example of how a roll between my brother and myself goes)
And the answer is 'yes 'before anyone starts asking I am the best sibling ;-)
you dont roll with eachother, man your missing out big time...
ReplyDeletedefo start rolling together
like the vids brother
hope ur well
Good post! U and Nick are far too competitive ;) Flow with ze go fren!
ReplyDeleteThe flying ferret ;)
cheers guys, for your comments
ReplyDelete...we used to roll with each other but the intensity always goes up and up and sometimes it gets a bit out of hand. The incident happened last week but we have kissed and made up since, so I guess we may be rolling again from next week.
Over the next few months I am going to try and get some short interviews with the people I train with and friends.
I will be happy to conduct an e-mail interview with you guys if you have time and are happy to do it ;-) just need to think so some intresting questions now.
Keep posted.