New Blue Belt in Gent.

And my ass still remembers it...

Thanks to Thomas for his time and patience with me. Thanks to the team and all the people I've been rolling with for the last 12 months.

Videos from my fights at the World Championship are up now on www.bjjedge.com. Use the search button and type in "sequana academy" or visit the following links:

Round 1: http://www.bjjedge.com/josef-de-la-vega-vs-jean-pascal-bolle
Round 2: http://www.bjjedge.com/jose-yanez-vs-jean-pascal-bolle
Semi-Final: http://www.bjjedge.com/carsell-swain-vs-jean-pascal-bolle


Last but not least, I went to fight at the Brabant Open in Tilburg on June 20th, two days after I received my blue blet. The least I can say is that I got roughly welcomed in the blue belt division. I lost my first two fight by submissions at -88,3 kgs (armbar and choke). I got to win my first fight in the open class by armbar (against a white belt, but at least a very good one as he got voted most technical fighter of the tournament) and finally lost my second fight by armbar to a very good blue belt this time. Niels came with me for his first BJJ competition experience. Niels got to fight 3 times and despite 3 losses, I still think he won the very first fight in his BJJ journey by stepping on the mat after only 2 months of training.

Jp-