Please take a seat, at the chessboard of life

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Don't deny the Black or the White. The chair is for you. Jew, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, atheist. All are welcome at the chessboard of life. - Adisa Banjoko

The Power of Music is Simply Amazing

VERY SAD: A boy choked his cousin to death by accident...Kids you MUST train with qualified teachers.

HHCF FOUNDERS NOTE: Just a few weeks ago while on the yard at John O'Connell I saw two boys wrestling on the concrete. One of them put on what they did not realize was a picture perfect choke on his friends. They fell to the ground I walked over and as I got to them, the boy in the choke hold was about to pass out. I got them to stop and I told them both how deadly it was and that choke holds are not a game. Sadly, I knew long ago that we'd be seeing a new spike in deaths as kids try to emulate the things they see in the UFC or on Youtube fight videos. This is why real martial arts training is important. Parents and kids please pay attention to this. The founders of jiu jitsu did not create it for these kinds of things to happen. They did it to make the world a safer place for all humanity. This is a great video by Ryron and Rener and it shows the sincerity of the jiu jitsu community in its goals to keep American children and families safe.

On Sunday, April 1, 2012, a Louisiana man was choked to death by his younger cousin. Stephen A. Arceneaux III, a 24-year-old from Destrehan, was pronounced dead at 10:39 p.m. Sunday night, April 1, 2012. The two were at a house party and began wrestling around on an inflated mattress when the 14-year-old, 110 lbs. younger cousin placed Arceneaux in a Rear Naked Choke. After 30-40 seconds, witnesses noticed Arceneaux was turning blue so the choke was released. Arceneaux's girlfriend tried unsuccessfully to revive him before he was transported to the hostpital where he was pronounced dead.

In the wake of the tragic accident that occurred last week, the Gracie Brothers provide a video breakdown explaining precisely how Stephen Arceneaux III was choked to death by his younger cousin. Their hope is to educate the youth about the serious risks of practicing jiu-jitsu techniques, chokes in particular, without proper training and supervision.

For more information on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, please visit http://www.GracieAcademy.com

or to contact the Gracie Brothers please send an email to: info@gracieacademy.com

HHCF Featured On Chess Diva!! The Goodkind Sisters Rock!!

   

They have some amazing skills and teach really cool positional tactics!

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NEW Iron Hook video! The Alchemist Choke & 2-4-1 Sweep. Original music by Wu-Tang Clans Kinetic Beretta 9 !

 Here it is...I hope you enjoy it. There is much more to come!

Be sure to check out my man Kinetic at http://www.kinetic9.com/ !! Follow him @kinetic_9 on Twitter! Super shout out to the whole WU!!!

Tower Heist showcases the POWER of chess and courage...

And there is Hip-Hop all in the soundtrack!! Get on this film....

This is just a fun video to watch....I love to see the spark of love for the game in the kids eyes...

More on Capablanca "Out of Chaos Comes Beauty"

I will say nothing...its to pure to tamper with...enjoy the lesson !

HHCF Sponsors RAW Cheer Team and they WIN at Nationals in Disneyland

As you know, HHCF is about mental and physical fitness. What many of you don't know is that the HHCF founder is also the fitness instructor for a cheerleading team. The senior girls JUST WON at Nationals in Disneyland...We are super proud of them.

The ladies of the Raw Talents team always deliver greatness.

BJJ Legends Magazine Feat. HHCF Jiu Jitsu Team ON STANDS NOW!

Thats right boys and girls, the HHCF Jiu Jitsu Team ad is in the new issue of BJJ Legends Magazine!! Its a great issue with a lot of good stuff. It features an interview I did on Denny Prokopos!! Very cool stuff. I wanna thank all the real dudes on the team for sticking with us. Some of the people have gone up in rank (Josh Waitzkin is now Black, Pat Ryan is now Blue). I wanna take a moment to thank all the guys on the team who compete and represent jiu jitsu to the fullest. Everybody is not always prepared to do that. WE  actually have some new members and some new team sponsors ...They will be announced soon. Its on shelves now!! Shout out to Joseph Pazhman for designing it.

Andy Richter Reps HHCF in Conan O'Brien Can't Stop!!

    Andy Richter rocking the HHCF shirt (check the partial crown) the banana is a pretend PHONE....


OK, so I heard about this on Twitter when the movie first came out. A guy hit me up and was like, I'm at SXSW and I saw Any Richter from Conan rocking your shirt in his movie. I totally did not believe it. I really did not...I mean, ok...so, I met Andy Richter one day....Me and DJ Disk (Disk was my DJ long before he was DJ'ing for Herbie Hancock) were invited to shoot a commercial for EBay (we were in the positivity section of the Shop Victoriously campaign) that starred Andy. Andy was so cool and I gave him a shirt on the set. I never talked to him again and that was that. For all I knew he could threw it outta his Maybach or used it to dry his dog....NOPE, he wore it in the flick. I never had a still shot of it...Heres as good as it gets folks...This is the old school shirt. So, recognize real G's when you see 'em foooooooooooooooooooool. LOL

In all honesty, any acknowledgement is an honor. I feel very thankful that he rocked the shirt, even if its seen for only a second.