Hello Everyone,

Boy, has it been a long time since I have done an update. And boy, have a lot of things happened since then. Here is a partial update on much of what has happened recently:

I. Congratulations to Mr. Brad and Mrs. Oana Hirakawa on the birth of their first child, Nina!


II. Congratulations to Mr. Don Partch! He took his Brown Belt Examination in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and passed with flying colors!


III. Congratulations to Mr. Bruno Boggi for taking and passing the first ever, Harris International Filipino Martial Arts Instructor Course! Mr. Bruno is our first fully certified Filipino Martial Arts Phase One Instructor!

IV. There are a number of new seminars and instructor courses on track for 2010. Please see the list of updated pages on royharris.com.


V. These pages have been updated on royharris.com:

http://www.royharris.com/associations/?id=1
http://www.royharris.com/associations/?id=2
http://www.royharris.com/associations/?id=3
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/?eid=169
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/?eid=181
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/?eid=168
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/index.php?eid=183
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/index.php?eid=184
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/index.php?eid=179
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/index.php?eid=149
http://www.royharris.com/news/?sec=33&id=999
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/index.php?eid=118
http://www.royharris.com/seminars/index.php?eid=185
http://www.royharris.com/articles/?id=1220

VI. I just got back from teaching a two-day seminar in Goteborg, Sweden. I had a lot of fun teaching Mr. August Wallén (A Harris International BJJ Black Belt) and his students! The training was phenomenal. We covered no gi guard passing, how to position one’s self while passing the guard, the most important component of guard passing, how and when to retreat to the safe houses inside the guard, grip fighting, collar chokes and the use of one’s feet, shins, knees to control while our hands, forearms and elbows were on another mission. The information was well received!

While the training was phenomenal, the weather was not cooperative for me. It snowed heavily while I was there and there were below zero temperatures that froze my bee-hind off ☺ All in all, I had a great time. August and his students are always respectful, disciplined, inquisitive and fun to train!


VII. At the end of this month, I am headed off to Worms, Germany to teach a two-day Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar to a group of guys from German Top Team.


VIII. Here’s a glimpse of upcoming seminars:

Saturday, February 6, 2010 – Purple belt and Brown Belt only workshop in San Diego
Saturday, February 6, 2010 – Leg lock and guard passing seminar in San Diego
Saturday, February 20, 2010 – Butterfly, half & “Z” guard passing seminar in San Diego
Saturday/Sunday, February 27 & 28, 2010 – BJJ seminar in Worms, Germany
Saturday/Sunday, March 6 & 7, 2010 – BJJ seminar in London, Canada
Saturday, March 13, 2010 – Aggressively attacking from guard seminar in San Diego
Saturday, April 10, 2010 – Clinch work for MMA and the Street seminar in San Diego
Saturday/Sunday, April 24-25, 2010 – BJJ seminar in Trondheim, Norway
Saturday/Sunday, May 1 & 2, 2010 – Affiliate BJJ instructor course in San Diego
Saturday/Sunday, June 5-6, 2010 – BJJ seminar in Rochester, NY
Saturday-Wednesday, July 7-11, 2010 – JKDFFI instructor course in Erie, PA
Monday-Friday, July 26-30, 2010 – Apprentice Grappling Instructor Course, Sherbrooke, Canada

IX. I had some interesting health and financial issues present themselves in October, November and December of 2009. They still persist, but I am overcoming them - one day at a time!


X. Recently, I’ve been working on developing royharris.mobi. I plan to have it finished in the coming weeks.


XI. Late in 2009, I had the chance to attend a Hard Style Kettlebell Instructor Certification course in St. Paul, MN. I had a great time and was very impressed by the course of instruction and the manner in which the course was run!

XII. I have ALMOST finished the HJJ 103 (“Grip Fighting”) DVD. Everything was looking good back in late October, early November. Then, LIFE HAPPENED. All that’s left to finish is about 90 seconds of the opening. So, I will be finished with it this month and will ship it off to the replicators soon. I’ll let you know when I “physically” possess the DVDs and when shipping will start.

Well, that about wraps things up for February. I will have more news for you next month.

Roy Harris