Ok so we're heading into the final third of the football season and unless you're a Green Bay Packers fan, the rest of us fans, Jets, Giants and my beloved Dallas Cowboys especially, have most likely been driven to cussing up a storm and drinking ourselves into oblivion with all the inconsistencies on the gridiron! But being the level headed disciplined martial artists that we are, we know better to stay the course, focused and prepared for whatever challenge or football fiasco lies before us.
For some of us this may prove more difficult. Distractions, obligations, commitments or just downright laziness become formidable foes to overcome. The above video hopefully, will not only make you laugh but remind you that you're not alone, we're all in this together, in the Marine Corps we referred to this as, Espirit de Corps!!
So the video is from last season's playoffs, when the Seattle Seahawks dramatically upset the New Orleans Saints with Marhawn Lynch's ridiculous touchdown run. The added commentary is quite colorful yet hilariously insightful. Below are more videos I found that were poignant, inspiring and just simply, in the case of Frankie Edgar's training video, badass!!
I also wanted to give a huge shout our cage warriors who without a doubt had their team on their backs. Big Al Medina, was like our version of the Crippler Chris Leben, this brother was unstoppable!! He fought two weeks ago in his MMA debut against a kid who was getting hyped big time and must of thought he was going to notch another highlight knockout off our boy. Al was not trying to hear that nonsense. He took his opponent to the deep end, caught some shots along the way but was unyielding in his efforts to turn the tide. He lost an unanimous decision but the Cyborg- like performance earned him Fight of the Night honors. Congratulations brother, the courage and tenacity you displayed was awesome!
Also, this past weekend Mark Feliccia fought in Rahway, N.J. for the KAP MMA organization. Unfortunately for me, this event was not being tele-casted via Go Fight Live, so I did not witness the match firsthand, but he defeated his opponent via arm lock in the second round! Again, another demonstration of putting the team in his back with 100% BJJ! Congratulations to you as well, Mark! I do know how hard you trained for this victory.
Team Codella was also in full force at the NAGA Championships in Newark N.J. last Saturday. The fantastic squad of four consisted of Joe Peteroy, Bobby Brown, Joe Terranova and making his competition debut, Peter Lombardo. Four grapplers walked on to the mats, slapped their opponents hands, put it all on the line, and all four walked out of the arena with medals around their necks!
Joe P won two silvers, Bobby and Joe T bronze medals each in the advanced division, and Peter popped his tournament cherry with a shiny gold medal! Outstanding job, gentlemen!
Hope you enjoyed and were inspired by this Codella Service Announcement. We have the holidays coming up, so have a great time with your families, travel safely and let's return to the mats pumped and ready to put in work so we can put the TEAM on our backs!.
To the haters, the meddlers, the mental distractions and nagging negative energy, just recite out loud and let 'em know what you learned here,
"Hold My D*****k!!"
(Crotch clutch is optional!)
"We don't rise to the level of our expectations,
we fall to the level of our training."
Archilochus- Ancient Greek Soldier
