- Wait, isn't this why you take Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes?
So if some bully rolls up on you, trying to take advantage of you or prevent
you from doing what you want to do, you have the means to handle the situation.
But apparently the knowledge of combat skills and toughness take a back seat to
politeness in Canada, where the annual Canadian championship in Brazilian
jiu-jitsu is D.O.A. after nearly a decade of operating without a hitch. The
event was scrapped at the last minute, with officials announcing the
cancellation of the event due to police characterizing it as illegal and
threatening to arrest those who took part in the tournament. A Facebook post
laid out the postponement of the event, which was to take place in Montreal.
The National Pro Jiu-Jitsu group announced the competition would be postponed
until March 5 because police had threatened to arrest the 240 registered participants,
aged 9 and up, on the grounds that Canada's Criminal Code states only combat
sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee are allowed in the
country. Because jiu-jitsu is not in the IOC's program, police can technically
deem the tournament illegal, but the counter from event organizers is the claim
that Brazilian jiu-jitsu isn't a combat sport at all according to the Criminal
Code definition of "an encounter or fight with fists, hands, or
feet." See, punching and kicking is allowed in Japanese jiu-jitsu, but
Brazilian jiu-jitsu involves grappling, so it’s totally legal…….
- The first season may have lost a sh*t-ton of money, his
character’s incessant grunting may have given way to an infamous YouTube
mash-up and the network that airs the show may be on the fence about it’s
future, but Tom Hardy won’t let go of “Taboo.” Hardy has confirmed that there
will be a second season of the show even though he reportedly lost as much as
$3 million on the first season. With those numbers floating around, the BBC
refused to confirm whether the show would get a second season even though the
critics had a largely positive take on the series. According to Hardy and
producer Stephen Knight, there will be a second season and it will be something
to behold. “In my mind, explosive stuff is going to happen, which will be
great, should it happen,” Knight said. “There’s a great destination for it, but
I don’t know if we’re in a position to talk about the actual details of it.”
Well played, S. Claim that there’s an amazing, memorable new story to be told,
but claim that you can't share details of it…great tease, even if it’s probably
not true. Hardy had his producer’s back, building onto Knight’s comments and
tying them back to the first season. “We’re onto the next stage. The key really
is Colonnade. When he says, ‘We are Americans,’ James is very ambiguous with
how much information he’s going to give,” Hardy said. “In his mind, you will
know when the time is right.” It all sounds compelling, but so did the first
season and that didn’t do nearly as well in the ratings as Hardy or the BBC had
hoped or expected……..
- It’s the curious
showdown of guy who protects these here United States by serving in the
military and police officers tasked with protecting a specific part of the U.S.
by enforcing laws and eating doughnuts. On one side is Glen Carr, an
active-duty Army major who moved to Miami in August to study and has spent his
spare time antagonizing the long arm of the law by taking pictures of city
police cars he says were illegally parked. According to the ironically named
Carr, he’s sent at least 125 complaints—along with photographs to support his
claim—to police departments in or around Miami-Dade County showing squad cars
in place they ought not be. But he insists that he’s not on some crusade to get
back at police for giving him traffic citations over the years or for abusing
their power - and those they serve - across America in recent years. “It’s not
like I’m against them,” Carr said. “I just want them to be better at what they
do. I feel they don’t hold each other accountable.” A normal citizen who
engaged in this sort of effort would probably find himself on the receiving end
of plenty of, um, unfriendly encounters with cops every time he drove, walked
down the street or entered a business, but Carr is a guy who served for nine
months at remote base near the Pakistan border just after the 9/11 terror
attacks. Maybe that conscience that led him to serve is the same thing that led
him to notice police disobeying the same laws they enforce four years ago as he
was teaching his daughter how to drive. Seeing two police cars speeding at 80
in a 55-mph-zone without their lights on made its mark on him and now, he’s looking
to make his mark on the law. He says some departments have ignored him, but
others have (lied) vowed to look into his allegations, probably right after
they look into his every move when he gets behind the wheel in their community……..
- There are few more terrifying positions to be in than
traveling illegally and on foreign soil. You cannot get caught because if you
do, none of the potential outcomes are even remotely good. Arrest, deportation
and more are possible, so when Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was
trying to reach the United States via illegal travel as part of a Cuban
ballplayer smuggling operation, it was a tense time. He carried a fake passport
aboard an Air France flight from Haiti to Miami and was petrified about what
would happen to him once he landed. His answer? Try to eat that fake passport,
chowing down on the page containing a false name and his photo. He told a Miami
federal jury that he traveled illegally because he was worried he would miss an
October 2013 deadline and lose the $68 million contract he eventually signed
with Chicago. "If I had not been there on that particular day, the
deadline, then the contract would not be executed and would no longer be
valid," Abreu told jurors. "We had to be in Chicago to sign the
contract." The reason Abreu is now talking is because he was called to
testify in the case against Florida-based sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and
baseball trainer Julio Estrada, who are accused of alien smuggling and
conspiracy. That dynamic duo is accused of operating a ring that took Cuban
players from the communist-governed island to intermediary nations where they
could establish residency and then sign profitable Major League Baseball
contracts. It’s hard to argue with Abreu’s approach, given the deal he got and
that he was American League Rookie of the Year in 2014. He talked because he
received limited immunity for his illegal conduct -- meaning he won't be
prosecuted if he tells the truth on the witness stand. Other former Cuban stars,
including Adeiny Hechavarria of the Miami Marlins and Leonys Martin of the
Seattle Mariners have also testified, but only Abreu has copped to chomping
down on his passport, which he told the jury he obtained in Haiti. He was
eventually allowed to remain in the U.S. because he had reached American soil
despite having no travel documents under the "wet-foot, dry-foot"
policy recently rescinded by former President Barack Obama………
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