Budo Videos BJJ Rolled Up Episode 46 with Steve Roberto Purebred Guam

ROCK & ROLL

With this video of one of Guam’s Jiujitsu trailblazers – Stephen Roberto Budo videos’ (Rolled Up) , opens its second window with an in-depth view into the roots of Guam and Micronesia’s premier and pioneer Jiujitsu Academy.

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PART 2

FULL FIGHT VIDEO: Guam’s Baby Joe Taimanglo Bellator 159 win over Darrion Caldwell

FULL FIGHT VIDEO: Guam’s Baby Joe Taimanglo Bellator 159 win over Darrion Caldwell

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Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo

Round 1

Veteran referee “Big” John McCarthy is the third man in the cage for tonight’s main event, which is a likely No. 1 contender bout for the bantamweight division. Caldwell swings and misses with some big punches early, even slipping to the ground while throwing an overhand left, but the southpaw soon settles down. Taimanglo looks to press forward and walks into a hard body kick from Caldwell. The Guam native stuffs Caldwell’s first takedown attempt, a double-leg shot from a mile out. Caldwell catches Taimanglo throwing a kick and shoots inside again, this time driving “Baby Joe” to the ground at the base of the fence. Caldwell looks for full mount as he mashes Taimanglo’s face with short, hard right hands and elbows. Taimanglo nearly gives up his back at one point, but he flips over and keeps Caldwell contained in half guard as they hit the midway point of round one. Caldwell’s offense drops off as he works to corral Taimanglo, who has now reclaimed full guard. Taimanglo works his way back to his feet with 80 seconds left, then sprawls on another long shot from “The Wolf.” Caldwell grabs hold of Taimanglo’s left arm from the sprawl position and tries to work it into a kimura, but the wrestler winds up on his knees with Taimanglo spinning to take his back. Taimanglo doesn’t have great position on the back, and Caldwell is able to escape out the back door to finish the round on top, still working for the kimura. 10-9 Caldwell.

Round 2

Caldwell slides backward and slaps Taimanglo’s face with a high kick as the bantamweights engage in a much more measured start to the second round. Taimanglo slips to the ground while throwing a kick and has to defend as he stands, with Caldwell running at him with a knee before pushing him against the wall. Taimanglo breaks loose from the clinch and resets in the center, now about two minutes into the period. Caldwell shoots under a murderous right hand from Taimanglo and floors him with another takedown. Heavy pressure from half guard keeps Taimanglo pinned to the canvas; Caldwell stays busy on top with short punches and another kimura attempt. Caldwell keeps grinding down the stretch with shoulder strikes and forearms to the face. It’s not enough for referee McCarthy, who stands up the fighters with 30 seconds on the clock. Taimanglo shoots for a last-second takedown, but Caldwell backs up to the wall and defends it with ease. 10-9 Caldwell.

Round 3

Caldwell shoots a mile-long double-leg and gets sprawled on by Taimanglo, who wraps up an arm-in guillotine choke and jumps guard. From his knees, Caldwell tries to climb back to his feet but doesn’t make it, and he taps out as they tumble to the ground. Guam’s Joe Taimanglo pulls off a huge upset, handing Darrion Caldwell the first loss of his career via second-round submission.

The Official Result

Joe Taimanglo def. Darrion Caldwell via Submission (Guillotine Choke) R3 0:09

 

The Legend of Taga! FOKAI VOYAGER: “ROOTED” TINIAN BY JOSE QUAN

The Legend of Taga! FOKAI VOYAGER: “ROOTED” TINIAN BY JOSE QUAN

The House of Taga (Chamoru: Guma Taga) is an archeological site located near San Jose Village, on the island of Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in the Marianas Archipelago. The site is the location of a series of prehistoric latte stone pillars which were quarried about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) south of the site, only one of which is left standing erect due to past earthquakes. The name is derived from a chief named Taga, who is said to have erected the pillars as a foundation for his own house.

The prehistoric latte stone pillars (also called taga stones) at House of Taga stood 15 feet (4.6 m) high, and were quarried about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) south of the site. The original megaliths consisted of a base (haligi) and a hemispherical cap (tasa). When uprighted in spaced parallel rows, it is believed a house was built on top. Of the twelve upright stones sketched by British explorer George Anson during his 1742 visit to Tinian, only one remains standing. The As Nieves Rota Latte Stone Quarry is believed to be the Marianas origin of the period of these megalith structures.

Legend of Chief Taga and his house

One variation on that story also puts Taga’s origins at Guam. As a child, he began demonstrating such super-human strength that his own father was jealous and tried to kill him. Taga escaped from his father by jumping off a cliff on Guam and landing on Rota, almost 50 miles (80 km) away. On Rota, Taga grew to adulthood and became a braggart about his prowess. According to the legend, it was Taga who began the As Nieves Quarry on Rota and abandoned it for reasons that are unclear.

Taga married and had a family, and they sailed to Tinian. His reputation had preceded him, and the chief of Tinian presented several challenges to test Taga’s strength. The chief was subsequently so impressed with Taga’s abilities that he named Taga the chief of the island. Taga carved the latte stones to single-handedly build his Tinian house and a village for his people. He carried the multi-ton pillars all by himself. As the years passed, while on a trip to Saipan, Taga’s wife gave birth to a son that Taga bragged about to no end. Taga’s brother tired of all the bragging and challenged Taga to a contest, which ended in a draw between the two brothers. This was the end of Taga’s bragging.

Eventually, Taga and his wife were the parents of twelve children. When Taga realized that his youngest son had greater strength than he, Taga flew into a jealous rage and murdered his son. Taga’s wife died of grief. His youngest daughter then speared Taga to death and died of a broken heart. As each of Taga’s twelve children died, their spirits inhabited the latte stones of his house. Each spirit was released by the individual latte stone falling to the ground. The lone standing megalith today is said to imprison the spirit of the daughter who murdered Taga.

 

 

MMA-rianas: The Fighting Islands By Vicente “Ben” Salas II

We thought we’d share this article by Ben Salas via the Marianas Variety! Its a great read on MMA and the spirit of our fighting islands.

Enjoy!

MMA-rianas: The Fighting Islands By Vicente “Ben” Salas II
From the Marianas Variety

To fight or not to fight? That is a question’

FIGHT or flight. It is defined as “the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one to either resist forcibly or run away.”

This response is directly tied to adrenaline, the hormone which our bodies naturally produce, enabling us to either fight or flee at our maximum capability.

If you take a look at our history as islanders, you could make a fair assessment that we favor the former over the latter.

One might say it’s in our DNA.

In either case, the driving force is the instinct to survive and the emotional, psychological and physical reactions that accompany it.

Now, mixed martial arts or MMA, being a sanctioned combat sport, is completely voluntary. Not only is it voluntary, but it is regulated by a referee and rule sets in each match and thus does not represent ‘fight or flight’ as a matter of life or death the way actual warfare or a street mugging confrontation would.

However, as we’ve seen time and again—in instances where a more technically sound fighter is trouncing a lesser opponent, only for the latter to dig deep and pull off a win on heart and adrenaline alone—it happens very often in MMA.

Most especially when amateur undercard matches in Saipan’s Rites of Passage events and often times, due to a lack of technical experience, all a fighter has left is his heart to forge onward.

You see, just as it is voluntary for a fighter to make his/her choice to sign the dotted line on the contract and accept a fight, so too is it voluntary for them choose how badly they want win or simply give up in the heat of combat. If you get submitted, you get submitted.

If you get caught by a punch you don’t see coming and it knocks you out, you got knocked out and that’s that. But there is a certain point when you make the decision to buckle down and fight back that can actually lessen the likelihood of either of those scenarios taking place. Combined with adequate fight camp preparation, physical and mental conditioning and game planning, the CHOICE to FIGHT is the quintessential final piece to the puzzle that brings it all together.

We now live in era of MMA where we have fighters from the Marianas that wholly represent the embodiment of all those things.

Fighters like Frank “The Crank” Camacho, Baby Joe “The Juggernaut” Taimanglo, Shane “PikaBoo” Alvarez and Jon “Super Saiyan” Tuck to name a few, epitomize a sound combination of heart, physical and mental toughness, technical skill, cardio, strength conditioning and well roundedness.

They have come a long way and shall continue to go far because they have survived true battles of attrition in their previous fights that have brought them to this point in their careers. Their experiences have taught them that just as winning isn’t only about having heart, it isn’t only about being technically well prepared either. It truly is a balance of both.

Up and coming fighters from the Marianas can learn from this and seek to add more well rounded skill sets and more disciplined training methods to the natural inner fire that they already innately possess. As they progress in their daily training regimens, they will also find in time, that the amount of heart they began with is amplified exponentially through the rigors of the hard work they put in at the gym. It is in that moment that the mere option to choose fighting over fleeing evolves into a fully fleshed out decision—a will—a true desire to fight. It is then that they know, they themselves, have become full-fledged MMA fighters ready to take it to the next level.

I Tinituhon Film

I Tinituhon is a Guampedia film produced by Fiesta Productions. It is a film based on Guam’s creation myth of Puntan and Fu’una. The film features Andrew Artero and Rita Nauta.

I Tinituhon from Guampedia on Vimeo.

 

Slinging 1008: The Natural

As exhibited by Andy Lee:

This sling technique has a great advantage of fast load and launch action and that it requires smallest diameter in your launching area position.

Slinging1008: Rapid Fire Slinging

The internal dynamics of even slinging just a single stone can be extrememly self-invigorating–especially combined with the proper atmosphere.

On the combative side however–accuracy, power, and also consistency
are assets for the battlefield.

Perfect practice makes perfect.

Work in progress at the right place and right time.

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FAMILIA, THE FORCE, & THE FIGHTING ISLANDS | The Alvarez Family

FAMILIA, THE FORCE, & THE FIGHTING ISLANDS

The Alvarez Family that once highlighted motocross events across Micronesia for decades since the 80′s has moved onto new things.

Setting the Foundation for MMA athletics in the CNMI-From the #FokaiThrottleProject and the Alvarez Racing Team to their more-than-a-decade-strong reign in outer island MMA, Fokai is proud to have joined them with TrenchTech/Purebred Saipan and Trench Warz on their long course journey

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FOR LIFE: SCOTTY DINGAS

Rest in Paradise Scotty Dingas… Now you can go where ever you want, how fast you want, popping wheelies the whole damn way, where no humans can knock you off your scoot. I know Luka and Eric got you at the gates and we will all meet again one day my brother. Journey well… I’ll miss you being here but I’ll always know you are with me.

Yo…. if you trained with or knew this dude shout him out, put him in your prayers, or tip a 40 to him. He was one of the OG SoCal Project boys and dedicated his life to Muay Thai and Motorcycles… he will always be remembered.

Love you Scotty.

–T BOOGIE ANDERSON

EVERYDAY PEOPLE // Joseph Aguon

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

Joseph Aguon has been picking up hazardous materials from the waterfront at Ypao Beach to save people and families from unnecessary injury and for other good reasons.
He was featured in Guam media last week where he discovered a live grenade in a high foot traffic are on one of our most populated beaches unearthed by severe rains that eroded sand.
He has been doing this daily since January, without pay nor solicitation of pay and has no intention of slowing down

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