Friday, September 22, 2006

Brazilian Jui Jitsu


Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise
Danean Sonnier of Orange (top) tightens a debilitating hold onto classmate Dennis Shaeffer of Beaumont (bottom) during a class at Golden Triangle Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Port Neches on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006.


Rocky Russell of Port Neches (top, right) practices a choke technique on classmate Casey Davis of Groves (bottom, right) during a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class.

Rocky Russell of Port Neches (top) practices a maneuver on classmate Sean Farshad of Beaumont (bottom) during a class. The ground-fighting martial arts form was made popular by its success in Ultimate Fighting Championship competitions.


Instructor Patrick Head (left) coaches as Dennis Shaeffer of Beaumont (top) practices a technique against Rocky Russell of Port Neches (bottom) during a class at Golden Triangle Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Port Neches.
 

2 comments:

Mark M. Hancock said...

You're right, you're a freak. :-)

I shot some overheads. The subjects are too close to the walls for separation both ways. By shooting lower, space is compressed better.

Overhead, the forms spread too much. Retrospectively, I should have left a little separation between the top figures and the main subject's head in the vert.

Please consider posting daily on your blog. It would be interesting. :-)

Mark M. Hancock said...

Wow. How do you do it? I just sit here and post once each day...