About Angel Mercado

"Another day this side of the grass, is a good day". Family, friends, working out, a good cigar and top it off with a drink of choice, that's a good day. Thanks for visiting, L'chaim!! Kenpai!! Prost!! Salud!! Cheers!! Namaste.

Happy Father’s Day!

Father’s Day 2013

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    Hello everybody!

I hope you guys are well and having a great father’s day celebration.

Today was a great day full of love and happiness at the Mercado household.

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Take good care all.

Until next time…

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Grand Prix Miami Results

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GRAND PRIX 2013 MIAMI KOREA V RUSSIAN +100 KG Uchi-Mata

Two days of judo competition comes to an end. The first ever Grand Prix in the United States of America held in Miami, Florida.  There were seven different weight classes for both the men’s and women’s matches.  Eleven different countries are represented on the winners podium.  A lot of exciting matches.  My favorite finish of the competition was a big uchi-mata by Soo-Whan Kim of Korea over, Renat Saidov of Russia in the +100 kg matches.  Great coverage by International Judo Federation.

Here are the winners for this past Grand Prix Miami:

-48 kg Eva Csernoviczki (Hungary)

-52 kg Yanet Bermoy Acosta (Cuba)

-57 kg Marti Malloy (USA)

-63 kg Clarisse Agbegnenou (France)

-70 kg LLjana Marzok (Germany)

-78 kg Audrey Tcheumeo (France)

+78 kg Megumi Tachimoto (Japan)

-60 kg Kherlen Ganbold (Mongolia)

-66 kg Abdula Abulzhalilov (Russia)

-73 kg Dirk van Tichelt (Belize)

-81 kg Tom Reed (Great Britian)

-90 kg Asley Gonzalez (Cuba)

-100 kg Zafar Makhmadov (Russia)

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Congratulations…

themercadoproject

Hello everybody!

I hope you guys are well.

Today’s post is very special because it’s for my wonderful husband who’s now an official BLACK BELT in JUDO.  He took the Kata test last Saturday with his sensei and passed.  Yesterday evening, he was presented with his black belt at their Judo club.  Congratulations my love!  You worked very hard and you definitely deserve this high honor.  Your love for learning, practicing, and teaching has enabled you to achieve great knowledge of this sport.  May you continue as safely as you can.

We’re very proud of you!

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My husband, Angel, and his Sensei Lloyd

http://www.gentlewaymasters.org/

Take good care all.

Until next time…

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MORNINGS ARE ROUGH

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How Hard is it to get up look at your clock it reads “3:54am” to go back to sleep and know you’re only two hours away from starting all over…

How Hard is it to roll out of bed, slide your slippers on and try to shake off the grip of that beautiful other world of dreams and illusions of the unconscious world…

How Hard it is to look out your window as the sunrises over the brick structures and natures landscape and wonder what the day has in store for you, but want to go back to the sleep and say fark it…

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zzzz sleep
Thank you

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Complete Nage-no-kata by:Shodan Angel Mercado

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Judo_pictogramOn June 8, 2013 the Hudson Yudanshakai held its Kata and Knowledge exam at Tech Judo.  The Kata and Knowledge exam is mandatory part of judo before you can get promoted to a higher rank.  The Kata is something that is talked about in all judo club as sort of this secret.  A secret that only a select few judokas are able to actual do because few judokas stay on long enough to actually get ready to participate in it.

The Nage-no-kata is a series of forms that were selected by Professor Jigaro Kano as a foundation to the multitude of techniques in all of judo.  By being able to complete the kata, you in essence should have the knowledge and the ability to do all the different techniques in judo.  To perform the Nage-no-kata, I say perform because it is like a dance that you practice and practice till you get it right,  you have to…

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First Ever Judo Grand Prix in the United States, Miami!

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If you don’t already know, the United States is hosting the first ever Grand Prix in Judo! The event will be held in Miami, Florida.  The competition will take place in Legends Ballroom at Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, Florida, on Saturday and Sunday June 15-16.  Preliminary competition begins at 9:30am and finals at 5:00pm both days.

GRAND PRIX 2013 MIAMI

If you haven’t sent your fight application, your too late, but you can catch the fights on ippon.tv  live Saturday and Sunday.  You can see former Olympic, and World Champion go after the gold medals.

As always workout, drink be merry.

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What a way to start the weekend. TGIF to all

What a way to start the weekend. TGIF to all

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Happy National Margarita Day

Margarita-light

1-1/2 oz Jose Cuervo Especial

1/2 a lime

1 pinch of salt

Combine enjoy!

Want a great place to enjoy a Margarita try these places.

Iguana’s Mexican Grill & Cantina

Tequila Joe’s Restuarant & Bar

TGIF-Drink responsibly.  As always workout, drink be merry.

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