I passed by the Royce Gracie event at Al-Arabi Club. I got to meet Abdulmohsen Al Babtain who brought Royce Gracie to Kuwait and is behind the Mixed Martial Arts SideKick Academy. A pretty cool and friendly guy who is doing a really great thing for Kuwait. He also introduced me to Royce Gracie which was a jaw dropping experience.
Royce Gracie is a legend and I can’t believe he’s here in Kuwait. I was kind of star struck and didn’t know what to say but then Royce asked me where I was from and I told him Lebanon so he started telling me how he loves Lebanese food and how he might be going there this summer. I then took some photos with him and even got him to put me in a choke hold. It was a great day.
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Pics or it didn’t happen 😛
Seem’s you’d like the choke hold of his “Royce Gracie” …eh ? 😉
Good thing you didn’t say “Canadian”
Anyone knows where the side kick academy is located .. I checked the website u can’t click at the location map or anything else 🙁
i was watching Alwatan TV the other day when they broadcast a report about his visit to Kuwait and the reporter said that he is the one who invented this game ! i mean WTF ! this is a very old game
@ pacco- they will open it in shuwaikh after 1-2 months…fees will be btwn KD 40-60….
@Mark – i was there too…i clicked pics with him(n yes he did choke me)…wat abt you…there were very few ppl…they got bored n left…but me n my friend were there da whole time !!! i learned how to give da ARMBAR frm da first day of da seminar !!!
@pacco – the head coach said they are moving to a bigger and better location….shuwaikh i.e…da website will be ready in 2 weeks time
Royce Gracie is a really nice guy…im HOUNOURED to get chocked by him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Mark…NOW i know where u were sitting…in da family side (cuz da banner is visible in da pic).
“Royce Gradice” <<WTF?? is a legend and I can’t believe he’s here in Kuwait. Spelling mistake 😛
thanks fixed
who da hell is this guy using my username with a Capital “N”??? :S :S :S
Mark: was that you I saw there? did you ask me if I was from the media?
I spoke to one person there who was taking pictures and I asked him if I could go down to take pictures.
ahh, so that wasn’t you. cause a Lebanese guy asked me if I was from the press when I was taking pictures and he was taking some pics too. And it just accrued to me that that might have been you.
i was also with Nat so that would have made me easy to spot
Lebanese ppl are blissed 😛 everyone loves us all around the world 😛
i have a picture of urs mark…lol