Article about Ricky Lundell

[Ceicei]

This was in the local newspaper (12/21/2006). It is a very interesting read.

Jui-jitsu — UVSC student is No. 1 in world

[FONT=Verdana,Helvetica,Arial]By Rosalie Westenskow[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Helvetica,Arial]Deseret Morning News[/FONT]
OREM — Utah Valley State College student Ricky Lundell, who is said to be the youngest American ever to receive a special type of jui-jitsu black belt, can topple a man three times his size.

More in the link below:

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650216600,00.html

 

[Ybot]

Thanks for the artical. I've heard of Lundell, but didn't know much about him. A BJJ black belt at 19 is crazy. It takes an average of about 10 years of regular (~3 X per week @ 2 hrs each) for most to reach black. You can't even hold a purple belt until your 18, and it typicly takes 2 years from there to brown, and another 2 for black. Anyway, cool stuff.