You can read Part 1 of Reilly's journey by clicking here. A few years before moving from New Orleans to California, I made another attempt at the USA Sambo Championships. I won a silver medal as the only American-born citizen in a field of Russians and Moldovans. It would be a few years until the USA regulating body would separate the US Open from the US Championships, so American athletes were always doomed to losing their own national event to better ex-Soviet Bloc Sambists. Regardless, I was proud that I advanced one podium spot since the last time I tried. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Reilly Bodycomb (@rdojo) on Oct 31, 2017 at 10:34am PDT The...

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You likely know Reilly Bodycomb for his legendary leglock highlights and his deep library of grappling instructionals. In this post, Reilly pulls back to the curtain to talk about some of the early highlights of his career.

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