>>Is Quinn Mulhern training at MGA now? I've seen him there
>in
>>a few pictures on social media. I was thinking he was at
>50/50
>>now, but I guess he moved on.
>
>He is at MGA full time and he did come from 50/50. his brother
>is actually Paul Schreiner, not sure if he moved up because of
>that or for other reasons, but he's been a great addition to
>our gym. I wonder if he is originally from that same Santa
>Cruz lineage as his brother or not.


Wait, what? Paul and Quinn are brothers? I had no idea. Funny bc you know I am big fan of Paul and his game, and I admired Quinn's a lot, too.

It's possible Quinn may remember me without seeing my face. It's worth a shot. You could mention my name, Justin; I was a blue belt at the time. Light-skinned, beard, built pretty much like Daniel Cormier. I was in SF for a month back in 2012, and my wife came out for a week and she trained there, too. Quinn (and Robert) were two of the kindest people I've met in jiujitsu and both are very talented.

I remember one time Quinn played Radiohead during sparring at open mat and I was cracking up about it. Like he played one of the really slow, depressing songs from In Rainbows, and I thought it was hilarious. I remember stopping mid-roll to look around the room to see if anyone noticed, but I was the only one.

I mentioned it to him in good fun a couple times, but I think he may have thought I was picking on him. Either way, he might remember that, too.

Of course, if you bring me up you get to have the awkward conversation of how we know each other from OKP and ... well, I'll let you decide that one.


>
>>He's a really good guy. I trained with him for a month in
>>Santa Fe back in 2012. Him and almost all of the other folks
>I
>>met at GB Santa Fe were great folks and good jiujitsu, too.
>
>Was in a group of four with him once (basically a shark tank
>positional sparring session for back control). He was so
>helpful with how to defend the choke and just with general
>tips that I still use. That's aside from being really cool as
>a staff member.


Yep, same. He introduced me to the N/S choke and the monoplata, and I still use his tips. I imagine he fit right in at MGA with his game. N/S is huge part of my game today.


>
>>Oh, one other thing - I am in the process of sending out PhD
>>apps. I'm applying to a lot of schools, but NYU, Columbia,
>and
>>John Jay are on my list. I would really like to go to NYU or
>>John Jay. Who knows, maybe I'll be in your area permanently
>>this time next year. Also, I was in Manhattan (stayed in the
>>Lower East Side) a month ago for an overnight trip. I really
>>wanted to stop in MGA, but there wasn't enough time.
>
>Shit! That's cool! I went to NYU undergrad and my wife went to
>John Jay. She loved it. Wish you good luck on your
>applications and maybe one day you can join MGA! lol
>
>or at least visit when you are in town.
>


Yeah, I'm applying to like 15 schools or so, but really hoping to get accepted by NYU, John Jay, UCLA, or Howard. I would love to live in NYC.

Even if I don't get accepted, I'll stop in MGA my next trip to NYC.