Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . 2006 International Masters and Seniors is now history! and more
Submitted by: Kid Peligro
The 2006 International Masters and Seniors is completed and the winner is BJJ! The 2-day event had the preesence of many of the top instructors and fighters from all over the World all competing in evergreen fashion against each other.
Some notable winners: Jorge 'Macaco' defeated Muzio De Angelis to win the Masters Medium-heavy, Fabio Gurgel won thee Heavy Weight in the Senior 1, Omar Salum won the Masters Super-feather while Megaton won Senior 2 feather closing out the bracket with teammate Henrique Simao. Pedro Duarte defeated Mike Weaver int he Master Heavy. Weaver, who trains under Claudio Franca has been training under Comprido in Rio and got promoted to Black Belt this week to compete in teh Masters!
Cleber Luciano took gold in the Lightweight Masters and Nelson Monteiro returned to the Brazilian mats to win his 3 matches and capture Gold in the Senior 1 medium weight and Kawaii's Bruno 'Longmen' won his division.
A special personal congratulations to my friend Steve English, who captured Gold in the weight and Absolute Blue Belt Senior 3
Congratulations to all participants and especially the winners!
Brasa Team Promotions
Brasa Team is having a belt promotion get together at the Fight Zone Academy on September 2 from 11:00 AM on. Everyone is invited to show up at FIGHT ZONE / BRASA located at Rua Francisco Sá 32 - Copacabana.
For more info contact Chico directly at chicobrasa@gmail.com
BJJ Tournament in Atlanta, Ga.
On September 2nd, a BJJ Tournament will take place at the Swanee Sports Academy in Swanee, Ga. (suburd of Atlanta).
The event will have Gi and No-Gi with the Gi starting at 10:00Am to 3:00PM and the No-Gi from 3:00 to 7:00PM. Absolute Pro- No Gi division with $1,000.00 prize will take place afterwards.
Already confirmed to compete are teams from Alliance GA, NC, SC, Columbus, Ft Benning, Paul Creighton (Renzo Gracie), Lloyd Irvin, Palhares, Soneca & Gracie Barra.
For more info on the tournament go to www.swaneesports.com/index
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