Congratulations to Fadi Khouri who took first place with no points scored against him in the medium heavy division, brown belt at this weekend’s US Open XV Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament held in Santa Cruz, California. 

Fadi also entered the brown belt open division and brought home 3rd place. 

William Alford also competed at this tournament in the purple belt division, taking home first in the super heavy weight division with no points scored against him and 3rd place in the purple belt open division.

Congratulations to both, they are top competitors!

Shane Mock of Berks County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will be holding a competition training class at his academy on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 1:00pm.  This is a free session for all 3rd Generation Jiu-Jitsu Team members.

Topics to be covered include general rules and tournament strategy, as well, all attendants will be paired up for training in timed and scored matches.

For more information please contact Shane Mock at www.bcbjj.org

Congratulations to all the members of Team RGDA-PA that competed at the recent Grappler’s Quest held in Lancaster, PA. 

 
Harrisburg BJJ Academy
Jessy R.  – 4th place no-gi intermidtate division 180-189
Jessy R. – 4th place gi Blue Belt 180-190
Kyle B. – 1st place no-gi intermediate 160-169 (I think that’s the weight.)
Scott – 2nd place gi White Belt 170-179 (I think that’s the weight.)
Kevin S. – 1st place no-gi Advanced 160-169
Cameron Mitchell -1st place Purple Belt 149 and under and 150-170 Masters

Lancaster Family Martial Arts
Jason Santiago – 2nd Gi
Collin Sharpe – 2nd no-gi
Dan Burns – 3rd no-gi

Berks County BJJ
Erik Faust 1st place WB Gi welterweight
Dylan Ekis 1st place Teens lightweight Gi and No-Gi
Dmitryi Poltauvskyi 3rd place Teens Expert Gi
Mark Colantuna 1st place Blue Belt Heavyweight (30+)
Jeff Giacanova 3rd place Blue Belt Super Heavy (30+)
Ricardo Pena 3rd place Blue Belt welterweight
Jonah Fritz 2nd place Teens Beginner Cruiserweight

Awesome job everyone!