Posted on November 7, 2008 at 1:42 am in News by Bob Breen
KENT OPEN. On the weekend lots of the guys went along to compete in the Kent Open BJJ tournament. We had varied success in what was a very crowded tournament with Steve Payne gaining the silver in his white belt category and Savash Mustafa gaining the Bronze. Considering that they both only train the ground game once per week then they did really well. Others in other categories fought but didn’t gain medals. Challenging for all, the thing that inspired me was how many people were there to have a go in what is not our main area of expertise. Stepping on the competition mat is always stressful but great experience. Savash is also the clubs recommended osteopath and at 48 giving away a few years to those he was fighting. Excellent coaching by David Onuma as always guaranteed that the guys did their best.
ROME BASH
Good news from Rome where the group taught by Academy trained Adam Bourne roundly bashed all comers in a multi style Stick fighting competition. Well done the Rome group! Adam’s group dominated the competition largely as a result of their rigorous training and excellent coaching. The Academy training ethos and methods are conquering the World slowly-one bash at a time.
Well done Sav!
Great to see you’re still training and even doing competition at 48 – Nice one!
Takes me back to those days when we used to train and spar togther.
All the very best to you.
Keep on truckin’
JOe (one year younger than you!)