In total we had 5 members from the team fight.
Isaiah and Elijah represented the team in the kids division.
Both did an awesome job. Isaiah won his first fight in 40 seconds via armbar from the triangle position and moved on to the finals where he put on a gutsy performance but in the end lost by points. Elijah was dominating his first fight but was put into the armbar position, he escaped though and pass the guard and maintain mount to get the win via points.
Both boys were promoted after their efforts and true showing of spirit.
Kelvin fought well on Sunday making his way to the final of his weight division.
He fought a very experienced opponent and was eventually worn down. Taking 2nd place in his weight class.
Jay Matias our big boy representative fought some tough and huge guys in this weight classes.
Jay took 3rd in his super heavy weight no gi class and 1st in the gi.
James was invited by the tournament's organizer Ivan Sakamoto to take part in a brown belt superfight against Takashi Miyagi. James threatened the pass and choke early on. Miyagi's flexibility and guard kept him safe. Miyagi in counter attack threatened with a triangle / kimura combination which James powered out. James made another attempt to pass and looked like he would get his points but in a scramble was swept. Miyagi ran out the buzzer to win 2-0. Great fight.
Out of the 8 academies that came out to fight and only have 5 fighters we placed 4th overall.
Nice Job everyone!
Thanks to everyone who came out to support. Dave, Sayuri, Sheree, Gc, Betsy, Emily, Elisa, Jojo and Ali. Having people supporting the fighters makes a huge difference. Hope everyone makes it out next time and maybe will even get on the mats to have a roll.
