Last week Alliance won double gold at the IBJJF World Master, Gold in the Women’s division and Gold in the men’s division.
It was an honour to be apart of this great event and supporting our Alliance teammates from all over the world and they supporting us.
Congratulations to all of the competitors and coaches.
We had only a few competitors at the Champions Choice BJJ Series tournament in Kamloops last Saturday but everyone did the team proud.
We had 4 Kids compete and here are the results:
Mila - Gold in Gi and Gold in No-GI
Victoria - Gold in Gi
Beckett - Bronze in Gi
Kingston - Bronze in Gi
Adults we only had 2 competitors
Randa - Silver in Gi
Congratulations everyone!
Watch 6 year old Mila’s 9 x second Armbar win in her first match in her first ever Jiu-Jitsu tournament. Mila went on to win a Silver medal in Gi and a Gold medal in No-Gi.
We had 10 little warriors competing at the BC Absolute 2 weeks ago in Kelowna. They all fought their hearts out and brought back 8 medals to our club.
Results kids
Beckett - Gold
Blake - Gold
Victoria - Gold
Mila - Silver in Gi and Gold in No-Gi
Capri - Silver in No-Gi
Vivian - Bronze
Dion - Bronze
Good job everyone! Our team is so proud of all of you. 👍
Again our competitors did our team proud and showed their warrior spirit on the mats.
Here are the results of the BC Winter Absolute
We Had 6 Kid Competitors
Vivian(first tournament) - Gold
Dion - Gold
Mass(first tournament) - Silver
Bryson(first tournament) - Bronze
Caitlin9first tournament) - Bronze
We had 5 Teenage Competitors
Jack - Gold - algae a 11 second armbar win
Tanner - Gold
Darcy - Silver
Ayden - 2 x Silver Medals
We only had 1 adult Competitor
Keaton9first tournament) - 2 X Gold Medals
4 competitors and 4 medals. Our kid/teen showed-up at the Kamloops Champions Choice BJJ Tournament and did their team proud. They showed the heart of champions and the class of sportsmanship to be proud of.
* Jack - Gold Medal and fastest submission win of the entire tournament, via armour in 20 seconds. Jack has competed at 4 tournaments and won 3 Gold Medals and 3 times has had the fastest submission win including adults.
* Anika - Gold Medal
* Victoria - Gold Medal
* Tanner - Silver Medal
Good job Everyone!
So exciting that Alliance Team won #1st Place on overall men’s and 2nd Place overall in the women’s category.
Congratulations to all the competitors and coaches making this possible. Also a big congratulations to the Alliance Team as a whole in supporting each other and making this amazing accomplishment happen.
2 weeks ago the Alliance wins the Gold for the team trophy at the IBJJF Twin Cities International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championships.
Alliance Jiu-Jitsu - Kelowna team member Michelle who is legally blind submits her opponent in dominate fashion at the PTT Absolute Championships last Saturday. The is Michelle's second tournament and she's won a gold medal in each tournament and hasn't had a point scored against her.
Way to go Michelle, excuses aren't in your vocabulary.
Congratulations to Alliance Team Member Bruno Malfacine who is now a 10 x World BJJ Champion and the only person in history to achieve such a feat.
Alliance Team Medal Winners who competed at the Super Cup Grappling Championships in Vernon last week are listed below and you can see some of the pictures on our Team FaceBook page here: Alliance Jiu-Jitsu Kelowna
White Belts
Big Brad 2 x Golds
Michelle Jorgensen - Gold
Duncan Berry - Gold
Matt Ironside - Gold
Katie Sardinia - Silver
Rowan Edwards - Silver
Braden Wertz - Bronze
Branden Chow - Bronze
Brent Wright - Bronze
Blue Belts
Cody Earp - Silver
Brad Olsen - Silver
Purple Belt
Blair Edwards - Silver
Great job team! You all fought like warriors and you couldn't have made us more proud!
