Congratulations to AJ and Jay!

Crispim BJJ Barra Brothers would like to congratulate AJ and Jay on their impressive performances at the Abu Dhabi Pro West Coast Qualifying Tournament. We would also like to thank the whole team for their help in training with these competitors in preparation for the event and for all of you who came to the tournament to show your support.

The Abu Dhabi Qualifying Tournament is a very challenging one because they group all purple, brown and black belts into one category. It can be very intimidating for a purple belt to sign up to compete in this tournament because they will be competing directly with higher belts, brown and black. However, both AJ and Jay rose to the challenge!

Congratulations to Jay Young for winning his first fight. He then advanced to compete against a Black Belt twice his size and although he lost this fight, he showed a lot of heart and determination.

Congratulations to AJ Ting, purple belt, for advancing to his second match where he competed against a Black Belt under Rodrigo Medeiros. AJ showed his true fighting spirit and beat the Black Belt by two points when he was successful at sweeping him in the final 10 seconds of the match and securing third place.

This is just the beginning and as we get closer to the Pan Ams and the Worlds, we will be ready to compete. Our focus over the next few months will be to train hard, prepare for the tournaments and hone our skills. Team, please come to the academy as much as possible over the next several months so that our competitors will continue to have great training partners.

Again, thank you for representing our team. We are very proud of you both!

“I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” Mia Hamm (American Soccer Player)

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