A big day for team at the state no-gi adults and junior gi winter comp with the junior team competing for the first time! Despite the small number of competitors for team repre-senting we still finished we bunch of medals.
Our sensei Davi Mattos taking out the gold medal in brown belt heavy weight division, unfortunately due to an to injury to a knee in his weight finals he was unable to continue on to the opens.
Jaime placing third in very tough mixed bracket, showed amazing heart to keep fighting the whole time. Tomas unfortunately missing out on a medal but put on a take down clinic, taking his opponent down twice with drop ippon seoi nage. Brad Williams showed excel-lent composure in his weight bracket to take home the silver. Teleisha Hill won her open weight division and took home a bronze in her weight division.
Drill vs Sparring – Which one is best to improve my game?
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Channel Your Competitiveness
At RJJ, we’re all for healthy competition.As humans we’re innately competitive. It’s what drives us to be better and pushes us beyond our perceived limits. It’s the “will to win”. Whether you’re applying for a scholarship or a job, trying to close a business deal, playing board games or finding a partner… competition is an […]
How to set goals to progress faster in martial arts training
“The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal – Harsha Bhogle. Have you asked yourself, what do you want to get out of your training this year? It’s one thing to show up to class and go through the movements, but if you really want to improve and get the […]