03/30
2011
Ana on the topic of BJJ Photo Albums
Here just a few pictures of the Abu Dhabi Pro Trials which were held in London, England, on 26th March 2011.
I got a third place in the purple/brown/black -63 kg division, after beating Dominique Vitry by kimura but then losing against brown belt Shanti Abelha in the semi-final by mata-leão.
Morena Cuba, from Team Aranha in Barcelona Spain, won in white/blue female division +63kg and got his free ticket to Abu Dhabi. Congratulations!! She did a great job!
But my biggest congratulations goes to Yasmin Wilson, purple belt, who made an awesome competition and won first in a very fast fight against Leoni Munslow by triangle and then submitted Shanti Abelha with a foot lock in the big final, taking the big price of the purple/brown/black belt female-63kg. Very well deserved girl! Just awesome.
03/28
2011
Ana on the topic of BJJ competitions
Last Saturday 26th March, I attended the Abu Dhabi Pro Trials in London. I had fun, enjoyed once more being in a competition, fighting and getting to the podium. But to be honest, I expected something more when I registered for this event.
03/16
2011
Ana on the topic of BJJ&Pregnancy
Angie is not an average spanish girl. Yes, she is pretty, has dark hair and eyes and I bet she likes to party and be with friends, but she is definitely not a common girl. She is a fighter, a BJJ blue belt, and she is now pregnant too. Her story reminded me of my own one, and now I write about her to show everybody that I am not a rare case: combining BJJ and family it is perfectly possible!
Here she tells us a little bit about her pregnancy and how is she dealing with this new situation in her life from the point of view of a BJJ practitioner.
03/07
2011
Ana on the topic of BJJ Photo Albums
Some pictures of the II Hamburg Open, hold on 5th and 6th March 2011 in Hamburg (Germany). This event included Gi and no Gi competition and it was a sucessfull weekend for Samuel Sanvicente, even more as instructor as as fighter, since several of his students got first and second places in the weight and open class divisions. Congratulations to him as instructor and to the students for their good job done, specially to Santiago Franco who, with a weight of less than 70 kg defeated in half finale a guy of over 100 kg, and Andreas Madsen who fought very technically each of his 4 fights to the final. They are the white belts surprise of the year and I am sure they will end the competition year with plenty of gold medals.
Another promising fighter with already a very long list of wins is: Peter, der Zerstörer (the "destroyer" in english) who won again his weight division in white belt and the open class with Gi. He won his weight division noGi and due to several injuries, he decided not to compete in the noGi Open Class. He is right now one of the best white belt fighters. So blue belts, be aware of Peter! he is coming after you! ;-)
You can find more pictures on the website of the event: http://www.germancompnet.org/
