Results from Rio, Italy and Thailand

September 20th, Saturday, Flavio Machado and Luiz Eduardo Dentinho competed in the III leg of the Rio de Janeiro State Championships (FJJRio) and both brought impressive results. Dentinho took the gold in the adult brown belt open Div and ranked first on the annual ranking, while Flavio Machado took 2 silvers, in purple adult – 94kg and open division.

Romina “Bom-ba-yee” from Rio Grappling Club Livorno, won the ADCC Italy in Asti on the 28th of September, displaying an awesome performance, she was sick the day before, and fought like a lioness to win two matches, qualifying to the Europeans in Kraków, Poland, next month.

Last but not least, our greek friend Dimitrios Tsitos, returning to Bangkok after winning the No Gi Ramadan Open in Abu Dhabi, entered the Thailand BJJ and Grappling Open and went on a rampage, winning two golds in the GI comp, purple -90kg and open, taking two more medals without GI, this time a silver and bronze. To see more info about the Thailand open, go to: bjj-asia.com

Very soon pix from Rio and Italy on our page.

RGC Italia

This week I arrived in Livorno, Italy, where my friend Bernardo Serrini lives and teaches. It is my seventh visit to this beautiful country, and there are lots of things to cheer about, like the growing number of participants in Livorno, Ferrara, La Spezia and Bologna, the seamless integration of all our students and their excellent results in competitions all over the country, as well as my better understanding of the language, which helps my classes and make me feel like home.

Tomorrow is Sunday and there will be a big tournament in Modena. It will be the first time I will coach them during a competition and a great opportunity to see them performing under pressure. Monday I will post full results and pictures of our team, but the year has started and our guys have done well so far in other comps. Results are posted below:

Naples BJJ Tournament – 9th of March

Ion Condei (white belt/RGC Bologna) 1st place at both open class and -88.3 kgs

ADCC Italy – 23rd of February

Matteo Menna (RGC Ferrara) – 2nd place, B Class, -67 kgs
Matteo Tugnoli (RGC Bologna) – 3rd place, B Class, -67 kgs

ADCC Italy – 13th of January

Bernardo Serrini (RGC Livorno) – 1st place, A Class, – 88kgs

Group picture in Livorno yesterday