Saturday Jan 7, 2012 the Vanguard Gym Competition team returned to Northern Virginia’s Premier Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championship, The Copa Nova tournament. Our kids competition team had the best results, taking home 18 medals out of the 25 total medals our Vanguard competitors earned. Between the Kids and Teen divisions, our incredible kids took home:
-5 Gold
-6 Silver
-7 Bronze
This tournament we had several adult team members who are new to competition leap bravely into the fray, with spectacular results. A special shout out to Francis Torres, Melvin Skinner and Blaze Carmical who all came out to compete for the first time, and each of them brought home at least one medal! Amongst the adult competition team, our guys and girls brought home:
-1 Gold
-2 Silver
-4 Bronze
Here’s to all our Vanguard Gym Competition Team members who trained hard and came out to Copa Nova to represent their gym and proved their dedication to the Art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!
Our Vanguard Gym Competition Team ( In no particular order )
Zach Putnam
Dakota Deutsch
Steven Gendron
Jake Johnson
Nelson Raley
Christian Banghart
Blaze Carmical
Elisabeth Kaza
Beua Gutridge
Joseph D’Alessandro
Kylie Whickstrom
Mary Kaza
Teresa Kaza
Francis Torres
J.J. Brown
And as a parting treat, here is a video of Teresa Kaza choking her opponent out!
Tags: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Copa Nova Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Vanguard Gym Competition Team
