NEUTRAL GROUNDS BJJ ACADEMY
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Long Beach est. 2004
World-Renowned Royce Gracie Network

TOURNAMENT INFO

CONGRATS TO ALFREDO AlCALA AT NABJJ NO-GI tournament on Dec 4th- GOLD!!!

RESULTS FOR NABJJ 08/28/11 AT CSULB

Adults:
Gold-Cat Pittet
Silver-Adrian Rodriquez
2 Bronzes- Jeremy Gendreau Jr. & Taylor Brannigan (both by submission)
Joel Santiago-Fought hard despite 30 lb weight loss in 1 month!/Next time Joel!!!

Kids:
2 Bronzes-Alex Lemos Jr & Keane Kirchner
Kristina Sprintsanu- Fought like a princess warrior!

Best of all, sharing great moments with our Neutral Grounds Family Cat takes home the GOLD! 12-0

Adrian the SILVER!!! Taylor w/ the Bronze w/ 2 submissions (Guillotine & Armbar)

Jeremy w/ the Bronze fighting 2 divisions above him Evaldo w/ David & Taylor who both started at 16 yrs old-all grown up!

that's 20lbs heavier!

Nothing like good friends for support:)

AJ looking good w/ the Bronze (this is his 3rd tournament) Keane looking very handsome with his Bronze (his 2nd tournament)

Congrats to Arun on his Silver from Best of the West this was his 2nd tournament 1st No-Gi!! David, Cat & Taylor all won their 1st fight via submission! Good work guys!!!
Results for Best of the West Sat July 23rd :
http://www.grapplingtournaments.com/platnew/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=54

Congrats to lil' AJ on his first tournament. He has trained for approx 5mos & did well at The South Bay Tournament. Winning 1 fight. Keep up the good work!!!

JOE MOEIRA'S TOURNAMENT APR 29 2011

CONGRATS TO ALL THE COMPETITIORS AT JOE MOEIRA'S TOURNEY!

Alfredo Acala- 1st place
Andres "The Goat" -Fought hard & with lots of heart!
Christian LaPorte- 1st place
David Diaz- 2nd Pl( his weight division), 3rd Pl (open division)
Paul Romey- 1st Place

CONGRATS CAT FOR THE BRONZE AT THE PAN AMS!!! WE WON SOME & LOST SOME...ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY TO GREATNESS, WORLD TOURNEY NEXT!!!

LEFT TO RIGHT: Erik D, Javier T, Aaron A, Catherine P, George R, David D, Evaldo L, Matt J, Arun P, Taylor B, Joel S, Alfredo A

Pan Ams Bracket & Schedule:

THURS 3/24/11:
            10:30am Blue Adult Male-Feather/ Joel Santiago, Result: so close to a great choke, next time!
             1:00pm Blue Adult Male-Middle/ Aaron Anthony; won 1 fight
              4:30pm White Adult Male-Rooster to Feather/ Alfredo Acala; Fought w/ great heart
              5:45pm White Adult male-Light and Middle/ David Diaz
              7:10pm White Adult male-Med Heavy to Ultra Heavy/ Erik DuckWorth/ Fought very well

FRI 3/25/11:

            9:00AM Blue Male Master-Rooster to Med Heavy/ Javier Torres/ good job
            12:30pm Blue Female Light Feather and Feather/ Catherine Pittet/ Bronze-3 fights
            1:20pm-Purple-Adult Male-Rooster and Light Feather/ Arun Paberzis/ 1 win by submission
            2:50pm Purple Adult Male Light Feather and Light/ Taylor Brannigan & Matt Jones/ good job guys!
            4:10pm Purple Adult Male-Middle to Heavy-David Razo/ Fought well

SAT 3/26/11:

            10:00AM Purple Master-Rooster to Light-Adrian Rodriguez/ good job
            12:30pm Black Male Senior 3-Evaldo Lima/ Bronze/
             4:00pm Purple Senior 1-Open Class-George Rodriquez
             6:10pm Black Male Senior 3-Open Class- Evaldo Lima