The event was held at the Trust Stadium in Henderson, Auckland. It was by far the biggest competition held in NZ in terms of participating competitors. We are talking about 180 competitors. The event over run over 4 mats areas. First were 4 black belts competing. Then the brown belts division was disputed in 3 matches. The purple division had 23 matches split over 5 weight categories The blue belt division had 49 matches split over 6 weight categories. The  white belt division had 97 matches split over 6 weight categories. Some of the lighter weight in the white belt division had 5 pages of draws. Who ever won such division has to fight at least 5 times! So it was a long day for the competitors and the hard working officials that did a great job. The prices were great.  2 x Samsung Galaxy SIII 16 GB Mobile and some rolling mats for the winners of black belt and brown belts division. The kids also has some remote control helicopters and many raffles ...

Arm bar Light warm up, we did roll flow to open our game  and test techniques that we usually do not use when we roll full on. Topic of the day was Questions and Answers. Every 6 weeks, we like to ask the students what type of questions they have so you can address their issues on a more detailed and specific appproach. see below some you tube videos that are relevant to the questions. Training concluded with situational rolling from guard. Roll call for the competition: stu, serge, luan, mark and Jose. Tomorrow is your last day to register   see below details http://nzgrappler.co.nz/bjj-gi-tournament-registration/ BJJ Gi Tournament with IBJJF Scoring Registration ends 11:59pm Thursday 15th August ( REGISTER ONLINE ) This is your last chance to register for this NZ Grappler's first ever Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gi touranment 17-18 August 2013. Registration is $60 for Adults and $50 for kids. The deadl...