This weekend is the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship (formerly known as the Pan-Americans or Pan-Ams), one of the biggest jiu-jitsu competitions around, with over 2,500 competitors this year. The competition is one of the many International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation* tournaments and will be at Cal State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, California.
As of this moment, the only person I know of who is competing is Kia, so let's all wish him goodluck and try to be there to support him if you can. Besides being there for Kia, the tournament is bound to bring out some of the best fighters around, which makes it well worth the time to go down there and pay a visit. I would also like to wish the best of luck to our friend, Troy, who came from Hawaii to train with us while he was in town for the Pan Jiu-jitsu Championship, make sure you cheer for him if you see him around!
If you are interested, the IBJJF is looking for scorekeepers for the tournament, and if you can - you should get ahold of Mike Buckels, he will hook you up with all you need to know about scorekeeping. It's an easy job and it comes with lots of benefits and you can work as much or as little as you want. You can understand how much help is required with a tournament of this capacity, and it runs from Friday to Sunday.
For more information, contact Mike Buckels at usjjfeventstaff@gmail.com.
* The purpose of IBJJF is to unify jiu-jitsu as a sport, to bring it together and make it more organized. This is done by making a single set of rules that will apply at all tournaments, if you have been to multiple tournaments - you know that the rules are a little bit different from tournament to tournament - but, the IBJJF is looking to fix this and help Jiu-jitsu move along as a sport. The IBJJF also will be collecting a complete roster of schools and members of the schools, and making it more difficult for people to fight in inappropriate divisions or "sandbag".
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Wassup A-Team BJJ!!!
Mahalo for having us over at your acadamy and making us feel like part of your ohana (family). Tammy, Mia, and I felt well treated and we can't thank you enough for getting us ready for our first Pan Ams tournament.
If ever you're in Hawaii, look us up and stop on by at Central Oahu Jiu-Jitsu.
Auuuuryte,
Aloha,
Troy Takara
It was our pleasure to have you train with us, Troy. I'm sure you'd be welcome to train with us anytime you're in our area, it was nice meeting you.
Hope everyone enjoyed the tournament that went, I'll post results when I get them.
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