New Belt for Amie

Amie Turton finally receives her purple belt! As a blue belt, Amie collected four international medals (Silver PanAms 2005, Gold PanAms 2006, Silver World Cup 2006, Silver Mundial 2006) making her one of the most decorated female competitors in the USA.

Congrats on a well-earned promotion!!

Amie is WORLD Silver Medalist!

Amie Turton defeated Davina Maciel (Carioca Team), last weeks World Cup winner, in the 1st round 4-0. This was a big mental jump for Amie as Maciel had defeated her in last week’s final. Amie then faced a tough girl from Sao Paulo in the semi-finals. Amie handily defeated her 6-0 by taking her back and sweeping her. In the finals, Amie’s opponent scored an early advantage and held Amie down from the top of 1/2-guard to win a 0-0 victory.

A frustrating final match but Amie still brought back a World Championship Medal!

Nyjah Easton, Lloyd Irvin, Julius Park, and Amie Turton

WKA North American Championship Results

Mikhail and Josh drove to Hampton, VA for the WKA grappling tournament and drove back with medals in hand. Josh proved why he is the toughest competitor around, not only entering his weight classes but also the Open division where he faced a giant.

ISWA Upper Cheseapeake Results

Andy and Phil represented 88 BJJ at the ISWA tournament in Bel Air, MD. Phil has no wrestling experience and less than a year of Jiu-Jitsu and Andy has trained BJJ for about two months but both competed in the Competitive division which is for grapplers with 2+ years of experience. They both did extremely well.

Amie Wins Silver at CBJJO World Cup!

The World Cup (Copa do Mundo) takes place a week before the World Championships (Mundial) and brings in a lot of competitors looking to get some good matches before the following week. Amie competed in the Pluma Blue Belt division, taking second.

Amie defeated Yasmin Sewgobina from Yamasaki Holland by points in her first match before losing on points in the finals. Davina Maciel, an MMA fighter from Amazon, took the gold. Although there were only four girls in the division, it was a taste of the competition level in Brazil and a good warmup for next weekend’s bigger competition.