THE RED CORNER
NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
WEEK OF OCTOBER 7th, 2024
Happy Monday Team!
We are fresh off the heels of a successful outing at Grappling Industries this past weekend. North Star fielded a small team of three, but with big results.
Ryan DeRoberties goes 2-0 en route to the gold medal with one submission and one decision, showing great poise and sound decision making throughout both matches.
John Martin goes 3-1 en route to the gold (best of 3 format) with one decision and one submission win. Stoked to see John land the guillotine — he’s been working at that specific move and was able to land it in competition. Very cool to see that!
Jay Hilario takes second in a two man division, showing some development from the last tournament but still a bit undersized for his division.
In all, a fun, injury-free, quick trip to Grappling Industries that had us all home by dinner. And if you know how these tournaments can dragggg on, you know how awesome that is.
Our attention turns forward to both October 23rd when Tim Green and Gianna Vadino head to Vienna, Austria as part of the ISKA National US Team for the ISKA World Tournament! Gianna is the returning world champion in her division and Tim makes his international fight debut. Very proud of these two athletes for securing the team nominations and taking on the challenge.
We return to BJJ competition in November for Tap Cancer Out in Hatfield, PA. TCO is one of the “chillest” tournaments, everyone is on their best behavior and the matches are intense but friendly. I will be dusting off my gi after about, I dunno, 13 years and have already enrolled in the black belt division. Really looking forward to this one! A number of other students are competing as well so it will be a great time.
Lastly, our Level 2 Shorts test is slated for this Saturday at 12pm! You will be able to register for the test up to Thursday afternoon. Please make sure to do so ASAP so we can staff and schedule it accordingly.
If you’d like to register for the Level 2 Shorts Test, click here.
For reference, our full event lineup is below:
- 10/8 — Pay it Forward BJJ Seminar with Cathryn Ivy
- 10/12 — North Star Level 2 Shorts Test
- 10/23 — ISKA International Championships featuring Gianna Vadino and Tim Green in Vienna, Austria
- 11/9 — Tap Cancer Out in Hatfield, PA
- 11/22 — WAKO Kickboxing Nationals in Delaware
That’s about it — plenty of hard training on the schedule for this coming week so make sure to drink some extra strong coffee and I’ll see you on the mats tonight!
–Coach Jackson
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