Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2008
Hi Guys sorry it has been a couple weeks since my last post. I was training really hard for the Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championship and didn’t find the time to write any articles between training, teaching and playing with my 2 kids(Yurik and Alek). Anyway I would like to thank all my students and my training partners, Kevin Albertini, Jay Moncaio, Vagner Rocha, James Brasco, Hakan, Fred Moncaio also Saulo Ribeiro, Xande Ribeiro, Jacare, Regis Lebri prepare for this tournament.
In a few days I will share with you all some of the training routine and schedule that I did for the Pan Am Championship, It basically consists of 6 days a week training with one day off (Sunday), but as I was discussing with my trainers it is something I might have to change in the future, I felt that I over trained a bit for this tournament.
Also I was happy competing at medium heavy, I didn’t have to cut down any weight and competed against guys I’ve never went against. The Medium Heavy goes up to 188.5 Lbs but I only weighted 183.5Lbs, I felt strong against my opponents but I have to muscle up a bit.
First Match against Renzo Gracie Black Belt.
Finals Against Alliance Black Belt Tarsis Humphreys
1st Place- Pablo Popovitch
2nd Place- Tarsis Humphreys
3rd Place- Marcelo Salazar
