Tournament Results

On June 20th, Canadian Martial Arts Centre in Lethbridge hosted a grappling tournament which was attended by approximately 40 adult fighters. Cranbrook BJJ provided 5 of them. Don Nguyen, Pierre Beaudoin, Chad Roberts, Jeremy Kish and Brian Hamm. This was our first competition and we were pleased with our showing. Pierre and Chad took 2nd places in their respective divisions, Jeremy took 3rd place in his, (after being bumped up a weight class), and Brian tied for a 1st with Calgary Fight Club's Rene Grenon. There was a good range of skills present and it was a lot of fun to try our hands against some new blood. Jan Pratschke was our "man on the mat" film maker, getting us some footage to study!
Brian Bird, of BDB Martial Arts in Calgary, was with us every step. The night before he gave us a crash course on competition do's and don't's, drove down with us on Saturday, and coached us all through our fights with encouragement and advice. A huge thank you Brian, for being our instructor and our coach!