The 2nd Annual Rio Grande Valley Jui-Jitsu Open was held on April 28, 2012 at the Marine Military Academy in the King Gym in Harlingen Texas. This was my 5th Jiu-Jitsu tournament. My weigh-in weight was 133.0 lbs I competed as an orange belt in the 127 – 139 lb heavy weight kid’s gi division. There were not other competitors registered for my weight class in the nogi division so I competed in the 140 lb and above super heavy weight nogi division. I won the gold medal in both gi and nogi. HJJC, Cinco MMA, Harlingen Sports Center and the competitors from the Marine Military Acadamey did great! I met some nice people from Gracie-barra Rgv and they also did great. The tournament was a lot of fun.
Please continue reading to see some videos and from this tournament.
My gold medal gi fight
My gold medal nogi fight
My Dad’s first fight – fought with a pulled back muscle and won
My Dad’s second fight
Dustin Garcia’s wins his gold medal gi fight
Patrick Chancey, assistant instructor at HJJC wins purle belt fight
Jeff Bonugli fighting at the age of 56 and winning against a competitor half his age – very impressive
Great fight between two awesome purple belts, Chris and Robert
Another great fight between two awesome purple belts, Chris Cortez and Daniel Lee Rodriguez
My good friend Balde Olivarez in his first Gi tournament. I missed filming the very beginning of the match but got the overtime round.