This past weekend our team competed in another tournament just two weeks after our last in Calgary at the Alberta Open Jiu-Jitsu Championships. This tournament was held in Trail Saturday Nov. 5th and was titled "Pride Gym Jiu-Jitsu Invitational".
This was the First time Pride Gym hosted a Jiu-Jitsu only competition, and from a team that competes all over the Pacific Northwest, this was a great tournament! Our team had 22 competitors attend, the largest turnout from any of the clubs attending, and saw every single one of our athletes take home a medal! In fact almost half our team took home gold medals, 10 in total! The tournament saw teams from Castlegar, Trail and Nelson compete and have fun testing their skills against each other in the best way...... good old fashion Jiu-Jitsu fights!!!
At the end of the day the team that had the most medals won the tournament team trophy and were crowned the "Team Champions". Well, Kootenai Jiu-Jitsu Academy was that team, taking home the first ever Team Trophy from the "Pride Gym Jiu-Jitsu Invitational". Congratulations to all who competed and we look forward to our next chance to show case our talented group of athletes!!