Archive for 2008

2008 Pan-American Championships

Apr/1/2008 Student Highlight, Tournament Results

Congrats to all the Kimura BJJ competitors who traveled to Carson, California to compete in the 2008 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship (March 28-30). An extra congratulations goes out to Tho Vu, who took home top honors in his division. Tho started the three-day tournament by defeating a former Pan Jiu-Jitsu champion by a score of 12-0, and he then went on to win two more fights to claim the tournament’s championship for the Super Feather Weight (141 lbs) Master Blue Belt division. What is even more remarkable is that Tho has only been training in jiu-jitsu at Kimura BJJ for 15 months! Congrats to all the Kimura BJJ competitors who traveled to Carson, California to compete in the 2008 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship (March 28-30). An extra congratulations goes out to Tho Vu, who took home top honors in his division. Tho started the three-day tournament by defeating a former Pan Jiu-Jitsu champion by a score of 12-0, and he then went on to win two more fights to claim the tournament’s championship for the Super Feather Weight (141 lbs) Master Blue Belt division. What is even more remarkable is that Tho has only been training in jiu-jitsu at Kimura BJJ for 15 months!
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2008 Arnold Grappling Classic

Mar/7/2008 Tournament Results

Joey Bell took 3rd place in his purple belt dvision at the 2008 Arnold Grappling Classic held in Columbus Ohio. Joey is known at the Kimura BJJ school as having a highly technical game in addition to a very easy going personality. These qualities have made Joey an excellent instructor and trainer at our South Boston branch. If you would like to check out training at the South Boston branch, please contact him with the information found on our branches page. Once again, congratulations to Joey for a great showing at a tough competition!

Watertown Grand Opening

Feb/11/2008 Academy News

Thank you to everyone for making our grand opening in Watertown such a success! Our newly renovated home is incredibly spacious, clean, and well equipped. It has already encouraged all of us to train harder and become an even tighter knit group. The new schedule for classes has been updated (please click on the schedule link at the top of the website). You’ll notice far more classes at even more convenient times! This is all in an effort to raise the quality of our school, instruction and students to yet another level. Directions as well as schedules for the branch schools in Medford and South Boston will be posted in the very near future so keep checking our website! In the mean while please use this google maps link to find our school in Watertown: 15 North Beacon St, Watertown MA, 02472

If you are thinking about joining our school, please drop by for a free introduction class that we’ve added to our schedule. See everyone there!

Happy holidays from the Kimura BJJ Academy

Jan/21/2008 Academy News

To celebrate our belt promotions as well as ring in the holiday season, team Kimura hosted it’s first annual holiday party! We celebrated our achievements in training and good friendships over good food, drinks, conversation, and plenty of laughter. Training at Kimura means a lot more to us than just techniques and competition, we are a family of friends and are very happy to be able to share this festive time of year with each other. Happy holidays!

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