First Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition a hit
Walvis Bay’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club hosted its first inter-club competition and the first competition of its kind on Namibian soil at the Namibian Mixed Martial Arts & Kickboxing Academy in Walvis Bay on Wednesday.
Kai Schaitmann defeated MJ van der Merwe and won the heavyweight division (above 88kg). Oliver Becker-Stauder and Mario Snyman shared the third place.
Lesley Hoaëb defeated Richardson Caiffa Dos Santos and won the medium weight category (up to 88kg). Andries Strauss finished third.
Vicky Steimert (16), the only female combatant, defeated Michael Smit and won the lightweight (up to 70kg) division. Delano Müller finished third.
Instructor Rodrigo Vital expressed his satisfaction with the event and the skill levels of his students.
He also thanked the spectators for their support and encouraged the fighters to keep on training hard.
“We will possibly hold competitions in October and November with our graduation and seminar on self-defence techniques to be conducted by Master Sylvio Behring from Brazil scheduled for December.”
A victory in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fight is decided by submission or points awarded for gaining certain dominant positions.
Combatants can earn four points for orchestrating a mount or a back mount, three points for passing the guard and two points for a takedown, when executing a sweep from guard or placing a knee in the stomach.
All divisions are defined by age, weight and belts.
Fighters may use grappling techniques, throwing, trapping, joint locks, holds and disengagements to neutralise each other.
Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art form and a method of close combat for defeating an armed opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon. Practitioners manipulate an opponent’s force against himself rather than confronting it with their own force.
OTIS FINCK
Kai Schaitmann defeated MJ van der Merwe and won the heavyweight division (above 88kg). Oliver Becker-Stauder and Mario Snyman shared the third place.
Lesley Hoaëb defeated Richardson Caiffa Dos Santos and won the medium weight category (up to 88kg). Andries Strauss finished third.
Vicky Steimert (16), the only female combatant, defeated Michael Smit and won the lightweight (up to 70kg) division. Delano Müller finished third.
Instructor Rodrigo Vital expressed his satisfaction with the event and the skill levels of his students.
He also thanked the spectators for their support and encouraged the fighters to keep on training hard.
“We will possibly hold competitions in October and November with our graduation and seminar on self-defence techniques to be conducted by Master Sylvio Behring from Brazil scheduled for December.”
A victory in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fight is decided by submission or points awarded for gaining certain dominant positions.
Combatants can earn four points for orchestrating a mount or a back mount, three points for passing the guard and two points for a takedown, when executing a sweep from guard or placing a knee in the stomach.
All divisions are defined by age, weight and belts.
Fighters may use grappling techniques, throwing, trapping, joint locks, holds and disengagements to neutralise each other.
Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art form and a method of close combat for defeating an armed opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon. Practitioners manipulate an opponent’s force against himself rather than confronting it with their own force.
OTIS FINCK
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