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Team Dojo Americana at Carlos Valente Seminar.
Team Dojo Americana and Professor Carlos Valente, congratulate Doug Verblaauw on his blue belt promotion.
Dojo Americana Blue belts: Jonathan Mercado, Manny Torres, Kevin Cluckey, Juan Cota, Christian Jimenez, Joe Hernandez.
Team Dojo Americana Congratulates Manny, Kevin, and Juan.
I want to congratulate Manny, Kevin, and Juan on their blue belt promotion. They worked hard to get to this point and have also been actively competing in a variety of tournaments. We now have about 7 Blue belts here at Dojo Americana. The blue belt division at tournaments is very competitive and I can't wait to see you guys compete at this new level. Stay healthy and train intelligently. This will help you stay injury-free, which in turn allows you to train consistently and to continue growing and developing your jiu-jitsu game. Come April, we should have even more blue belts on the team. There are several who are almost there. Consistent practice is the key! Even if you're only coming twice a week you will see your game improve every week. Osu!
Joe Hernandez win Grappling X MMA Fight!
L-R: Jason St. Pierre, Joe Hernandez, coach Tony Fausto, Eric Hayek.
Jason St. Pierre and Joe Hernandez win Muay Thai Fights!
2009 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championships!
See more photos here.
Congratulations to Eric Hayek--Gold medal
Jason Hayek trying to take his opponent's back.
Ryan Hayek sprawling.----
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira with Dojo Americana's Mark Hopkins.
Team Nogueira dropped by Dojo Americana a few times this past August while getting Big Nog ready for his fight against Randy Couture. Jr. Dos Santos is Nogueira's training partner and it was great to see these two guys train.
The first night they came in was on a Monday night. We were right in the middle of a jiu-jitsu class when all of a sudden Big Nog and his crew walked in thru the back door. A lot of the guys were tripping out--either to see one of UFC's biggest stars walk in on the mat or the thought they would have to roll with him. They had a good training session. The entire mats were soaking wet. I haven't seen those mats get that wet before. I guess we don't train hard enough. I think the highlight for Nogueira and his crew was the shower session though. We don't have showers installed yet so the guys had to fill 5 gallon water jugs and shower outside. It was pretty funny. Lucky for them it was summer. Thanks to professor Valente for bringing them by.
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Congratulations to Scott Cohen, Grapplers Quest 2009 Lightweight Champion!
Dojo Americana blue belt, Scott Cohen, went through 4 worthy opponents before winning the gold at the
2009 Grapplers Quest Tournament in Del Mar.
Dojo Americana Kickboxing Instructor, Ke Sneller, Brings
Home Silver and Bronze From Kyokushin Challenge!
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Ke Sneller fought six times in 2 hours to earn a silver and gold medal performance at the 2009 Northwest Kyokushin Challenge.
Ke fought in two divisions. At 38-years-old, he fought in the over 35-years-old division which was an open weight class division, which means he fought larger and heavier fighters. Despite weighing in at 165 lbs., he won the silver in that division which is quite impressive. He got off to a slow start in the In the under 35-year-old middleweight division where he won a close first match by decision, but lost a close second fight in overtime by decision; he won his third fight at that weight to win the bronze. See links to his fights and the results below.
Fight Links:
Middleweight Fight 1
Middleweight Fight 2
Middleweight Fight 3
Open Weight Fight 1
Open Weight Fight 2
Open Weight Fight 3 Finals
2009 NORTHWEST KYOKUSHIN CHALLENGE RESULTS
> YOUTH DIVISION
> Youth 10-12 years
> 1. Roman Izibaev – Alexi Dojo
> 2. Kody Deleo – NW Ellensburg
> 3. Elizabeth Pertsv – Alexi Dojo
> Youth 6-9 years
> 1. Fumiya Inaba – Alexi Dojo
> 2. Ryan Fernandez – Alexi Dojo
> 3. Aaron Rosser – NW Ellensburg
> 4. Thomas Greenwood-Henry – Alexi Dojo
> Youth 13-15 years
> 1. Eugene Borysako – Alexi Dojo
> 2. Mark Lavin – Alexi Dojo
> 3. John Cools – NW Kyokushin Davenport
> 4. Ryan Hewitt – Enshin Kai Martial Arts and Fitness
> ADULT DIVISION
> Female Lightweight
> 1. Feresheth Savage- Eastside Kyokushin
> 2. Annika Nieber – NW Ellensburg
> 3. Jillian Lemley – Eastside Kyokushin
> 4. Jingchuan Zhang – NW Kyokushin- Pullman
> Female Super Heavyweight
> 1. Gudron Gunther – NW Kyokushin- Pullman
> 2. Chelsea Lemons – NW Kyokushin- Pullman
> 3. Linsay Warness – Ito Dojo
> 4. Amy Sabourin – NW Kyokushin- Pullman
> Men’s Flyweight
> 1. Yuki Kawamatsu – Seattle Kyokushin
> 2. Joel Farb – Ito Dojo
> 3. Cameron Riggins-Boles – Eastside Kyokushin
> Men’s Lightweight
> 1. Neil Fanning – Seattle Kyokushin
> 2. Kenta Page – NW Kyokushin- Pullman
> 3. Nick Slagel – Seiken Kyokushin
> 4. Nic Chandia – Chandia Dojo
> Men’s Middleweight
> 1. Gidish Nair – Seiken Kyokushin
> 2. Wojcitech Arentewick – Seiken Kyokushin
> 3. Ke Sneller – Dojo Americana
> 4. Jeremy Frank – Tang Soo Do
> Men’s Heavyweight
> 1. Simon Yakouenko – Seattle Kyokushin
> 2. David Jofre – Ivan Salaverry Dojo
> 3. Javier Castenero – Seattle Kyokushin
> 4. David Watson – NW Ellensburg
> Senior Division
> 1. Keith Hill – Seattle Kyokushin
> 2. Ke Sneller – Dojo Americana
> 3. Andrew Westermeyer – AZ Kyokushin
> 4. Gregory Lewis – 21st Century Martial Arts
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