European BJJ Championships 2009

The 2009 European Brazilian Jiu Jitsu championships will be taking place on January 30 through to Februay 1.

The event will be held at “Complexo Municipal Esportivo do Casal Vistoso”, Rua João silva, Lisboa, Portugal.

This event has fighters from all over the world taking part and is a real testing ground for BJJ.

We have two fighters from the academy taking part in The European BJJ Championships 2009 and both have been training extremely hard and are looking forward to the competition.

Matt

The first student from the accademy is Matt Norris, a blue belt and he will be fighting in the Master Heavyweight Blue Belt division and the Masters Absolute Blue Belt division. I spoke to Matt about this upcoming competition and he says that he is really looking forward to it.

Russell

The second fighter from the accadmy taking part is Russell Allchin who will be fighting in the Senior Heavyweight Blue Belt division and the Senior Absolute Blue Belt division. Again, Like Matt, Russell is looling forward to the competition and has also put in a lot of work preparing for the event.

I am hoping to find a little bit of time to talk to both Matt & Russell prior to them heading off to Lisbon so we can get a short interview so we can find out what it’s like to train for an event like this and if there’s a specific game plan etc.

I saw Matt & Russell training last week and both are looking on top form. You need to be extremely dedicated and put in a lot of time if you expect to do well in an event as big as this and if dedication was the only thing needed, both fighters will come back very happy.

Everybody at the club wishes both of them the very best of luck and hope to see them return with some great results.

EUROPEAN OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
DIVISIONS

Junior (16/17 year-olds)

> Only bluebelts
> Men and Women
> 16 and 17 year-olds will compete in the same division
> Athletes born on 1992 and 1993 are eligible to compete
> Fight time: 5 minutes
> Open class available for middle weight or above
> Check the weight list

Adults

The division is open for everyone above 18 years.

Fight time:

> bluebelts – 6 minutes;
> purplebelts – 7 minutes
> brownbelts – 8 minutes
> blackbelts -10 minutes

Masters (30-35)

> Athletes born between 1974 and 1979
> Fight time: Bluebelts – 5 minutes
> Purple/brown/blackbelts – 6 minutes
> Men only
Seniors 1 (36-40)

> Athletes born between 1969 and 1973.
> Fight time: all belts – 5 minutes
> Men only

Seniors 2 (41-45)

> Athletes born between 1964 and 1968.
> Fight time: all belts – 5 minutes
> Men only

Seniors 3 (over 46)

> Athletes born in 1963 and before.
> Fight time: all belts – 5 minutes
> Men only

Women adult

There will be six weight divisions (check weight list)

Brown and blackbelts will compete in the same division

Adults only

Fight time:

> Bluebelts – 6 minutes
> Purplebelts – 7 minutes
> Brown/blackbelts – 10 minutes