Art of War 14, 26/Sep/09 - Pics

With Andy Wang

Famous Silva

AOW14 Opening - Gus the comissioner
Prof. Ikuta
G Men
Tom and Jerry

Royce Gracie and Ralph Gracie

On 26th, a big group (18 members) from KLN BJJ went to Macau to watch AOW14, cheering our friends Vaughn and Andy from Taiwan BJJ.

It was an exciting event with lots of fun! Moreover, we have met the "legend" Royce Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Wndarei Silva and Bass Rutten. Royce and Ralph were especially nice guys and had nice talking in the party afterwards. He is going to Philippines and Thailand for seminar in a month. For details, check out www.bjj-asia.com

Thanks Gus for making the event come true!!!

Also, today is the last day for Prof. Ikuta to train with us. Dun miss it!!

FBT Thailand BJJ/Grappling Open: Photo Highlights by Luke at BKK-BJJ

FBT Thailand BJJ/Grappling Open Report: Gi division

For the Gi division, held on Saturday, Aki, our resident female BJJ’er, led the pack with a 1st place finish in the female bluebelt under 60 KG category, and a strong 2nd place finish in the female absolute. Congratulations, Aki for bringing home the gold!

Falling short of the top spot but still medalling were Hoin, an under 70 KG competitor who fought hard and ended up with a 3rd place finish in the bluebelt absolute, only losing to the eventual champion, and Forrest, who ended up with a 3rd place in the under 90 KG category.

Matthew and Ben, although falling out of medal contention, fought hard and gave it their all as usual, only losing in the white and bluebelt absolute categories respectfully to strong opponents who outweighed them by 60 KG!

Adam, a longtime KLN-BJJ member, also graciously volunteered his time as a referee and added great coaching and support to the other members on the mats. Thanks, Adam.

Lastly, we’d all like to give a big thanks to the FBT Thailand Open Staff for their great job in organizing a high-level tournament with over 170 competitors! This tournament is truly shaping up to be one of the top ones in Southeast Asia. Good job, guys, and please do it again next year.

Art of War : Macau, 26th, Sept, 09

Our legendary member and also a famous HK movie star "Gus" is organising an MMA event in Macau. Lets group up together and support the event!! (We have guys from Taiwan as well, let's enjoy a group discount and we can get better seat if we order through KLN BJJ!!)

If you are interested, please drop an email to our Yahoo mail group or info@kln-bjj.com for signing in.

Words from Gus and Andy:

Hi guys,Please come support the first MMA event in the area. I will hook up something special for KLN BJJ! See below for a message from the organizer, BJJ brown belt Andy Pi. Other special guests include: Vitor Belfort, Joachim Hansen, Rashaan Salaam (Heisman Trophy winner). We have a a Hennessy Artistry concert/party right afterward. It will be an awesome da/night!

Dear China's BJJ/MMA Community,We are excited to announce that the Art of War Fighting Championship will be going to the Venetian Resort in Macau on September 26, 2009. This event, "Ground Zero" will be the largest Art of War event to date and we are excited to work with the Venetian to bring our exciting brand of mixed martial arts to our fans and friends in Southern China.

UNDERCARD

Match 1 - 72 kilograms : Jason Schmidt (USA) vs. Kenichi Hattori (Japan)

Match 2 - 78 kilograms : Li Jun Lei (China) vs. Jeong Soon Hak (Korea)

Match 3 - 84 kilograms : Munkhbayasgalan Dorjderem (Mongolia) vs. Elyorbek Akborov(Uzbekistan)

Match 4 - 78 kilograms : Zhang Li Peng (China) vs. Claes Beverlov (Sweden)

Match 5 - 78 kilograms : Vaughn Anderson (Canada) vs. Kim Dong Hyun (Korea)

Match 6 - 72 kilograms : Dai Shuang Hai (China) vs. Arthit Hanchana (Thailand)

MAIN CARD

Match 7 - 78 kilograms : Michael Costa (Brazil) vs. Simeon Thoresen (Norway)

Michael Costa is fighting out of Wanderlei's camp and has aggressive attacking style. Simeon Thoresen is a prodigy student of Joachim Hansen and has 10 of 11 wins by submission.

Match 8 - 78 kilograms : Wang Sai (China) vs. Lee Yong Jae (Korea)

Wang Sai is looking to avenge his last performance in the Art of War ring. Lee Yong Jae has an undefeated amateur record and is making his pro debut.

Match 9 - 90 kilograms : Rodney Glunder (Netherlands) vs. Antonio Braga Neto (Brazil)

Rodney Glunder has wins over Cheick Congo, Valentijn Overeem, Cyrille Diabate and Melvin Manhoef. Antonio Braga Neto is the 2008 Heavyweight World BJJ Champion.

Match 10 - 84 kilograms : Daniel Madrid (USA) vs. Daijiro Matsui (Japan)

Daniel Madrid is a bright up-and-coming MMA star from the USA. Daijiro Matsui is a veteran of Pride Fighting Championship having faced the world's best fighters like Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, Igor Vovchanchin, and Quinton Jackson.

Match 11 - 96+ kilograms : Rolles Gracie (Brazil) vs. Peter Graham (Australia)

Rolles Gracie puts his legendary family's reputation on the line against K-1 heavyweight knockout artist, Peter Graham.

Match 12 - 72 kilograms : Andy Wang (China) vs. Atsuhiro Tsuboi (Japan)

Andy Wang of The Ultimate Fighter reality tv show takes on Japanese Shootboxing expert Atsuhiro Tsuboi.

Special Guests for the Art of War 14

- Ground Zero event will include : Michael Buffer

- Ring Announcer : Big John McCarthy

- Referee : Yuji Shimada

- Referee : Royce Gracie, Bas Rutten, Wanderlei SilvaWe will also be holding a MMA seminar with none other than BAS RUTTEN on SATURDAY SEP 29.

More details will be announced on our website: http://www.mmachina.com/

Tickets for the event and room packages can be purchased from the Venetian website: https://www.cotaiticketing.com/VCLTicketing/eventDetail.do?eventCode=aow2009 For more information regarding the Art of War Fighting Championship, please log onto: http://www.mmachina.com

Prof. Ikuta's seminar and comp in SH

Guys, more infor on Ikuta san. He is going to Shanghai in Oct for seminar and will be having competition there too. If you interested, contact Kobayashi san in the poster.

Cheers,

Kei

Prof. Ikuta's seminar 2009

*** Seminar charge is HKD150, not HKD 200. I will correct the mistake soon, thanks ******

Guys, good news!!! Prof. Ikuta is confirmed to come and teach us from 25th till 27th. We are planing to have his classes as follows :

25th, Sep, 09 (Fri) - Special BJJ class, 19:30 at KLN BJJ (We do GI only this Friday)

26th, Sep, 09 (Sat) - 11:30AM to 15:30 (Open mat with Ikuta san)/Art of war viewing tour to Macau. KLN guys, lets go together. We have a training arrangement with Taiwan BJJ and Macau BJJ as well. Rickson Gracie is also scheduled to attend!!!

27th, Sep, 09 (Sun) - 14:00 to 17:00 (Prof. Ikuta's Open Seminar)

Conditions :
* KLN BJJ Members are free to attend all above lessons.
* Visitors attending Prof. Ikuta's class is HKD150/drop in.
* For details and questions, please email to info@kln-bjj.com

Special thanks to Awa for making the poster!!

See you on the mat.

KIDS SWEEP !