I just surveyed the roads. It is an epic disaster! Fallen power lines & trees all over Becks Run Road. Brownsville has no parking and it is covered with ice around the gym. Class is canceled until conditions improve. We will try to get class started as soon as possible. I'll send an update when we can continue again. Stay safe everyone!
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Pablo Popovitch taught a great seminar at Team Balance Pittsburgh on Saturday. He focused on passing the guard and back attacks. Everyone learned a ton and were very impressed with Pablo's slick jiu-jitsu. It was so awesome to learn from an ADCC World Champion!
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Jarrett Valeri went to Hassett's Jiu-Jitsu to compete in his first tournament. John Hassett ran a very good in-house competition! It was a well run with a friendly atmosphere by both refs, coaches, and competitors. Jarrett went 1-1 and came home with a 3rd place medal! Congrats Jarrett, and thanks for the great tournament John!
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Jimmy Cerra traveled to Richmond, Virginia to participate in the sixth US Grappling Submission-Only tournament on Dec 5th. It was a fun tournament - purely submission-only with no time limits at all. Here are the results from the Team Balance grapplers at this tournament:
It was a really well-run event, but long due to the number of competitors. Everyone still seemed to have a good time. Notably, Dennis Hayes from Pedro Sauer won the black belt division. Here are the rest of the results.
