Bedfordview students excel at No-Gi
No-Gi Jiu Jitsu is a combative sport that is gaining in popularity worldwide.
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SBG Bedfordview students recently competed in the Submission Kings Queens and Kids No-Gi submission competition.
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No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu is a combative sport that is gaining in popularity worldwide.
This sport focuses on clinch, takedown and ground fighting to obtain a submission through the use of submission holds such a chokeholds, strangles, shoulder locks, wrist locks, arm bars, straight ankle locks.
SBG Bedfordview competed against some of the top clubs in attendance including East Rand Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Valhalla MMA & BJJ, Gracie Barra, QuanWessels Academy, Apex Sport, 1610 and more.
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Three SBG Bedfordview students were awarded medals.
Reece Jory was awarded a gold medal while Dale Clarke and Kallinicos Frangoudis each walked away with a bronze medal.
SBG Bedfordview’s head coach Sergio De Freitas hopes to develop a competitive squad that will be competing in the various upcoming No-Gi and Gi Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.
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