Congratulations to Garen Stepanian for promotion to Blue Belt recently. Garen continues to show solid technique and improvement. Garen breeezed through his grueling exam in just under 3 hours and made it look pretty easy! Awesome job, Garen!!! 
Add Comment 3rd Degree Alliance Black Belt, CBJJO World Champion, IBJJF World Masters Champion, teacher of World Champion Tarsis Humphries, and training partner of legends like Marcelo Garcia and Leo Viera will be teaching at Foundry DC all Next week (May 6-12). Takeyoshi will be teaching every class so be sure to get that mat time in! Takeyoshi will be teaching a seminar on Saturday morning (May 12) from 10am-12noon. Sign up before the seminar is full.  We all had a great experience in NYC and everyone had some great fights! Brown: Cesar, silver. Fought two tough matches and showed a lot of technique and heart. Cesar lost a referee decision that made everyone wondering what happened. Missy, silver. Despite just receiving her Brown Belt, Missy stepped up and fought a bigger three-year Brown, losing her match. She also fought in the Absolute against a tough, technical and 50 lb heavier Brown Belt, fighting hard but losing. Purple: Bri, bronze. Bri showed a ton of heart coming back from an early deficit and almost pulling out the come from behind win. Referee really missed a back take with hand in collar that Bri had and restarted them incorrectly, costing Bri heavily. Blue: Bryce, bronze. Bryce lost a match that would have sent him to the final, 3-2. Great fight and a lot of composure by Bryce! White: Garen, silver. Garen won his first fight, dominating his Alliance opponent 22-0. Garen had some great passing and transitions. Lost in final. Nils, silver. Nils won his first fight by triangle. Lost final on points to a late guard pass. Christina had some tough matches against some strong girls. She showed a lot of compsure staying tough in bad positions and then getting out and on top. Really happy with our teams performance and we will be back stronger and in force, next year. No Gi: James-gold & silver (advance absolute) Wai Tam-gold Nick Sallack -bronze Justin Goodman-bronze Sha Chowdury-silver Darin Dobler-bronze Gi: White belt: Darin Dobler-gold & silver Rob Hellewell-silver Blue Belt: Wai Tam-gold Kids: Reina Danforth-silver (and another spectacular armlock) Alex Lee-Gold (10 second submission and a 20-0 victory) Ty Danforth-silver Also, congrats to Cong Nyguen who had some really tough fights against much bigger guys, including a great come from behind victory and just missing the bronze by a single point in the intermediate No-Gi. ...and to Nils Tomsen, who had some solid victories and a sweet sweep to armlock. Nils lost the bronze medal match by a tie score, referee decision.  Missy is a 2x Pan American Competitor and 2009 Medalist. An excellent tecnician and a great instructor, Missy shows how BJJ is perfect for smaller people and Women. She is a loyal, supportive, and a vibrant addition to the academy!!! Congratulations Missy! Jon "le fromage" Lamarche (foundry co-founder and friend) will be teaching a seminar next Tuesday, March 20th @ Foundry DC Bjj. Seminar will be from 7:00-9:00pm. Jon is a 1st degree black belt in jiu jitsu and an expert on body mechanics and physiology. You will learn some great stuff that will not only help your jiu jitsu game but your approach to conditioning in general!!! The seminar will fo...cus on "Conditioning principles for Jiu Jitsu athletes" and YOU should not miss it. Seminar will be open to ALL Foundry students and will be By Donation. All $ will go to Jon's father and his medical expenses as he battles cancer. Please come and support this event! I guarantee you will learn a ton and have a great time!!! While we only sent 5 competitors to Mission Submission in Frederick, we had plenty of support by teammates in attendance. Thanks to everyone that stepped up to compete and to those who took the day to support their 'Famila Foundry!' Eddie Bendu did a great job as a new Purple Belt, taking second and third in No-Gi and Gi, respectively. Ed lost matches that would have given him gold and a shot at gold (gi) by a single point in highly entertaining matches. Reina Danforth took Gold in both Gi & No GI, winning 8 matches and 7 by submission. Reina was on a tear today and won the "Submission Master" award for ALL Child & Adult competitors! Awesome job Reina! Ty Danforth had to jump up TWO weight classes and took Bronze & Silver, despite giving up 30 lbs!!! Ty pulled off a great last second sweep to take a bronze in his final No-Gi match! Nils Tomsen took Gold in Gi in his first competition, showing a lot of poise and timing to pull of his wins. Great job Nils! Nick Roy lost some tough matches, including a referee decision that seemed to be in his favor. This was Nick's first competition and a number of valuable lessons were learned. Nick will win next time out! 
Edward Bendu! Ed is everything you could ask for in a training partner and teammate! This belt is long over due. Can't wait to watch him represent at Purple! Please join me in congratulating Edward! | The Foundry NewsEverything you need to know about Forging Top-Notch Technique! ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
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