Lets get ready for the Australian National Championships in Perth in September on the 18th and 19th September. Start to build a competition plan now and make sure that your desired weight is within reach now.

Good luck to everyone

A great effort so far from Michael Wilson at the 2010 World Championships.

On Sunday the 6th June Mick will fight in the Quarter Final after beating Big Mac. Mick told Pete that he was very happy as "the game plan that we have been working on worked a treat" "I got to Big Mac's back and submitted him"

Lets hope Mick can go all the way!

Michael Wilson leaves for the USA on June the 2nd to compete in the 2010 World Championship.

Good luck Michael.

It is with great pride that Peter Polygenis joins our black belt ranks.

Pete started training in 1996 and has been a consistent hard trainer since.

Well done Pete!

Unfortunately Max de Been has had to settle for Silver at the 2010 Brasileiro. 

Both Max and Pete will arrive home on the 15th May to get back into some hard training.

With less than a week to go before the Brasileiro (Brazilian National Championships), Max de Been has been training up to three times a day at, perhaps the number 1 Academy in Brasil for Juniors, Gavea Jiu Jitsu. Gavea Jiu Jitsu's Head instructor is Jose Henrique Teixeira "Ze Beleza". Ze is a sixth degree black belt who along with Carlos Gracie Jnr first learnt Jiu Jitsu under Rolls Gracie. Max has also been training with Roberto Correa "Gordo". Both Gordo and Ze have made many World Champions. Ze was the juniior instructor of many notable World Champions including, Roger Gracie, Marcio Feitosa, Gordo and Gordinho. Ze commented last night at training that Max was fighting great and showed similar signs to the greats that he had trained.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Pete and Max left for Brasil on the 25th April. Max will contest the 2010 Brasileiro and hope to go back to back Gold.

They will return on the 15th May.

Look out for reports along the way.

Congratulations to Grant Livermore on receiving his Black Belt. Grant set a new PdB record for 16 years to Black Belt. Well done Grant. You deserve it!

Great news from Abu Dhabi today with both Michael Wilson and Shane Suzuki winning more than a few fights each before being eliminated.

Kit Dale went all the way to win his category.

Congratulations to all three for displaying really fine commitment to Jiu Jitsu.

Great work to the whole team for another stunning result.

Whilst not having the biggest team we nearly tripled the second place team.

All results can be viewed at www.afbjj.com

Hard work does pay off!