The trial competition is a precursor to find the most qualified grapplers to represent Malaysia for the upcoming Abu Dhabi World Pro JJ Championship 2012:
A quick intro to the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship
From Wikipedia:
The tournament is being promoted as the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu event in the world. Supported personally by his Highness the Supreme Prince and Commander In Chief of the United Arab Emirates National Army, H. H. Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the inaugural 2009 tournament had the prize purse of US$111,000. This amount was increased further to US$150,000 in 2010 and is planned to increase to US$272,000 (AED 1,000,000) in 2011, which are the largest money prizes in history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.
WPJJC usually takes place at the Zayed Sports City Tennis Complex, in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. The tournament is managed by Carlos "Carlão" Santos and draws hundreds of high caliber athletes every year. Participation in the trials is not mandatory; however the winners of the trials have an all expenses (airfare, hotel, meals) paid trip to Abu Dhabi for the tournament.
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Joining the WPJJC is like joining a prestigious event for a BJJ practitioner and it is worth a note that in Borneo Island, 2 teams will go as 1 to try their luck at the trials.
This year the trials will be hosted at March 10th, Publika Shopping Gallery.
facebook event page here.
10 grapplers from Borneo island will be departing on March 8th & they are from the Busiido MMA club (Brunei) together with BJJ Borneo. The team will go under the banner of Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu Borneo Gym, Sabah. Both teams are the affiliate to Black Belt Jiu-Jitsu Coach Marcos Escobar.
(article from the Brunei newspaper)
We wish all the Borneo grapplers all the best in their training and hope to hear about their performance in this prestigious competition.
You can find more information at BJJ Asia. About WPJJC here.
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