BTT Boston at the Abu Dhabi Trials and The Good Fight

Awesome weekend of jiu-jitsu for BTT Boston! Congratutalions to all competitors.

Thayse Soares and Renan Borges competed on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi World Pro Trials in New York. Both had hard fights and fought very well.

BTT Affiliate, Team Woo had excellent results at the Good Fight New England tournament on Saturday.

  • Jon Paul – 3rd Place Blue Belt Gi
  • Christine Brothwell – 1st Place Women’s Blue Belt Gi and 3rd Place Open Class
  • Krys Kenney – 2nd Place White Belt Gi and 2nd Place Open Class

BTT Boston at 2013 NAGA Boston Grappling Championship No-Gi & Gi tournament

On Saturday, October 5, 2013, may our dedicated BTT warriors competed at the NAGA Boston Grappling Championship No-Gi & Gi tournament.

They all fought extremely well and many brought home medals. Congratulations!!!

The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is the world’s largest mixed grappling tournament circuit with over 175,000 competitors worldwide.

In the kids divisions – NAGA Boston Grappling Championship:

Derek Boharian – 3rd Place Gi

Nicky Patenaude – 2nd Place Gi

John Baumann – 2nd Place Gi

Gavin Cassen – 2nd Place Gi

Aaron Noj – 2nd Place Gi

Cody Hanley – 1st Place Gi

Nathan Hayward – 1st Place Gi

Max Tsekrekas – 1st Place Gi

In the adults divisions – NAGA Boston Grappling Championship:

Brittney O’Brien – 2nd Place No Gi

Christine Brothwell – 1st Place No Gi and 3rd Place Gi

Rich Bilodeau – 1st Place Teen

Douglas Teixeira – 1st Place Gi

Rafael Ribeiro – 2nd Place Gi

Ricardo Soto – 2nd Place Gi

Michel Souza

Dawson Daminelli

BTT Boston Representing at the IBJJF NY Summer Open

Congrats to all who went to NY and represented Brazilian Top Team on the weekend of July 13!

Jose Hermoza got 3rd place is his purple belt division, in the black belt divisions Renan Borges took silver while Brian Wade Caldwell got double gold !!

Great job guys!!

BTT at Naga CT

JJ Purifory competed at the NAGA Hartford tournament on June 29th and placed second in his division.
Congratulations JJ!

Great Results at the World Championships in California

Congratulations to everyone from BTT that participated in the World Championships that was held in Long Beach, California the first weekend on June.

This is the biggest tournament of the year and regardless of the result, just stepping on those mats and competing is a great accomplishment.

Our local talent that competed was Bruno Amaral, Nathalia Azoff, Ariel Axelrod-Hahn, Aniss Hajjajy, and Renan Borges.

They all fought very well and Nathalia and Ariel were able to bring home third place medals back home.

Nathalia Azoff wins at the PanAmerican Championship

On March 24th, three athletes from BTT Boston represented at the PanAms in California;

Nathalia Azoff, Bruno Amaral, and JJ Purifory.

They all fought very well and we are proud of them.

Nathalia Azoff won in her brown belt division. She had some tough matches and all her hard work and dedication paid off on the mats.

Great Job!