Michelle in the blue Gi who is legally blind and submits her first opponent in her first ever BJJ tournament at the Super Cup Grappling Championships in Kamloops, BC.. Michelle goes in to dominating her next 2 opponents and wins the gold.

Michelle's story hit the news and went a little viral around the world: Michelle's Story

Michelle in the blue Gi who is legally blind submits her first opponent in her first ever BJJ tournament mat the Super Cup Grappling Championships in Kamloops, BC.. Michelle goes in to dominating her next 2 opponents and wins the gold.

We hosted a fantastic seminar with Multi-World Champion Thomas Lisboa on Saturday May 12th. We all learned a lot and we've been getting "Triple A" reviews from the people who attended. This was Thomas's first time in Kelowna and he loved the city so I'm sure we'll have him back to do another seminar real soon. 

Make sure you get on our email at alliancekelowna@gmail.com list so you don't miss out on the next seminar we host.

Alliance Jiu-Jitsu - Kelowna just hosted an incredible seminar with Multi-World BJJ Champion Thomas Lisboa. Thomas was an instructor at the Alliance Jiu-jitsu HQ in Sao Paulo Brazil, Marcelo Garcia's Academy in New York and is now the head instructor at the Alliance Jiu-Jitsu - Vancouver Team.

Come out and learn off Multi-World BJJ Champion Thomas Lisboa. Thomas was in instructor at the Alliance HQ in Sao Paulo Brazil, BJJ Legend Marcelo Garcia's Academy in New York and is now the head instructor for Alliance Vancouver Academy.

Thomas will be going over attacks, submission and drills in the crucifix's position. This is open to all schools and all belt levels.

Cost
* $75 in advance
* $90 at the door if there is any space left

You can also join our FaceBook event page fro this seminar here: Thomas Lisboa Seminar

Contact Sean at alliancekelowna@gmail.com or call 250.460.2558 to secure your spot as this will sell out fast. Don't mis out on this great opportunity to learn from this incredible competitor and instructor.

A story of Alliance Jiu-Jitsu's Kelowna's very own Michelle Jorgensen has gone viral world wide. Michelle who is legally blind won a gold medal at the Super Cup Grappling Championships in Kamloops earlier this month. 3 local papers picked-up the story and the Jiu-Jitsu Times printed it as well.

Michelle is now a little celebrity getting well wishes and messages from people all around the world. You can check out the story by clicking on the links below and please forward it to anyone who would enjoy reading this inspirational story.

Kelowna Now

Jiu-Jitsu Times

 

My good friend Stephan Kesting of GrappleArts debates between 'sport' and 'self defense' BJJ has been overblown because good jiu-jitsu is always better than bad jiu-jitsu. If your focus is on self defense then find the best BJJ school you can and, if necessary, supplement that training with a little bit of boxing, kickboxing or MMA.

The debate between 'sport' and 'self defense' BJJ has been overblown because good jiu-jitsu is always better than bad jiu-jitsu. If your focus is on self defense then find the best BJJ school you can and, if necessary, supplement that training with a little bit of boxing, kickboxing or MMA training to become comfortable in the striking zone rather than going to a lesser school that claims to teach special 'self defense' BJJ techniques.

Alliance Team Member and 9 x World BJJ Champion Bruno Malfacine Wins His Second MMA Fight Last Night. Congrats!

You can check out the end of the fight here: JIu-Jitsu Times

Alliance Team Medal Winners who competed at the Super Cup Grappling Championships in Vernon last week are listed below and you can see some of the pictures on our Team FaceBook page here: Alliance Jiu-Jitsu Kelowna

White Belts

Big Brad 2 x Golds

Michelle Jorgensen - Gold

Duncan Berry - Gold

Matt Ironside - Gold

Katie Sardinia - Silver

Rowan Edwards - Silver

Braden Wertz - Bronze

Branden Chow - Bronze

Brent Wright - Bronze

Blue Belts

Cody Earp - Silver

Brad Olsen - Silver

Purple Belt

Blair Edwards - Silver

Great job team! You all fought like warriors and you couldn't have made us more proud!

We are going to be announcing a big BJJ seminar here in Kelowna next week. This will sell out fast so stay tuned so you don't miss out on training with a world class instructor.

Cheers,

Sean McHugh