Pan Kids 2013 and MMA seminar

This weekend was a very busy weekend for the Sampa Students.

Starting yesterday with our First ever MMA seminar and it was great, a great turn out which make us instructors very happy with the support and the motivation of our students. And the will to Learn and get better.

Check out the Seminar Pic:

Today we had the Pan Kids.

Pan American brazilian jiu jitsu for kids with people coming from all over the country,

Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado to name a few, plus

some schools from Brazil that I could see there.

The level was great and the kids nowadays are doing great and in a few years BJJ will have

great athletes.

As I said before this is the only tournament that I recommend because of the organization and

technical level. Today they were a little late but nothing compared to other organizations.

All the BJJ community is influenced by these tournaments. This was the biggest kids tournament ever made.

The results for Sampa were:

Two second places and one Third Place.

But in my point of view, what I see is not the result itself or the medals, but the fact of those 5 Sampa Kids that competed today, they experienced a side of life that is common to us but nobody likes: they experienced a loss I saw so many kids today crying after a loss, it really broke my heart but as I was in their spot one day I know and we all should know that this will make them stronger people and prepare them to the defeats that life eventually will bring.

Competition can teach them what I will never be able to teach…all those butterfly in their stomach, anxiousness, sadness, happiness and so on.

Congratulations to all the parents that registered their kids to this tournament, have in mind that even if they are a little upset for their loss they actually did not lose they won. Today’s experience will make of these children strong adults.

Please thank your Families for being there and Thanks for all the other Sampa students that even not competing went there to support.

I am very happy that we are building a great Family.

Never stop pushing!

See those picture that I have found online I hope they post more!