Calvin Siu and John Biona lost their matches by decision at the Muay Thai Australia NSW Development Day in Sydney on 28th October. They put in great performances. It was Calvin’s second match and John’s debut. The MTA Development Days are a great opportunity to gain experience. Well done guys!
Team Perosh had 6 kids and 1 adult compete at the Central Coast BJJ Open on 15th October. They won 2 gold and 5 silver medals! Axyl Howie and Amelia Roufas won gold, Wayne Fotheringham, Alexei Fotheringham, Anthony Roufas, Jake Lapi and Emma Hunt won silver. Team Perosh is part of the Will-Machado team and the Will-Machado team won the Kids team trophy. Well done to everyone who competed!
Team Perosh won 17 gold in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) Oceanic Titles in Sydney on 1st October. The adults won 15 and the kids 2 gold medals.
Gold medals went to Michael De Marco, Frances Bavaro (2), Shane Chen, Andrew Huynh, Guy Vaccaro (2), Rebecca Beuk (2), Mike La Fleur, Grant Barlow (4), Steve Rudic (2), Axyl Howie and Harry Herrera. Silver medals went to Andrew Khare (2), Damian Iacono, Aryan Singh, Emma Hunt and Dante Barbanera. Bronze medals went to Jake Herrera, Natasha Iacono, Keegan La Fleur, Jayda La Fleur.
Team Perosh is part of team Will-Machado. Will-Machado won the team’s trophy for adult males and kids and came second in the female teams!
Team Perosh student Andrew Khare had a boxing fight on 23rd September. He lost a very close decision against an experienced and heavier opponent. Thanks to everyone who came and supported!
Team Perosh competed in the AUS SUB ONLY competition (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) in Sydney on 16th September.
The 5 kids who competed won 5 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals in gi and no gi divisions. Sam Cassaniti and Damian Iacono both won double gold, Anthony Roufas won gold and silver, Amelia Roufas won Silver and bronze and Natasha Iacono won double bronze.
Team Perosh competed in the Muay Thai Australia NSW Development Day (Muay Thai Kickboxing) in Sydney on 16th September.
Darren Chee won his match and Daniel Ciancio lost his match by decision. It was both their debut matches and both put in great performances.
We had 2 students compete in BJJ in Melbourne and Tokyo on 9th September.
Tony Pycroft won a gold and silver medal at the Machado BJJ National Titles in Melbourne in the black belt division. In his weight division he won a silver medal and in the open division he won all 3 matches by submission to win the gold.
Frances Bavaro lost her first match at the Asian BJJ Championships in Tokyo. She lost her first match 2-0 against the eventual gold medal winner. This match could have easily been the final.
Congrats to the Team Perosh girls who competed at the Australian Girls in Gi BJJ comp on the 3rd September. Gold medals went to Bridget Mottram, Aston Chee, Amelia Roufas and Jayda La Fleur. Thank you to Ladies BJJ coach Frances Bavaro and everyone who came to support.
Marc Marcellinus put in a great performance at ONE Championship in China on the 2nd September but didn’t get the result. He had a great preparation and had a professional attitude in and out of the ring! He represented Team Perosh the best he can and I am proud to be his coach!
Here are some photos from the event. Was able to meet OneFC CEO Victor Cui, One FC champions Brandon Vera, Ben Askren and Martin Nguyen, UFC veteran Brian Ebersole and also do a bit of sight seeing. One of my favourite photos was of cornerman Peter’s hat we found in a shop. We should have bought it!
Team Perosh had a team of 16 kids and 4 adults compete at the NSW BJJ Winter Cup in Sydney on 27th August. All the other adult competitors went to watch the McGregor v Mayweather match!
The adults won 3 gold and 2 silver medals. Frances Bavaro, Micah Kirkwood and Mason Elias won Gold and Mason Elias and Aston Chee won Silver.
The kids won 4 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals. Axyl Howie, Harry Herrera, Lewis Massih and Jayda La Fleur won Gold, Keegan La Fleur, Aryan Singh, Amelia Roufas, Natasha Iacono,
Anthony Roufas and Kobe Harb won Silver, and Damian Iacono and Jake Herrera won Bronze.
Another fantastic performance by Team Perosh BJJ.
