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So proud! Happy to see Lil John's FIRST Jiu Jitsu tournament. He did an AMAZING job! Placed 1st and 2nd on two different divisions. Took both gold and silver medals! The first of many more to come pops! 🇧🇷🇺🇸🏅 #JiuJitsu #MatShark

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BJJ Tournament Recap - Matshark San Antonio Open

By TXMMA Staff | BJJ Tournament Photos

  Carlos Diego Ferreira and Jason Soliz shine in largest Matshark tournament yet

  SAN ANTONIO, TX, April 28, 2014 – It was the busier day ever for Rafael Perez and Matshark.TV Tournaments this past Saturday. Rafael and crew hosted this year’s edition of the Matshark San Antonio Open at Woodlawn Gym and it ended up being their largest tournament yet with over 400 grapplers showed up for a full day of competition.

The event also included prize money awarded in the black belt and expert classes so it drew some top names, including RGV’s Carlos Diego Ferreira (Team Ferreira) and Houston’s Jason Soliz (Third Coast MMA) amongst many others. Ferreira once again won the big prize money after competing in the finals against Alex Martins. For his part Martins fought injured (upper leg) but still did the best he could. Coming in third with his own strong performance was Jose Portillo of Paragon Austin. Meanwhile Soliz had perhaps the most technical match of the day with his entertaining roll against brown belt Albert Magno and also won his share of prize money in the nogi expert division.

  Matshark 2014 San Antonio Open – BJJ Tournament Photos

  There are over 1,400 photos available from the  Matshark 2014 San Antonio Open courtesy of Felix Rodriguez and Mike Calimbas Photography. You can find the entire high-resolution gallery available for prints and downloads on http://www.mikecalimbas.com/BJJ. You can also see more via our TXMMA Facebook Page.

    Matshark 2014 San Antonio Open – Select Match Videos

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Looking Back:10 Kids BJJ Photos from San Antonio

By Mike Calimbas (Texas BJJ Photographer)

  Looking ahead to tomorrow’s Matshark Texas State Championship; Highlighting the kids from the tournament’s last visit to San Antonio

  SAN ANTONIO, TX, July 12, 2013 – The Matshark Texas State Championship is tomorrow, July 13th at the Woodlawn Gym in San Antonio, TX.

Promoted by Rafael Perez, this event is expected to be Matshark’s annual flagship tournament of the year and will feature several pro superfight divisions for both men and women in the purple, brown, and black belt divisions in various weight classes. Likewise, there’s also going to be a teen superfight bracket as well featuring some of the top teens in Texas so it should get pretty interesting.

We’ll be there covering all the action for this event as part of our TXMMA Tournament Session and it should be another exciting one following their Dallas Submission Pro event held in DFW just a few weeks ago and their last San Antonio BJJ event held at Woodlawn Gym this past April.

In preparation for tomorrow, let’s take a look back at some highlight photos from the kids division of the 2013 Matshark SA Open Pro then make sure to stay tuned here to TXMMA.com for complete event coverage of the

Matshark Texas State Championship

this weekend!

  10 Kids BJJ Photos from San Antonio

  Garrett “Diamond” Scott gets ready to compete in his GI division.

Kids aren’t just on the mats. They’re supporting their teammates as well.

Some of the kids even get into the coaching action. It’s intense.

This young man hits a belly-down armbar for the quick tap.

Here’s another young man showing size doesn’t always dictate the winner.

It’s important for BJJ kids to receive proper support from their team.

Here’s one young lady showing girls can grappling too!

These guys battle for position. Who’s going to come out on top?

San Antonio’s Mark Lozano shows why he’s one of the top teens in Texas.

This young lady gets ready to take the stage in style in her No-GI division.