Team of 4 competitors from Roots BJJ Ohrid took part in one of the biggest tournaments in Central Europe, Switzerland Abu Dhabi Pro Jiu Jitsu National Championship. It took place in Aarau, near Zurich, on Saturday 16th February 2019. Our team was part of a bigger Roots BJJ Macedonia team, composed of athletes from Roots BJJ affiliates in Macedonia. Our instructors Blagoja Trajchevski and Dejan Choleski were competing in the purple belt divisions, Blagoja in adult category 85kg, and Dejan in master 2 category 94kg. Ilija Spaseski and Viktor Aleksovski were competing in blue belt adult category 77kg, and white belt adult category 77kg, respectively. After many tough rounds Dejan took silver medal in his category, and Blagoja bronze. Ilija and Viktor both showed great fighting spirit and sharp technique, but didn't manage to get their hands on the prize. Overall, very big success for Roots BJJ Ohrid, and for all the fighters from Roots BJJ Macedonia Team that managed to place Roots BJJ second from total of 63 bjj academies, and Macedonia third from total of 39 countries on the championship.
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Roots BJJ Ohrid team member and blue belt Ilija Spaseski managed to win bronze medal on the State Wrestling Chamionship under 23 years, that took place on Saturday 26th January 2019 in Skopje, Macedonia. This is his first ever wrestling competition, and he succeeded to be victorious over very experienced and tough wrestlers. Ilija regularly competes in jiu jitsu competitions, almost always with a positive outcome. Wrestling as a grappling sport, can be a great suplement to the jiu jitsu game. This is more and more recognised by the jiu jitsu athletes, and cross training is common thing nowdays. After more than 5 years of existence of Roots BJJ Ohrid, and training in various places, finally we settle down in a new built gym with 100 m2 mat space. Now we can offer to our students a fully functional martial arts gym, that will be continuously upgraded, to meet with the highest standards. This place, that we built with our own hands, will for sure be the birthplace of many promising athletes and champions, on and off the mats. Making of... First official training in the new gym |