MEDALS from 2008 Philippine BJJ & Grappling tournament!

A large contingent of fighters proudly represented Budo Academy and Kreation Jiu-Jitsu in the 2008 Philippine Tournament held last weekend! Our men and women, boys and girls, trained well, fought hard and came back with medals!

- 6 GOLDS
- 6 SILVERS
- 11 BRONZES

This is a prestigious competition that saw many competitors around the region taking part. Hongjie's category alone (Men’s White Belt 70.1 – 76kg) had 24 fighters! We look forward to more of such well organised events in the future. Everyone who competed must have gained valuable experience!

KUDOS to our fighters and CONGRATULATIONS to the medalists! Well done! See below for the list of our medalists.


Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:

Purple Belt U 79 kg SILVER - Sulaiman

Men’s White Belt 94.6 – 100.5kg BRONZE - Charles Hewitt

Men’s White Belt 70.1 – 76kg BRONZE - Hongjie

Men’s White Belt 64.1 – 70kg BRONZE - Chee Long

Women’s Absolute Blue Belt BRONZE - Melvynna Tambunan

Women’s White Belt Over 58kg SILVER - Malena Kjelberg

Juniors 64 – 70kg SILVER - Aloysius Chua

Juniors U 64 kg SILVER - Joshua Leow

Kids 40 – 45 kg GOLD – Dean Kent Kaplin

Kids 40 – 45 kg SILVER – Thomas De Cren

Kids 40 – 45 kg BRONZE – Julian Kremp

Kids 40 – 45 kg BRONZE – Gabriel Fernandez

Kids 35 – 40 kg GOLD – Jhonas Eschefelder

Kids 35 – 40 kg BRONZE – Zecha Aran Boyd

Kids U 30Kg GOLD - Alva Kjelberg

Kids U 30Kg BRONZE - Alex Eschenfelder


Grappling Challenge:

Womens Absolute GOLD - Melvynna Tambunan

Juniors 67.5 – 73.5 kg Leve GOLD - Aloysius Chuan

Juniors 61.5 – 67.5 kg Pena SILVER - Dean Kaplin

Juniors 61.5 – 67.5 kg Pena BRONZE - Gabriel Fernandez

Juniors 55.0 – 61.5kg Pluma BRONZE - Joshua Leow

Juniors U 55kg Galo BRONZE - Kremb Julian Dschana

We also won a GOLD trophy in a team event of three children ages 7-9.


Hongjie's fight against the eventual winner of this category, Adrian Guggenheim of Team VPF:




Sulaiman's purple belt fight against Mark Simmerman of Bangkok BJJ:



(Anyone who has photos or video clips of this event please kindly share!)