Congratulations to Trevor Sroka, Mike Letang, and Sidney Negron, for competing and placing this past Sunday, 10/21 @ the Real Submission Grappling Open Tournament in New Jersey.

Trevor and Mike took first and second place, respectively, in the same Men’s Beginner division.

Sidney took 2nd place in the Teens division and also competed in the Adult Beginner division, going 1-2.
*with only 4 months of training*

great job guys!

We had another great showing at the Grapplers Quest North American Championships on Oct. 6th 2007, with Ronin Athletics students taking home 2 Golds and 2 Slivers.

Alex Horowitz and Rodney LeConte both took first place in their divisions.

Josh Bonacci and Carlo Chan both took second place and Samir (our blue belt friend visiting from Belgium) took 3rd place in his first time ever competing no-gi at the Intermediate division.

Ryan Elsasser took fourth place after an impressive number of wins in his first ever tournament.

Honorable mention also goes out to:
Sidney Negron
Mbosos Sampson
Trevor Sroka
Roger Dardas (competed in both mens & Intermediate ABSOLUTE division)
David Lu (first competition and our lone gi fighter)
Matt Weber (SLAM-man)

Great work guys!! See you at the next one.

Pics and updates coming soon!

The NYC Limited Grappling Championship was held this past Sunday, June 10th in NYC @ FightHouse (our former home :) Ronin Athletics had a couple of competitors who placed and others who did extremely well. Some were competing in Submission Wrestling for the very first time and others were testing themselves in a higher skill division. Congratulations to everyone that competed! A special nod to:

Matt Oley - First Place/Beginner Lightweight
Josh Bonacci - First Place/Beginner LightHeavyweight
Dmitry Zvonkov - Second Place/Intermediate Welterweight

Keep up the good work guys and be ready for the next one in July!

Pics coming soon …

Congratulations to everyone who competed at the last NAGA World’s tournament last month out at the Jersey City Armory!!

We had a nice turnout and good showing overall on the mats with a some sound victories, exciting defeats during the long, but fun day.

A special nod to Alex Horowitz (2nd place), Roger Dardas (3rd place), and Dan Dillon (4th place) who placed in the top 4 of the same division comprised of 30+ competitors! No-Gi Beginner Middlewieght Very exciting matches filled submissions (RNC by Alex and Triangles by Roger and Dan Dillon), great positional dominance and exciting transitional play.

Enjoy the pics in the gallery that also include some exciting matches by Vinh Hua, Eric Mahecha, Mark Pinhasovich, and Mike Medel.

Congratulations to Tim Rubanyuk for his performance and wins at the Dragon’s Lair Submission tournament in Marlborough, Massachussets earlier this month. Tim, a seasoned BJJ Blue Belt, took 2nd Place in the No-Gi/Intermediate/Light-heavyweight division. Way to go, Tim! *tournament pics to come*