Ladies Show Out at Joan of D'Arce Women-Only Tournament

Last week we had two competitors, Lizmaylin and Beatrice, compete at the Joan of D’Arce grappling tournament in Silver Spring, MD. Beatrice refereed multiple hours of kids and adult matches, then competed herself and won both of her black belt matches by submission. Lizmaylin had four tough matches over a long day and came out with a gold medal in her nogi division. She displayed excellent judo on her feet and control whenever the match went to the ground.

Thanks to our awesome teammates and friends for supporting not only women’s jiujitsu in the DMV area but also each other during a long day. It was also great seeing women who cross train at Kogaion’s Women’s Only Open Mats active on the mats and competing.

If you want to compete with women, you have to train with women! Come by Kogaion’s Women’s Only Open Mats and check out our women’s class, which Beatrice teaches at 11:30am every Sunday.