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Sensei Achilles is now the highest officially ranked brown belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor in the Pittsburgh area
Names from left to right behind Sensie Achilles and Professor Sauer:
Paul, Duke, Joe, Matt, Dwarka - newest blue belts
Santino, Brad - newest purple belts
Congratulations Craig, Steel City's Newest Black Belt!
We had 10 students participate in the Gracie jiu-jitsu United States nationals this weekend. They all trained really hard for several months to prepare for the event. Once again we proved steel city to be the little school that could. It was an exciting day for the students that participated, the coaches and those who came as spectators. This event featured fighters from many parts of the world so the competition was nothing less than fierce. Our team consisted of santino Achille, brad mihalyi, Willie laney, Leah Kurtz, Matt Murray, Jim kapinski, Laura freedman, Julian freedman, Michael barbano, and Craig Palombine. They collectively took home 4 gold and 3 silver medals! Also we want to send out a special thanks to Jon pfirdehirt for coaching. They all represented steel city with pride and were a shining example of what a martial artist should be!
GOLD WENT TO: SANTINO ,LEAH, JIM AND CRAIG
SILVER WENT TO: JULIAN, LAURA AND MICHAEL
A BIG WIN AT THE KUMITE CLASSIC
May '04 at the monroeville expo-mart the largest Brazilian Jiujitsu tournament in the area was held. Once again Steel City Martial Arts earned the team trophy. We could not be more proud of the time work and skills of our participants. Great job everyone!
In the youth division:
- Michael B.: 1st in his weight division and 1st in the open.
- Craig P.: 1st in his weight division and 2nd in the open.
- Matthew D.: 3rd place in his division.
In the adult Gi divisions: Scott S. 2nd in his weight class. Jason T. 3rd place in his division. Ed K. earned a 1st in Byron J. earned a 2nd in their respective classes. Eric W. walked away with 2nd and Matt M. followed with a 3rd.
James G. took a 2nd in the welter weights. Willey L. took 2nd place in the cruiser weight division. Matt M. earned a 1st. Santino A. garnered a big 1st place win. Brad M. impressed us with a 1st. Ken S. showed us another gold.
In the adult No-gi division: Willey L. earned a 3rd place light heavy weight, Jason T. came home with a 1st.
ARNOLD WORLD/GRACIE JIUJITSU '04
This year in march in columbus ohio, we participated in the arnold world/gracie classic martial arts competition. We are so proud of the students who participated, they did such a great job!
Jon P took the silver medal after two matches against game fighter from the Gracie Barra Jiu-jitsu school from brazil. Christine took a gold medal in the womens kumite for the second year in a row. Laura took a gold medal to add to her national Jiu-jitsu title from "03. Last but not least Chris H swept the evening by brining in the gold! Congrats to all of you, great job!
12/7 '03 at the university of pittsburgh our Brazilian Jiujitsu team took the team trophy ( again :) at the ultimate force 2003 competition. Our team participated in both gi and non-gi events. In their respective weight divisions in gi style: Santino and Willey both took first place, Luciano 2nd place, intermediate division. Jason , Chris and Mike received 1st, and Miguel earned 2nd, 4th place to brian. Non-gi events, Willey 4th place fighting up a division. Jason 1st and Brian 2nd in their own divisions.
ANOTHER GREAT JOB, GREAT WAY TO END 2003, YOU MADE US PROUD!!!!!!!!
April 26th '03 at hempfield area high school, steel city martial arts once again showed what our students are made of! another team trophy in brazilian sport gi grappling came home to our dojo! lets start with willie laney, he began by taking first place in no gi, then he continued on to take the gold in his division in gi style grappling
John Gorsuch showed off his skills as a technician by taking the gold in his weight class Brad Mahalyi used his height and skills to take first place for our team Scott Stouffer our tough scrapper fought his way with determination to win the gold Santino Achille took home the gold, by using his strength and conditioning, his hard work paid off Kenny Saffer takes first place in his weight division and volunteered to fight the highest rank open division winner, loosing a close one leo gigliotti our youngest competitor takes third place loosing a close match to his current nemeses, will a rematch ensue? :)
Sensei Achille was very proud of all of his students, everyone came home healty and with a smile on their faces, and a medal around their necks. Sensei didn't mind carrying home the team gi trophy.
Steel City Martial Arts students show their stuff!
February 28th, 2003
Team steel city traveled to columbus ohio to participate in the arnold schwartzenegger martial arts and gracie world juitjitsu competition. Due to the well-rounded training that they receive at the dojo our students were able to compete at both venues. We had students from young men through adult women involved in the days events. We are so proud of the outcome of the tournament. We want to thank all of our students who trained hard to honor our school with their dedication and honor the martial arts with their sportsmanship and courage.
- SCOTT-GOLD, AMERICAN STYLE JUJITSU
- BRAD-GOLD, AMERICAN STYLE JUJITSU
- CHRISTINE, GOLD, WOMEN'S KARATE
- PATTY, GOLD , WOMEN'S KARATE
- SANTINO, GOLD, BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU
- CHRISTOPHER, SILVER MEN'S KARATE
- JOHN, SILVER MEN'S BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU
- WILLEY, BRONZE, MEN'S BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU
The weekend of November 30th our Brazilian Jujitsu students participated in the "Best of the Best " competition in Chambersburg PA. Steel City Martial Arts did it again, another team trophy! This is the third team trophy in six months. With six team members competing the team received four first place slots and two second place slots in the gi style divisions. Sensei Achille was so proud of his students. He also wanted to express how impressed he was with the sportsmanship that way displayed during the tournament by all that participated. When you see competitors behave with such respect for each other you know that you have a whole room full of winners.
