The latest seminars in the European Charity tour were held May 14th and 15th in Saint-Etinne and La Grand-Croix, France. The events were organized by BJJ and Judo black betl Yvan Petiot.
There were little attendance with just about 13 participants for
the whole weekend but Yvan managed to gather US$ 1,118 of
donations which is the biggest donation we have
had since the beginning of the tour.
A big thanks goes out to Yvan
and his team for the generous contribution and for making the weekend a
great experience worth remembering.
Our
next Stop is back again in Switzerland but this time in Bern, the
country's capital on Thursday, May 19th at the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
The latest seminar in the Jiu Jitsu to the rescue charity tour took place this past Monday at NEW LEGACY in Aarau, Switzerland.
There
were approximately 23 participants coming from different academies in
the region to join and support the cause, including Brazilian black
belt Icaro Marques who was visiting from Australia with one of his student!
New Legacy is owned by Marius Maximus, a brown belt with a huge heart and an amazing group of students at his academy! Together with Thomas "Mastwo" Oyarzun, they were able to gather US $822 in donations to support the kids here in the Cangatalo favela. Our current total is now 3,159 dollars!
We still have 5 more seminars up and
coming. The next one will be organized by Yvan Petiot for the whole
weekend in France in St 'Etienne on Saturday and La Grand-Croix on Sunday.
SJJSAF Brasil Open
Photo by Josue Wong Baez
We just finished registrations for another big tournament that will take place on May 14th! Its amazing to see how the international BJJ community supports and encourages fellow practitioners!. Donations were received from Australia, US, England, and Poland which will allow us to send 26 athletes to compete in the SJJSAF Brasil open next Saturday.
Thanks to donations sent by you we were able to sponsor EVERY SINGLE kid that has been training consistently, making this one of the biggest events that we have participated in all year!
Terere Kids Project is a non profit that runs entirely off of private donations. Money sent to the project helps fund tournaments, pay for our snack program, and helps keep the academy clean for our little ones! Without the love and support of the BJJ community we would not be able to help support so many kids here in the Cantagalo favela so we want to take the time to send a special thanks to everyone that has helped contribute to the FT takeover!
One down one to go. We are curently looking to raise US 113 by the end of the day today!!
Send donations via Paypal
TerereKidsProject@gmail.com
Our good friend Bigode, Professor Fabricio, Fabyolla,
and Pretinha at Brazilian Nationals
Brazilian Nationals took place April 27th- May 1st
in Sao Paulo. Initially we set out to sponsor 9 athletes to travel to Sao Paulo
to compete, but this year the tournament reached capacity before we were able
to get the donations to register everyone.
In the end Professor Fabricio,
Jhonathan “Moicano” Marques, and Izabella “Pretinha” Santos were able to make
the deadline! Moicano brought home gold for the second year in the row after 3
tough fights and Pretinha came in 3rd place. She has been doing
exceptionally well in all her competitions despite the fact that she has only
been training for 6 months.
Alister Shirazi a good friend and volunteer at the project
was also able to make it down to Sao Paulo with us. He won his first fight and
fell short by an advantage in his second.
Photo by Josue Wong Baez
A special thanks to Fabyolla Pinheira who also accompanied
the team down to for moral support even though she was unable to complete her
registration on time! Faby is a purple belt that recently joined the FT from Bahia! We are excited to have here with us to help support girls BJJ in the Cantagalo community!
We have one more competition coming up next weekend.
SJJSAF Brasil Open
May 14th 2016
Will take place on May 14th in the Grajau Country
club. SJJSAF is an international federation that has been trying to help make
Jiu Jitsu more accessible to by offering special discounts for social projects
and special fights for athletes from the handicapped division.
Photo by Josue Wong Baez
This month we will be sponsoring 16 athletes from the kids
class. Everyone has been working so hard we decided to make the effort to sponsor ALL the kids that have been showing up consistently.
The total cost of the tournament will be US $240total.
We currently haveUS
$96 that we had left over from Brazilian Nationals and from some patches that were
bought up by Fernando Reals from Bronx BJJ
Terere Kids Project is funded entirely on donations sent
from the international Jiu Jitsu community. Without your love and support we
wouldn’t be able to help so many kids here in the Cantagalo community.
We just need US $113to
complete the registrations.
Donations can be made via PayPal at
TerereKidsProject@gmail.com
The lastest seminar in the Jiu Jitsu to the Rescue Charity tour took place this past weekend in Winterthur, Switerzland.
It was a nice little group with hosted by Alberto Ferrer, a friend of Terere's, who had invited Terere to visit the academy a year ago. Ferrer is a great person and was more than happy to lend a hand to help out the project. Despite the small amount of participants (just about 10 people) donations totaled US $415 proving that a small group of people can really make a big impact
It was also nice to see the presence of Severin Zemp, a purple belt who spent some time in Brazil training at the academy. Before leaving Zemp donated 3 kimonos to the project so you can often see kids running around in his BJJ Lab patches!.
He made sure to show his support by showing up tot he seminar wearing his FT patches that he got while training here in Brazil!
Our next stop will be at New Legacy Martial Arts Gym in Aarau, Switzerlandon 5th of May followed by a weekend in France at St-Etienne and La Grand-Croix on 7th and 8th of May.
IBJJF Brazilian Nationals
It was originally planned for 10 athletes from the FT academy to travel to Sao Paulo to compete in the IBJJF Brazilian Nationals on April 27th- May 1st. Nationals is one of the biggest tournaments held in Brazil and for our kids, its one of the only internationally ranked competitions that has a kids division.
Unfortunately the competition reached capacity leaving the majority of the team without a slot! Professor Fabricio Silva, Jhonathan Marques, Pretinha Santos, Nico Ball, and Alister Shirazi will all travel to Sao Paulo to compete. Sponsored athlete Gabriel Bacellar and professor Julio Nogueira will also take the trip later in the week to help cheer on their teammates.
Thanks to donations sent from the U.S. we were able to sponsor the transportation, food, lodging, and registration for the the kids and professors.
We appreciate all of the love and support sent to the Terere Kids Project!
Our next mission for the little ones will be SJJSAF Brazil Open that will take place on May 14th. Since we were not able to put all of the athletes into Brazilian Nationals we will be registering the ENTIRE kids class (as long as they are training that is!)
The estimated expense will be r700/ US $193/ E171.
You can help us reach our goal by donating via PayPal
This past weekend Thomas "Mastwo" Oyarzun stopped by the new Ludus Team Alliance in Moscow which opened 3 months ago. Leader and head coach of Ludus Team Alexander Deda de Freitas Faria, is doing a great job in promoting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Russia. Last year he invited Mestre Terere to spend some time with him training in Moscow before he opened his new academy.
The seminar took place Saturday April 9th and there was just over 20 participants, including a couple of kids. There was a great atmosphere in the academy thanks to everyone that came out to support the cause. We received U.S. $200 in donations this time around, making our grand total $1,922 dollars after 4 seminars in Switzerland, England, France, and Russia!
The next seminar will be this weekend in Winterthur, Switzerland at Alberto Ferrer's academy.
6 of the 8 athletes that will be traveling to Sao Paulo
to compete in IBJJF Brasileiros
FT Jiu Jitsu is getting ready to head down to Sao Paulo to
compete in Brasileiros for the second year in a row. Last year Professor Fabricio,
Nico Ball, Moleza, and Moicano traveled Sao Paulo and stayed with Vanderli “Alemao”
Silva, who trained with Terere and Telles at the TT academy. This year we will
be returning with 8 sponsored athletes, making this one of the biggest trips
that TKP has been able to sponsor for our kids!
Moleza with a friend from Academia Gorila
who was visiting from Poland.
Both Moicano and Moleza will be returning to Sao Paulo for
the second time but this year they will be accompanied by Caio Marques a 14-year-old
yellow belt and Pretinha Santos, one of the few girls to represent FT JiuJitsu
on the mats. Although both Caio and Pretinha have been training for a
relatively short amount of time, they have both been winning local competitions
with ease!
Guillerme one of Fabricio's students playing in the favela
before class
Fabricio will be taking 4 students from the kid’s class,
including Terere’s two nephews. They are excited about the opportunity to take
them with us because they will be
traveling outside of Rio for the first time ever!
Pretinha Santos a 16 year old white belt
who will also be traveling to Sao Paulo
We are currently looking for donations to fund travel and
competition expenses for the FT team.
Donations can be sent via paypal to TerereKidsProject@gmail.com
We have two more weeks to raise US165 to register the rest of the kids for the competition. Gabriel Areas 16 year old blue belt will also be traveling to Sao Paulo this year!
