The Ontario Jiu-Jitsu Association hosted its annual Kids Jiu-Jitsu Festival in Brampton earlier this month, a very popular tournament raising funds for children challenged by autism, with a strong showing from local Kilian Academy athletes. Canadian Champion and pupil at Harvest Canadian Reformed Christian School, Derrick Scheper, pressed his claim as one of the best […]
This past weekend marked the start of the 2023 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu season, with the highly popular Grappling Industries Tournament held at Toronto Metropolitan University. The Grappling Industries Tournament featured close to 1,300 athletes competing in both Gi and Nogi in a round-robin format, with athletes from Shallow Lake’s Kilian Academy representing Grey-Bruce County. Thirty-Three-year-old Mike […]
Eleven athletes from Owen Sound’s Kilian Academy represented Grey-Bruce at one of the country’s largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments at the Markham Pan Am Centre this past weekend. The 2021 GTA Classic invites over 500 competitors from Canada and abroad. The local academy athletes brought home two golds, two silvers and a bronze medal. “Our athletes […]