Monday, August 1, 2011

Codella Competition Team Is Coming To Conquer A City Near You!


Last Saturday a team of seven fearless and focused competitors, led by purple belts Joe Peteroy and Ramy Awad, contended with the weekend getaway traffic on  I-95 North with one sole purpose in mind. 
Destination- Hartford, Ct.Convention Center 
Mission: Test individual mettle at NAGA Grappling Championships
Goal: Excellence above all else..utilizing conditioning, heart, cojones and of course, 100% BJJ!

Codella's version of the 'Magnificent Seven' rolled into Hartford intent on doing their absolute best and leaving it all on the mats. All their hard training and sacrifices paid off handsomely because not one of them came back to Staten Island empty handed! The crew won a total of eleven medals: (2) Gold/Sword, (7) Silver and (2) Bronze. What an awesome accomplishment and a true testament to the caliber of talent at our Academy as well as the quality of instuction by our leaders, Prof. Codella, Prof. Fajardo and Prof. Conroy.
I've recently started posting info on local tournaments, basically NY and NJ, but it appears I have to broaden the geographical range since our teammates are now willing to venture out to Ct and even Massachusetts!
This also reminds me that in our presence are two seasoned veterans that I know of, who have journeyed to Ohio and garnered the gold at the Arnolds..(rhymes with (1) A-Capella (2) Presley)..so it's exciting to witness the resurgence in out of state tournament participation by our members.
I sincerely look forward to that day when I'm writing about Codella Academy doing damage on the big stages of the Pans and Worlds!!  Here We Go! 

Joe, thanks for the updates on Twitter and Facebook! The results were as follows:
Ramy Awad           1st  No Gi Adult Advanced Middleweight
                            2nd No Gi Masters Advanced Middleweight
Joe Peteroy           3rd No Gi Adult Advanced Lt. Heavyweight
Albert Medina        2nd No Gi Masters Intermediate Cruiserweight
Bobby Brown         2nd No Gi Directors Intermediate Middleweight
                             2nd Gi Directors Blue belt Heavyweight
Katlyn Chookagian  2nd No Gi Adult Advanced Lt. Heavyweight
                             2nd Gi Adult Blue Lt. Heavyweight
Jarret Steiner         3rd No Gi Beginners Cruiserweight
Kieran Brown          1st No Gi Intermediate 70-79.9 lbs
                              2nd Gi Advanced 70-79.9 lbs

*Edited- Results provided by www.nagafighter.com





Congratulations to each and everyone of you, certainly, you made us all proud!!

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