On 22nd of September the annual AFBJJWA Perth Cup was held. This was a chance for the teams new and seasoned competitors to put their training to the test.

Our school was well represented by our 5 warriors in action (Dylan, Teleisha, George, Anthony). They give their best in battlefield and we come up with good results. With a total of 5 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronzes). A great highlight it was George. He made his competition debut, unfortunate catching a DQ for a slam, but coming back strong with some wins to get his first gold.


As we all know we never fight alone and had a huge contingent of support from the team down at the Herb Graham Rec centre. The love and support was felt by all those stepping onto the mats to fight and doesn’t go unnoticed and it's what motivates the most.

We are now preparing for the next challenges. We hope to share many more memories with you then.  Our family is ever growing and we welcome everyone who wishes to improve themselves and experience the Jiu Jitsu lifestyle. To our students, thank you for your support, you make our mission possible, see you on the mats. Oss!

Davis’ tour of Brazil was a time to reflect on the old and explore the new. He spent time visiting and training with a number of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu schools across Brazil, visiting his Sensei's, running his first international seminar and getting a chance to build on his grappling knowledge by cross training with Wrestling and Judo champions. 

During the first two weeks, Sensei Davi had the opportunity to train at Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Guara (@ribeirojjguara) in the Brazil's capital, Brasília. The school is runned by Sensei Diego Pereira and a great example of the power of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil. With more than 200 students sharing the love for the Gentle Art. Brasília is also the current home for one of the best BJJ athletes at the moment, Yan "Pica-pau"(@yanpicapau). With some amazing sessions together it was possible to absorb a lot of knowledge to bring to Australia. Last, but definitely not least it was time to get together with Sensei Saulo Ribeiro, Sensei Xande Ribeiro and Sensei Fredson Aves. Having some great time together and trying to grasp all the greatness from three incredible Martial Artists.

After an amazing time in the country's capital it wast time to head to his home town, Fortaleza. Located in the northeast of Brazil, the city is one of the main touristic destinations of the country. Fortaleza is a surprisingly large and sprawling place. It’s one of Brazil’s biggest cities, and an economic magnet for people from Ceará and beyond. It’s also a draw for tourists from Brazil and overseas, who come for its beaches, party atmosphere and the spectacular smaller beach spots, rolling dunes and fishing villages accessible from here.

For Sensei Davi it was time to see family and friends, but also to connect with the roots of his Jiu-Jitsu. In his words, "Jiu-Jitsu is part of my daily routine, a tool to keep me grounded and the best way to connect with people". In Fortaleza, he visited his first Jiu-Jitsu teacher Guilherme Rocha "Caju", who now runs an Alliance affiliated academy. "It was amazing to see him, a great friend and big supporter of my Jiu-Jitsu journey". Another great moment it was to do wrestling session with the National champion Marcos Wesley (@_marcoswesley) organised by one of Davi's great friends and Bjj teacher Sensei Fabricio. "The kid is an unbelievable wrestler, moves like water. Most of all it was amazing to share the mats with Sensei Fabricio, great man that I consider like a mentor". To finish the tour Sensei Davi ran a seminar  sharing Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu  methodology and some great techniques to more than 30 eager students. 

A particular highlight was expanding the RJJ Perth's family with the biggest RJJ clubs in Brazil. RJJ Perth are looking to develop sister school connections with the RJJ schools in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia and Manaus (@ribeirojjmanaus) which is owned and ran by Sensei Davi’s own Sensei, Fredson Alves. 

This will be create amazing opportunities for cross training experience and assisting with the incredible social projects to assist under privileged kids to be able to train Jiu-Jitsu. 

Sunday the 10th of July saw Jamie Kercheval, Tomas Kercheval, Dale Fulton and Teleisha Hill take the mats for the 2nd Submission Grappling Tournament. SGTs' unique ruleset guaranteed for some very exciting matches, as wins were only secured by sub-mission. 

Jaime was first up with 3 rounds, drawing twice and losing just one match. All 3 matches she fought she showed excellent fight control just narrowly missing out on some submission finishes. Thomas had a best of 3 draw with the same boy, he has showed tremendous improvements every he has stepped on the mat. Always coming back for more. 

​Fighting in a mixed blue/purple belt division Teleisha had 5 fights in Gi and No-Gi divisions got plenty of mat time and lots of experience under her belt, finishing the day with 2 draws and 3 losses. 

For Dale this was his first competition as a bluebelt, and what a debut it was! also drawing a best of 3 bracket, he only needed two fights submitting his opponent by triangle and arm bar to take home the gold.

​A big day for team at the state no-gi adults and junior gi winter comp with the junior team competing for the first time! Despite the small number of competitors for team repre-senting we still finished we bunch of medals.

Our sensei Davi Mattos taking out the gold medal in brown belt heavy weight division, unfortunately due to an to injury to a knee in his weight finals he was unable to continue on to the opens. 

Jaime placing third in very tough mixed bracket, showed amazing heart to keep fighting the whole time. Tomas unfortunately missing out on a medal but put on a take down clinic, taking his opponent down twice with drop ippon seoi nage. Brad Williams showed excel-lent composure in his weight bracket to take home the silver. Teleisha Hill won her open weight division and took home a bronze in her weight division.