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UAE JIU-JITSU TEAM
2016 Asian Beach Games
Male Ne Waza
56kg - Khalifa Nassrati – 3rd Place
62kg - Zayed Al Mansoori – 7th Place
69kg - Talib Al Kribi – 1st Place
85kg - Khalfan Balhol - 2nd Place
94kg – Faisal Al Ketbi - 1st Place
+94kg – Yahya Al Hammadi - 1st Place
Open Class – Yahya Al Hammadi - 1st Place
Open Class – Faisal Al Ketbi - 2nd Place
Female Ne Waza
45kg - Wadima Al Yafei - 3rd Place
49kg – Mouza Al Shamsi - 5th Place
49kg – Maitha Sharim – 7th Place
62kg – Roudha Yaqoob - 5th Place
70kg – Salma Al Bloosh - 5th Place
2016 World Ju-Jitsu Championship
Male Ne Wasa
94kg – Faisal Al Ketbi - 1st Place
1st Asian Ju-Jitsu Championship
Emirati talent wins big in Vietnam,
Poland and Turkmenistan
Male Ne Wasa
62kg – Zayed Al Mansoori - 2nd Place
69kg – Saleh Al Kribi - 2nd Place
77kg - Mohamed Al Qubaisi - 2nd Place
94kg – Zayed Al Kaabi - 1st Place
94kg – Faisal Al Ketbi - 2nd Place
+94kg - Yahya Al Hamadi - 1st Place
Open Class – Faisal Al Ketbi - 1st Place
Open Class – Yahya Al Hammadi - 2nd Place
WORDS: IVAN TRINDADE | IMAGES: UAEJJF
The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Team kept busy in the second
semester of 2016. Besides all the competitions under
the UAEJJF in the UAE and all around the world,
the team also travelled to represent the country and
the sport at three major events. First, on September
26-27, in Danang, Vietnam, the team took part in the
2016 Asian Beach Games, then on November 24-28,
in Wroclaw, Poland, tit was time for the 2016 World
Ju-Jitsu Championship, under the Ju-Jitsu International
Federation (FIJJ). Less than a month later, the team
travelled to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, for the 1st Asian
Ju-Jitsu Championship, under the Ju-Jitsu Asian Union.
Following the technical direction of Professor Roberto
“Gordo” Correa, the team had big results on the mats.
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