THE LAST TWO YEARS WERE DIFFICULT FOR THE BJJ COMPETITION SCENE, THERE WERE ALMOST NO COMPETITIONS GOING ON DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AND SO THE BJJ LIFE WAS STANDING ALMOST STILL.
BUT OF COURSE THIS PANDEMIC WAS NOT JUST DIFFICULT FOR THE BJJ SCENE, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE WHOLE PLANET AND IT WAS A MISERABLE TIME FOR MANY FAMILIES, LOOSING BELOVED ONES AND SUFFERING FROM THE COVID VIRUS.
BUT EVEN IN THIS DIFFICULT TIMES THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU COMPETITION TEAM KEPT GOING, KEPT THE FOCUS, KEPT TRAINING HARD AND COMPETED AT SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS INSIDE SWITZERLAND AND OUTSIDE OF SWITZERLAND.
HERE SOME OF THE AMAZING RESULTS THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE:
>AJP EUROPEANS GI & NOGI, OCTOBRE 2021IN ROME/OSTIA, ITALY:
THE EUROPEANS ARE ALWAYS A SPECIAL AND PRESTIGIOUS EVENT.
THE BEST BJJ COMPETITORS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE AND THE WORLD ARE MEETING TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN EACH WEIGHT CATEGORY AND GI & NOGI.
THOUGH IT IS A HARD FOUGHT TOURNAMENT, THE FRIENDSHIP AND VIBES ARE AMAZING AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO MEET THE WHO IS WHO OF THE EUROPEAN BJJ SCENE, LOT'S OF THEM BECAME OUR FRIENDS.

THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU / GFTEAM ZURICH COMP TEAM HAD ITS FAIR SHARE IN THIS MOST PRESTIGIOUS TOURNAMENT.
THE TEAM - REPRESENTED BY OLGA BESPALOVA (ATHLETE), ESRA GOKPINARLI (ATHLETE), FABRIZIO LUCCHESE (ATHLETE), SERGEY BESPALOV (COACHING), SARA TOMASONE (CHEERING) AND STEFAN RÜEGG (MAIN INSTRUCTOR, COACHING) -TRAVELLED TOGETHER TO ROME/OSTIA, ITALY WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS & GOALS TO REACH - AND ONE MORE TIME, THE TEAM CAME HOME WITH SEVERAL MEDALS IN THEIR BAGS!
HERE THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THE PARA BELLUM / GFTEAM ZURICH COMPETITORS WERE ABLE TO COLLECT:
2X GOLD MEDALS - WON BY FABRIZIO LUCCHESE (GI & NOGI)
1X BRONZE MEDAL - WON BY OLGA BESPALOVA (NO GI)
AFTER THESE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, THE TEAM HEADED TO THE NEXT COMPETITION ON THE CALENDAR...
> AJP ZURICH OPEN, NOVEMBER 2021 IN AARAU, SWITZERLAND:
THE AJP ZURICH OPEN IS A GI & NO GI TOURNAMENT, WHICH GREW YEARLY AND BECOMING THE BIGGEST BJJ TOURNAMENT IN SWITZERLAND WITH MORE THAN 500 COMPETITORS.

THE LEVEL OF THE COMPETITION IS RISING YEARLY TO A HIGHER SKILL LEVEL AND THE COMPETITION IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER EVERY YEAR.
OUR COMPETITORS ARE ADAPTING TO THAT, THEY TRAIN HARD AND CAUSE OF THE FOCUS AND DAILY TRAININGS OUR COMPETITORS WERE AGAIN ABLE TO ACHIEVE GREAT RESULTS IN THIS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT:
1X GOLD MEDAL - WON BY FABRIZIO LUCCHESE (GI)
5X SILVER MEDALS - WON BY CESAR FERREIRA (GI & NOGI), SERGEY BESPALOV (NO GI), ANDREAS THOMANN (GI & NOGI)
2X BRONZE MEDALS - WON BY ISSEY BUANGALA (GI), ESRA GOKPINARLI (NOGI)
AFTER THESE MANY GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND WON MEDALS IN 2021, THE TEAM AND THEIR MEMBERS DESERVED TO GET GRADUATED AT THE SEMIANNUAL BELT PROMOTION/GRADUATION DAY WHICH HAPPENED ON THE 5TH DECEMBRE 2021.
> PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU / GFTEAM ZURICH BELT GRADUATION/PROMOTION DAY ON THE 05.DEC 2021:
THE GRADUATION/BELT PROMO DAY WAS A BIG SUCCESS, WITH A FULL HOUSE FULL OF PARA BELLUM / GFTEAM ZURICH MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND GUESTS FROM REUNION JIU JITSU - WOHLEN, AKATSUKI DOJO - GLATTBRUGG, AND PATRICK DREES FROM FIRST CHOICE TEAM LIESTAL.
ON TOP OF THAT, OUR FRIEND AND SPECIAL GUEST TOM POMASKI, A HIGH LEVEL BJJ BLACK BELT COMPETITOR FROM BJJ TEAM BASEL, SWITZERLAND - WAS VISITING US FOR THIS SPECIAL DAY IN ZURICH AND WAS GIVING A 2H MINI SEMINAR, SHOWING HIS STRONGEST POSITIONS AND CONCEPTS WHICH HE IS APPLYING ON HIS COMPETITION FIGHTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS ACHIEVIENG THEIR NEXT BELT LEVEL OR STRIPES ON THEIR BELTS.
WITH THIS AMAZING EVENT THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU ACADEMY / GFTEAM ZURICH HEADED INTO THE X-MAS / NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS AND FINALLY SOME DAYS OF REST... BUT NOT FOR LONG...!
ALREADY DURING THE FIRST WEEKS OF 2022, THE PARA BELLUM / GFTEAM ZURICH COMPETITION TEAM STARTED WITH THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST BIG TOURNAMENT OF THE COMP SEASON 2022 - THE AJP LAUSANNE GI & NOGI OPEN ON THE 12.FEBRUARY 2022 IN LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND.
>AJP LAUSANNE OPEN, 12.FEBRUARY, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND:
AFTER A WELL DESERVED REST OVER THE X-MAS / NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THE TEAM HEADED FAST INTO THE NEXT CHALLENGE.
THE AJP LAUSANNE GI & NO GI OPEN POPPED UP ON THE CALENDAR AND THE COMPETITORS FROM PARA BELLUM AND OUR PARTNERS FROM REUNION JIU JITSU JOINED TOGETHER BUILDING A STRONG COMPETITORS LINE UP, JOINED THEIR FORCES AND PREPARED TOGEHTER AGAIN HARD FOR THIS UPCOMING TOURNAMENT.
THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM ALIVE AND USED IT TO ACHIEVE EVEN MORE WINS, MORE MEDALS AND MORE SUCCESS! FOLLOWING THE SLOGAN "HARD WORK PAYS OFF" THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU / GFTEAM ZURICH COMPETITORS WERE ABLE TO WIN 3X GOLD MEDALS, 1X SILVER MEDAL AND 4X BRONZE MEDAL IN THIS BIG REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, FIGHTING WITH GREAT SKILLS AND BEATING LOTS OF TOUGH OTHER COMPETITORS:
3X GOLD MEDALS - WON BY FABRIZIO LUCCHESE (GI), ARBEN SHTUFI (GI & NOGI)
1X SILVER MEDAL - WON BY PATRICK BREITSCHMID (GI)
4X BRONZE MEDALS - WON BY JOSEF BISAKU (GI & NOGI), SEVERIN RELJIC (GI), FABRIZIO LUCCHESE (NOGI)

ONE MORE TIME THE PARA BELLUM JIU JITSU / GFTEAM ZURICH & THEIR BROTHERS FROM REUNION JIU JITSU SHINED AGAIN AND KEPT THE SUCCESS STORY ALIVE.....!
THANKS ALL COMPETITORS, MEMBERS, TRAININGPARTNERS, FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HELPED US ON OUR WAY AND BEEING PART OF OUR SUCCESS STORY!
THANKS FOR READING AND FOR GIVING US A LIKE OR THUMB UP!
ONE LOVE!
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