Aug. 26, 2010-Jake Pursley, Ryan Richmond, Josh Henges and Derrick Darling all won gold medals in the World Martial Arts Games in Kilarney, Ireland. The guys were entered in the submission grappling (both "gi" and "no gi" categories) and sport jujitsu. Josh, Derrick and Jake all train at Welcome Mat and Ryan trains with Jim Hartley at his Bushidokan Karate dojo as well as with Josh Henges in Shingitai Jujitsu. This is the first time Welcome Mat athletes competed at this event and they proved to be key members of "Team America" representing the United States. They guys report that there were 28 countries entered in the event with athletes competing in a variety of martial arts. To see some of their matches, go to our youtube account at welcomematstevescott and look in the "favorites."
Here's Josh Henges pinning an opponent from Great Britain in the "gi" category for submision grappling. Our guys told me that their hard training paid off and they had plenty of gas in the tank when they were on the mat. They arrived early and got acclimated to the time change and got in some great training in a local jujitsu/MMA club.
Aug. 26, 2010-Jake Pursley, Ryan Richmond, Josh Henges and Derrick Darling all won gold medals in the World Martial Arts Games in Kilarney, Ireland. The guys were entered in the submission grappling (both "gi" and "no gi" categories) and sport jujitsu. Josh, Derrick and Jake all train at Welcome Mat and Ryan trains with Jim Hartley at his Bushidokan Karate dojo as well as with Josh Henges in Shingitai Jujitsu. This is the first time Welcome Mat athletes competed at this event and they proved to be key members of "Team America" representing the United States. They guys report that there were 28 countries entered in the event with athletes competing in a variety of martial arts. To see some of their matches, go to our youtube account at welcomematstevescott and look in the "favorites."
Here's Josh Henges pinning an opponent from Great Britain in the "gi" category for submision grappling. Our guys told me that their hard training paid off and they had plenty of gas in the tank when they were on the mat. They arrived early and got acclimated to the time change and got in some great training in a local jujitsu/MMA club.
