Kids belonging to the Martial Arts and Fitness Academy’s grappling team won five state championships last July 19 during the North American Grappling Association’s Georgia Championships held in Riverdale, Georgia.
The ten members of the team aged 5 to 18. They won a total of 18 medals from the no gi and gi grappling contest that is hosted yearly by NAGA. Ross Martial Arts instructor Jay Russell said that they usually sent an adult team to the event but they chose to send a lot of kids this year who are students of their Brazilian jiu-jitsu program. Most of the kids completed for the first time during the tournament but they showed the poise of veteran competitors.
