30/08/2026
Another comp in the books, and the club culture of team players, hard workers, good sports and supportive parents that we have at Coastal BJJ is genuinely amazing.
It takes an immense amount of courage to step on the competitive mats, often against more experienced competitors, and to shake hands after every win, loss or draw, and I'm proud of everyone for giving it their all. I love to celebrate the wins as much as anyone, but I'm even more stoked to see that when our kids lose a match, then immediately get up for their next go with a smile on their face. We even had athletes who won gold, silver and bronze medals turn up to train this afternoon, the day after a hard competition! That kind of enthusiasm tells me we're doing something right.
Hats off to Hunter G, Lennix, Addis, Quinn, Ryan, Nick, Harry, Dillon, Violet and Hunter S, you've all done yourselves proud. Thanks to the rest of the team who train all term, none of us could compete without training partners to help us get better. Thank you to Ethan Duniam Tracey Aldridge and Callan Walker from 360 Martial Arts, their continual support for my own BJJ is the reason Coastal exists, and I'm sure I would have gotten leg locked to s**t yesterday if it weren't for Ethan's corner advice too 😅 special mention to Vennessa Harney for being in my corner in an entirely different but utterly essential way too, the weekend would be unhinged chaos without your help!
My favourite quote of the weekend came from a point scorer, who watched Nick drive a double leg takedown from one side of the mat to the other to finish it, who then looked at me and said "what kind of savages are you breeding on the NW coast?! That's awesome!"
The kind of savages who work hard, play hard, and aren't going anywhere without carrying our mates up with us.
See you next time!
