Samurai Open

Check us out. December 31, 2023. 11:59 pm. Announcement to come.

NEWS:

https://www.heihodojo.ca/samurai-open

Samurai Open 2017 Results

Divisions:

BJJ (Gi)

Men's 0/150Lbs.

1st - 🥇Corey Littler
2nd - 🥈Justin Knoepfli
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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BJJ (Gi)

Men's 175.1/200Lbs.

1st - 🥇Garth Knott
2nd - 🥈 Carter Haines
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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BJJ (Gi)

Women's 175.1/200Lbs.

1st - 🥇Ej Rudiger
2nd - 🥈Sarah Barendregt
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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BJJ (Gi)

Men's 200+/Absolute Lbs.

1st - 🥇Travis Erlam
2nd - 🥈Adam Corbett
3rd - 🥉Darren Petra

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BJJ (No Gi)

Men's 0/150Lbs.

1st - 🥇Justin Knoepfli
2nd - 🥈Morgan Bateman
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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BJJ (No Gi)

Men's 150.1/175Lbs.

1st - 🥇Robert Kovacevic
2nd - 🥈Daniel Traynor
3rd - 🥉Corey Littler

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BJJ (No Gi)

Women's 150.1/175Lbs.

1st - 🥇Sarah Barendregt
2nd - 🥈EJ Rudiger
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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BJJ (No Gi)

Men's 175.1/200Lbs.

1st - 🥇Carter Haines
2nd - 🥈Brock Holmes
3rd - 🥉Garth Knott

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BJJ (No Gi)

Men's 200+/Absolute Lbs.

1st - 🥇Travis Erlam
2nd - 🥈Darren Perra
3rd - 🥉Corey Littler

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KATA:

Weapons

1st - 🥇EJ Rudiger
2nd - 🥈John Murray
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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KATA:

Hard Style

1st - 🥇Laine Ingalls
2nd - 🥈EJ Rudiger
3rd - 🥉No Placement

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MUAY THAI:

Men's 0/150Lbs.

1st - 🥇Morgan Bateman
2nd - 🥈Jay Herrick
3rd - 🥉Tracy Short

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MUAY THAI:

Men's 150.1/175Lbs.

1st - 🥇Ross Mackenzie
2nd - 🥈Jaret Whitford
3rd - 🥉Jay Carson

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SH**UN WINNER: Cory Robitaille 2016
SH**UN WINNER: Vacant for 2017

A big thank you to all the teams that came to compete / support!

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If you have any pics or vids from the tournament, please post them here on the page with
The best Pic / Video is going to win......

Not so fast, lol, when we reach 30 pic / video hashtags, we will release the prize. That's how ransoms work.

Rules:
Has to have the hashtag.
Has to be from the 2017 event.
Family appropriate.
And it has to be cool.

PEACE!

Wow, yesterday was an amazing day of competitions for Samurai Open!

Gi | No Gi | Kickboxing | Kata

We truly had some amazing matches with competitors from all over Alberta and BC!

The part that made it so fantastic for us is that there was an amazing level of sportsmanship in a combat tournament! Prooving again that this truly is the greatest sport to be involved in.

Anonymous Quote:

"When you can punch a guy in the face repeatedly and you both say good job at the end."

We want to take this time to thank all the people that made Samurai Open 2017 a huge success!

Competitors:
We can't say enough, some of you we're new to our tournament and some seasoned veterans. Regardless it was a community of skilled competitors that made this a truly memorable day, thank you fighters for supporting us and demonstrating the skill sets of champions. Thank you to all the coaches that put the time in to foster that skill.

Sponsors:

Please support their businesses and mention that you had heard of them from this tournament. Without our wonderful sponsors none of this would be possible. Thank you!


www.WolfsDenGP.com
EJ at Wolf's Den has always stepped up as a sponsor for Samurai Open. All you Martial Arts gear and equipment under one roof!


www.fusionbusiness.ca
Tertius and May from Fusion are huge supporters of this Tournament. Please check out Fusion for your businesses technology needs.


www.VeeDubNorth.com
Lawerence and Mandi from Vee Dub North are proud sponsors of the Samurai Open, and service all makes of European import vehicles. Please check them out!


www.roykalidental.com
Dr. Nick Roy has been such a gracious and generous sponsor of our event We can't thank him enough for their support!

Samurai Open Ambassadors:

Ej Rudiger
Sarah Barendregt
Amber Lussier
Amber Dawn Petričević
Karen Smith
Kevin Wolfe
Joe Westbrook
Alyssa Martyn
Patrick Erlam
Mandy Erlam
Steven Sarginson
Brock Holmes
Caleb Gurba
Dan Westbrook
Laine Ingalls
Adam Corbett

The Grande Prairie Herald Tribune.

Once again, without all of our supporters help we wouldn't have had such an amazing experience, so thank you all!

RIP Master Chinnick
He was my first teacher in the Martial Arts and will be missed.

Stay posted for the pics and next tournament details!

It's TOURNAMENT DAY!
Who is walking away with one of these?

See below for the divisions folks! Some of them are subject to participants approval for merging of some of the weight classes but this is what we have so far!

Divisions:
BJJ Gi 0-175lbs: Justin Knoepfli, Corey Littler
BJJ Gi 175.1-200lbs: Garth Knott, Travis Erlam, Carter Haines, Dylan King
BJJ Gi 200+ lbs: Adam Corbett, Darren Perra

BJJ NoGi 0-150lbs: Justin Knoepfli, Morgan Bateman
BJJ NoGi 150.1-175lbs: Daniel Traynor, Robert Kovacevic, Corey Littler, Logan Geldreich,
BJJ NoGi 175.1-200lbs: Carter Haines, Travis Erlam, Garth Knott, Brock Holmes, Darren Perra

Kickboxing 0-150lbs: Jason Herrick, Morgan Bateman
Kickboxing 150.1-175lbs: Michael Jones, Jaret Whitord, Robert Kovacevic, Jay Carson, Michael Siemans, Qusai Murad
Kickboxing 175.1-200lbs: Dylan King, Ross Mackenzie
Women Kickboxing 150-200lbs: Tracy Short, EJ Rudiger

Kata Hard style: EJ Rudiger
Kata Weapons Style: John Murray, EJ Rudiger

Registrations are closed!
Divisions will be accumulated and posted tomorrow morning, wait for the link!

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