Girls in Gis Virginia-Arlington Jiujitsu and Judo Event
Schedule
Sun Oct 06 2024 at 11:00 am to 02:00 pm
Location
Kogaion Academy BJJ and Judo | Arlington, VA
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Are you ready for some great Jiu Jitsu? because we are! Sunday,
October 6, 2024
11:00 AM-2:00 PM DDT
Doors open at 10:30 AM. Please arrive early so you have enough time to change and be ready when the event begins at 11:00 AM.
Kogaion Academy BJJ & Judo
2788 S. Arlington Mill Dr
Suite 100 and 110
Arlington, VA 22206
GIG Guest instructors:
Beatrice Jin, Jill Pierce Hill, & Brianna Weck
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Beatrice Jin is a IBJJF World, Pan, and European medalist and black belt under 2nd degree black belt Victor Ciocoiu. In 2024, she was ranked #4 lightweight brown belt in the world, with a record of 5-0 in black belt matches, before she was promoted to black belt. This August she won her first black belt championship by submission over MMA star, Angela Lee, at IBJJF Jiu Jitsu Con. Beatrice now runs a twice a week competition style women’s open mat at Kogaion Academy and teaches seven days a week.
Jill Pierce Hill is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt out of 301MMA gym in Crofton, Maryland. Jill actively competes representing the gfteam flag under Ataide Raphael. Jill fell into jiu jitsu 9 years ago when it was offered at her local gym. She currently owns and operates a gym with her husband and is committed to jiu jitsu as a lifestyle. Teaching multiple classes a week and actively competing with IBJJF, winning multiple opens with a goal of winning Master Worlds.
Jill enjoys the never ending challenges of jiu jitsu and has developed a technical and fluid open guard passing style that she is excited to share. She enjoys training with other women and supporting all women in their jiu jitsu journey, whatever that journey may look like.
Brianna Weck is a judo black and former junior competitor. She’s been on the judo mat since the age of 3 when her father first enrolled her in classes and has now been practicing judo for over 20 years. She competed at the national level as a teenager with major accomplishments during her run, winning USJF-USJA Junior National Judo champion (U52kg IJF open division, 2014) and reaching 12th in junior national rankings at the U52kg division. Brianna’s goal in judo now, is to promote the sport to as many people as possible, especially women. She’s loved growing up in the sport and finding a powerful community of female friends through judo and wants to spread that sense of community as far as she can.
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Girls in Gis is a community of women and girls in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that come together through donation based training events which are hosted, instructed, and attended only by women and girls. It's our time to come together and take over the mats! Women and girls of all ages and skill levels are welcome to attend from any academy affiliation. We welcome beginners and don't require any experience. Our events are designed for 100% participation. However, we do allow parents or chaperone to accompany underage participants as spectators.
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Our events are donation based in order to provide equal opportunity to everyone. Your donations provide paid teaching opportunities for our guest instructor(s) and help to expand and make Girls in Gis programs such as our events, our leadership program and instructional training programs and our scholarships possible. If you are not able to make a donation please contact us and we will work with you so that you are able to participate.
You can also purchase a GIG t-shirt, patches and more GIG merchandise with your donation. All orders can be picked up during the event.
COST: $20 Min Donation. All Donations Welcome.
Register here: https://www.girls-in-gis.com/virginia-events/
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Where is it happening?
Kogaion Academy BJJ and Judo, 2788 S Arlington Mill Dr, Arlington, VA 22206-3438, United States,Arlington, VirginiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
