01/06/2026
This weekend, Team Renzo Gracie Ponce competed at the Caribbean Grappling Promotions BJJ Open in San Juan.
We brought 19 athletes to test themselves on the competition mats and came away with some incredible results:
🥈 2nd Place Best Kids Overall Team
🏅 8 Gold Medals
🥈 6 Silver Medals
🥉 4 Bronze Medals
More importantly, our team achieved the best win/loss ratio of any academy at the event, finishing with 22 wins and only 12 losses.
But medals and match records only tell part of the story.
We learned a tremendous amount. We experienced victories and defeats. We had opportunities to overcome adversity, manage emotions, and grow as athletes and as people.
Most importantly, our students represented our academy with character. We were humble in victory and humble in defeat.
A special thank you to all of the parents, family members, friends, teammates, and supporters who spent their day cheering us on. Many stayed with us until the very last match, and that support did not go unnoticed.
Thank you to Caribbean Grappling Promotions for providing a competitive yet controlled environment where athletes can safely test their Jiu-Jitsu against skilled opponents from across the island.
We are proud of what we accomplished, but we are even more excited about what we learned.
Today, it’s back to the academy.
Back to training.
Back to learning.
Back to improving.
We definitely leveled up this weekend, and we’ll come back even better next time.
