ONRA:March27,2009

Hafa Adai,

 Congratulations To Guam’s Tessa Simpson victry in Texas for Guam’s Female debut into off island MMA competition, and cheers also to the Organizers of the Guam KickBoxing Invititational for a successful showing of a thriving venture towards total martial arts development here in the islands. PXC is in the works with Professional Shooto for sanctioning and affiliation which will help pool our fighters and local industry to international ranking and opportunity with perhaps the worlds most established amateur and professional MMA organization. And other fight organizations around the world are looking to Guam as a sincere option and contender  in Competitve martial arts.

In Overseas competition,

Guerilla Warfare2 is scheduled for this Saturday in Saipan while PXC17:Fearless is scheduled for this Friday at the The University of Guam Fieldhouse

At a last minutes notice, Guam’s Baby Joe Taimangalo fight is delayed from March 28^th til April 4th for the Fearless 145lb. championship title in the Philippines.

Fighters from the Spike22Academy are looking towards MMA competition in Japan on April 14^th.

We will be able to watch Saipan’s Frank Camacho’s MMA debut at 155lbs. in the ULtimate Warriors Challenge in Washington DC, streamed online on April 25^th.

Rota’s PatrickAyuyu returns to Mixed Martial Arts competition in Kokoro2 in Niigata, Japan On April 29^th.

And from Stephen Kamphius of BJJ Asia.com,

" BJJFP  will be hosting the Pan Asians BJJ Gi and No Gi comp on May 2-3
 at
 SM mall of Asia , Manila Philippines. You are cordially invited.
 IBJJF rules and weight divisions apply."

In reflection of last week’s article on Guahan Top Team’s Ryan Bigler’s decision to return to Guam for family over what people would consider to be the opportunity of a lifetime—its easy to respect the fact that despite all the great opportunities in development as a by product of Guam’s love of martial arts, our best performers have been able to maintain and even after hard work so evident, still make these type of decisions with the core values that make our island and our way of living so special.

As incredible as is the achievement stemming from our ventures into international competition, as we take professional aim towards bigger targets, we will find added value and increased opportunitiesf or our island and its people if we can keep this movement directed towards and rooted to these values.

 There are rewards that dont necessarily depend on gold medal finishes or world championship titles. They dont rely on cameras. These rewards don’t need international exposure or any of its the bells and whistles. It is the reward of hard work, of purpose, and ambition. Among others, it is the fruits that come with camaraderie and in rising (and in helping others to rise) from victory or defeat.

And confidently, something that the sport, the industry, and the way of life of martial arts throughout the Mariana islands has come to proudly discover.

 

 Thanks for dropping by.