http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:28:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thijs Heutinck who trains BJJ, Grappling and MMA in Den Haag and Melvin van Suijdam who trains Grappling in Amsterdam and is a student of Henk Heneweer in Almere (Kaishin) fougt MMA and were both victorious! Melvin won by decision and Thijs by KO within 10 seconds! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1731 Marco de Keizer who trains BJJ, Grappling and MMA in Den Haag competed in Hellevoetsluis and got the gold in the blue belt middle weight class. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1727 Henk Heneweer, teacher of Team Agua/Kaishin in Almere went to Birmingham to compete, at the Brittish Open. Eventhough he was injured, he still made it to the podium and got the bronze. In the picture Henk is wearing the white t shirt. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1724 Team Agua went with 5 fighters to compete at NK Grappling Ede.All 5 competitors train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Grappling in Amsterdam and Den Haag to compete at the Grappling championships in Ede. In the picture, Aboubakr (2nd from right) with his gold medal. Here are our results: Aboubakr el Mahdaoui: Gold -82kg Remco van Baardewijk: ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1713  MMA classes with Jessie Gibbs, BJJ black belt and international MMA fighter,started last month in Den Haag. Den Haag/Rijswijk van Vredeburchweg 75, 2282 SE Monday: 20.00 – 22.00 BJJ Wednesday: 19.00 - 20.30 MMA http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1277 Some students from TA got promoted to a higher rank in BJJ. Blue: Melvin v. Suijdam, Chango Eersel, Quentin Haberham, Tayron Chavarro, Miguel Tjon Kon Fat, Clifford Edwards, Jason Tjon Kon Fat, Frank Smit, Thijs Heutinck, Eelco Schippers and Bernd Winkelbeiner. The hard training paid off, congrats! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1276 Michelle Matta, first female black belt under Jacare from Alliance and around 25 years of experience in BJJ, taught some classes at our team. First picture is taken after class in Den Haag, second in Amsterdam. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1275 Team Agua won the best team award at the Holland Gi Challenge, just like last year. On the picture, from L to R:Polish competitor, Lee Lei, Cliff & Andy. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1274  Michelle Niccolini, world champion black belt at weight and open class,came to Amsterdam and taught a seminar with Team Agua there. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1273 Clifford 'Pateta' Edwards, went to Portugal to compete at the Europeans and won gold at lightweight. Congrats!       http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1272 Eduardo 'Dudu' Nascimento a black belt under Barbosa andbronze medallist at the World Cup, came to Holland to teach some seminars and classes to Team Agua. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1271  The newyear has started and with that, the preparations for the new goals. First the Europeans Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Portugal and then the Holland Gi Challenge Brazilian Jiu jitsu Tournment  in Amsterdam. We were Best Team last year, so that makes us defending champion. Time to train hard!! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1270 Team Agua wishes you a happy 2010 and invites you to come train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), Grappling (no gi) or MMA with us in Den Haag, Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Almere!! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1269 To close off 2009 Team Agua had a group dinner in Den Haag. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1268 Team Agua promoted 2 of our students to a higher rank at the end of 2009. Kenneth Ajodhia: blue belt Rubert Caster: purple belt Congrats! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1267 Quentin Haberham, Clifford Edwards and Job Worms went to Brussels to participate in a -21 years old juvenile tournament. Our young guns did great and took home 2x Gold (Quentin&Clifford) and a silver (Job). You will hear a lot about them in the future! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1266 Cadu Francis, world no gi champion, gave two seminars at Team Agua. One in The Hague and one in Amsterdam. Great detailed basic techniques! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1265  Remco van Baardewijk gave a seminar at Henk Heneweer's school Team Agua Kaishin in Almere. Henk's hard work paid off, the school and level of students is growing a lot there! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1264 We entered with a big team, won a lot of medals and got first place. Best Team: congrats guys!! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1263 The Europeans organised by the CBJJE, held in Switzerland. Congrats to the competitors from Team Agua Kaishin!! Melvin van Suijdam 1st White Belt -88.3kg Jesmine Latrach 2nd Ladies White Belt Michael Berends 3rd place White Belt -76kg http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1262  Team Agua became best team again at the Amsterdam Open 2009! The biggest and most international tournament ever held in Holland. Team Agua had the triple amount of points that number 2 and 3 had. Congrats to all the competitors from Team Agua. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1261 Barbosa was in Holland to teach some classes at Team Agua. At the end of the final class, Jessie Gibbs received his black belt from Barbosa. First picture is Jessie receiving his black belt. Second picture is Barbosa with the teachers of Team Agua; Jessie, Farid and Remco. Third picture was taken after ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1260 The Ooievaarspas is a fund of the city of The Hague (Den Haag) to help and motivate kids, students and people with a lower income to participate in a sport. Team Agua has support from the Ooievaarspas. This means all children (untill 18 years) can train for free!  Students and people ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1259  Francis, Keng, Lee Lei, Remco, Tayron, Cliff and Alex went to Brazil in July and August to boost up their training and of course to have some fun! First pic is taken at Pipa beach in the northeast of Brazil. Second pic is after training with Boca in Joao Pessoa. ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1258  Members from Team Agua Den Haag, Amsterdam and Almere (Kaishin) travelled to Denmark to compete at the Nordic Open. The results was a lot of medals and trophies! Remco van Baardewijk Gold Open Weight Experts BJJ Remco van Baardewijk Gold Open Weight Experts Grappling Henk Heneweer Silver Experts Open Weight BJJ Henk Heneweer Silver ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1257  Marc Stappers blue belt bjj and black belt judo, who trains at Team Agua in Amsterdam won silver at the Xia-Ja groundfighting tournament. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1256 Team Agua competed at the Brabant Open. Almost everyone went home with medals.   Branco Visser, Bram Stahlie, Jessin Ben Omar got silver, bronze and bronze in the kids divisions. Jesmine won gold in the Women's white belt and second in the women's blue belt. Thijs Heutinck, Gold - 70kg White Belt Clifford Edwards, Gold ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1255 Augusto Ferrari gave a seminar at Team Agua in Den Haag and promoted two studentsto the rank of blue belt: Ramses Helder & Francis Thode. First picture: Francis & Ramses with their new belts. Second picture is a crazy group pic.     http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1254 Thijs Heutinck, member of Team Agua in Den Haag (The Hague).Fought and won 4 fights at the European Amateur Shooto Cup.He became European champion of the -65 kg division. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1253 Team Agua went with some fighters of the team to Belgium to compete at the Limburg Open. Andy Siebert: 1st place -76 kg Tayron Agtereek Chavarro: 1st place -82.3 kg  & Most Technical Fighter  Melvin van Suijdam: 1st place -88.3 kg Eddy de Waert: 1st place -94.3 kg Eelco Schippers: 3rd place + ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1252 Benno Westra, owner of the UCT school, invited Remco van Baardewijk for a seminar with Team UCT/Team Agua. The main theme of the seminar was escapes from disadvantageous positions. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1251  Thursday April 16th, Ze Marcelo, held a seminar at Team Agua in The Hague. This was also a graduation training and several of our members got new belts. Farid Ben Omar, who teaches class on Wednesday, had the honor to receive his black belt from Ze !! William van de Struis, ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1250 Mike Ybarra, black tshirt middle of the pic, from Virginia (US) came to visit us for some training. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1249 Team Agua started to teach BJJ classes in Rotterdam on Saturdays from 13.00 - 15.00. Since we have a lot of members coming from Rotterdam to follow classes with us in The Hague, we decided to open a location closer to them in the centre of Rotterdam. Location: Josephstraat 10, 3014 ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1248 Team Agua went to the European Trials and took home some highly aprecciated metal. Top: Remco van Baardewijk wins the trials. Beating a Brazilian black belt on his way to the gold, earning a ticket to the World Championships in Abu Dhabi. Below: Clifford Edwards wins the bronze and also made it ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1247 We went with a small group of 7 fighters and got 5 medals. Regie Rink, 1st -70kg Alex Itoafa, 3rd -70 kg Quentin Haberham 3rd-76 kg Nuno Ribeiro, 1st -100 kg Eelco Schippers, 3rd -100 kg On the left, Alex Itoafa. In the middle, Regie Rink. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1246 Dudu (Eduardo Nascimento) was with our team to teach classes and seminars. Dudu is a black belt under Barbosa and bronze medallist at the World Championships. His jiu jitsu is great and he taught us a lot! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1245 Boca graduated two students to the rank of purple belt!Oliver Lemmer, MMA teacher at Team Agua Amsterdam (top) & Henk Heneweer, teacher at Team Agua Almere/ Kaishin. (below) http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1243 Team Agua teaches BJJ classes on the Wednesday evening at the famous judoschool Kenamju. Classes are from 18.30 until 20.00. More info: www.kenamju.nl The picture was taken after a no gi class from BJJ black belt Boca. World Judo Champion Guillame Elmont was training too. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1242 The Team Agua kids, trained by Henk Heneweer (Kaishin) in Almere, competed at the Holland Gi Challenge and drew a lot of attention. It was the first time that kids competed in BJJ in Holland and everybody was very impressed with their performance! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1241 The Holland Gi Challenge is the biggest BJJ tournament in Holland and had around 230 competitors from countries like France, Belgium, Germany, UK, Greece, Italy, Spain Rumania and Holland. We won the trophy for best team, with a large lead in points. The picture was taken at the end of ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1240 Team Agua Amsterdam hosted a seminar with Marcus Vinicius, 4th degree black belt from the Beverly Hills JJ Club. First picture is of the group and second picture is Marcus Vinicius with one of our blue belts, Marc Stappers. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1239 Rene Hoekstra (Vulkan gi), who trains at Team Agua Ede, went to Portugal to compete at the European Championships. He came home with the bronze medal, congrats! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1238 Team Agua has started it's preparation for the Holland Gi Challenge 2009 which will be on February 15th. The tournament will be in one month, so trainings are getting more intense! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1237 Team Agua wishes you a happy newyear. We wish you all the best for 2009. Start your year well and come and train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), Grappling (No Gi) or Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) with us in Amsterdam, The Hague (Den Haag) or Ede! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1236 Thijs trains with Team Agua in The Hague. In his first tournament he already beat some experienced fighters and got 1st place -65 kg. Congrats! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1235 Remco Van Baardewijk BrownBelt BJJ and teacher of Team Agua gave 1 seminar at UCT Amsterdam and 1 seminar at Judo academi Grubbenvorst. First picture is at UCT Amsterdam, school of BJJ and Ving Tsun teacher Benno Westra. Second picture is at the Judoschool in Grubbenvorst. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1234 Augusto Ferrari, black belt under Marcos Barbosa, graduated several students from Amsterdam and The Hague. First pic, Amsterdam, new belts: Gordon Cheung: purple Stephen Kastoryano: blue Andy Siebert: blue               2nd pic, The Hague, new belts: Jasper vd Gaag: brown Chris Arends: purple Abdullah al-Omari: purple James Verschuur: purple Jamal El-Kassami: blue Sterling Ventura: blue Thomas Smit: blue http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1233 12 competitors, 11 medals!! Even tough we went with a smaller team, everybody did great and we got 2nd place in the Team Results. First picture is Augusto Ferrari and Jessie Gibbs at the podium of the Open Class Elite                 Second pic is Chris Arends who won the blue belts middleweight .                     Last ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1232 Supposed to fight MMA, but his opponent canceled. So he was offered a Grappling fight against a 10 kg heavier opponent.                 Win after 1.20 by Rear Naked Choke. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1231 Team Agua wins the Trophy for Best Team at the Amsterdam Open BJJ 2008! Jamal & Kevin on the podium. Jamal won at white belt, received the blue belt and got 3rd place in the blue belts. Henk, winning the advanced Open Class. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1230 Boca, black belt under Terere, was back in Holland and taught classes and seminars with our team. The picture was taken after class in Amsterdam. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1229 Three kids from Team Agua/Kaishin in Almere received their yellow belt. Congrats to them and their teacher Henk Heneweer who is doing a great job. Watch out for these kids in the future! Link of an article in a local Dutch newspaper: http://www.almeredezeweek.nl/artikelen/1192503-examens-en-seminar-braziliaans-jiujitsu http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1228 Marco Barbosa, a multiple world champion and great teacher, taught seminars and classes with our team in The Hague, Amsterdam & Ede. Remco van Baardewijk received his brown belt from Barbosa. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1227 Fariq Ishaak, a member of our team in The Hague, went to Hong Kong. The first picture is taken after training. The second picture is Fariq with the statue of Bruce Lee. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1226 Team Agua is training hard to prepare for the Amsterdam Open on the 26th of October http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1225  On July 17th Jessie fought in Japan at the M-1 Challenge against Katsuhisha Fuj Jessie won by KO after 1:34 min ! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1224  Ze Marcelo gave a seminar at our school in The Hague. It was a great success! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1223  Henk Heneweer trains in Amsterdam with us and runs his Kaishin school in Almere. He went to the UK to train and update his technique. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1222 Jessie Gibbs won the Open Class Advanced Division and submitted all of his opponents easily. Peter Cyrano got 2nd Place in the Blue Belt Super Heavyweight. Picture: Peter Cyrano with Farid Ben Omar Farid, who teaches the Thursday class in The Hague, went along as coach. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1221  Remco van Baardewijk gave a seminar at Sportschool Budofit in Baarn. Participants were from different styles like Judo, Traditional Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing and BJJ. Specific BJJ movements, escapes and a guard position was taught. The seminar was organised by Marc Stappers and was a success. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1220 Jessie Gibbs, a Team Agua brown belt, fought at M-1 in Gran Canaria. After dominating the stand-up he took his opponent down, passed the guard and submitted with a kimura.Next month he will be fighting in Japan. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1219 Marc Stappers, a blue belt from Team Agua and also a Judo black belt, went to compete at a Judo Ne Waza (groundfighting) tournament. He won gold in his division and showed his Jiu Jitsu to the Judo guys. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1218 Team Agua took first place as best team at the Zona No Gi Cup 2008. This was also noticed by the worlds best BJJ and Grappling magzine: GRACIE MAG. Click on the image to enlarge. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1217 We went with a group of fighters to the tournament and won 5 medals. Omar & Kevin got 3rd place.Jason got 2nd after winning 6 fights!Remco got 1st after winning 5 fights. Keng coached everybody and afterwards took some of the guys to have barbecue. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1216 Stephan, Peter and Chango went to Belgium to compete at the Limburg Open. Stephan got 2nd, Peter got 2nd and Chango got 4th place. Congrats guys! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1215 Jessie went to Aruba for vacation and also gave some classes and a seminar.In the picture you can see him enjoying the beach. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1214 Sunday April 20th the Zona No Gi Cup was held in Amsterdam. Team Agua scored the most points and was the best team!!Results Zona No Gi Cup 2008 - April 20th Amsterdam Beginners -67 kg 1 Dae Young Holten - Carlson Gracie 2 Roy Remeysen - Gracie Barra Pardoel 3 ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1212 Right now Team Agua is training a lot without Gi to get ready for the Zona No Gi Cup. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1211 Bernardo Pitel, World & Brazilian Champion, stayed a couple of days in Holland teaching classes with our team in Amsterdam & The Hague.This is a picture of Bernardo and Marco, taken after training in Amsterdam. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1210 Before the Pan Ams in Los Angeles Remco stayed some days training with Cadu. In the picture: Remco, Yasmin and Cadu. http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1209 Remco was in San Diego and trained with Xande Ribeiro, a great experience! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1208 He won the -65 kg no gi advanced division and the -70 kg Purple Belt Division http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1207 Remco van Baardewijk won gold at the Pan Ams Jiu Jitsu Championship held last Friday in LA.His opponents were not able to score any point on him.Congrats http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1206 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2008March 28th, 29th and 30th 2008, in Carson, California, CA.Held annually in the United States since 1995, the Pan Championship represented the first step towards the internationalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a sport.Back then, in the first event, a group of almost 250 athletes took part in ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1205  Jessie Gibbs Black Belt BJJ and Profesional MMA fighter defeated his opponent by side choke in a MMA match. Well done Jessie!!!! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1204 RESULTS: Holland Gi Challenge - February 17th 2008  White Belt - 67 kg 1 Nicoli Kavadias (Yamasaki) 2 Dennis Beckx (UCT / Yamasaki) 3 Roy Remeysen (GB Pardoel) 3 Christiaan Elderson (Rickson Gracie) White Belt - 73 kg 1 Khalil Laouay (Urban Team) 2 Daniel Timmerman (GB Pardoel) 3 Bjorno Buel (GB Pardoel) 3 Franky vd Hove (Exit BJJ) White Belt ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1203 We would like to invite you for the Holland GI Challenge on Sunday 17 th of February 2008 http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1202 Remco van Baardewijk wins gold at the European by submitting most of his oponents.The competition was held in Lissabon, Portugal. Congrats Remco! http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1201 Keng, the teacher at our schools in Utrecht & Ede spent some time in Brasil training 2 times a day with Brasa's Ricardinho. Keng with Ricardo Vieira (Brother of Leozinho Vieira) 9x worldchampion. Keng together with Ary Farias , 6x WorldChampion and 10x Brazilian Champion.   .Keng with part of Equipe Brasa!!     He ... http://www.teamagua.com/blog/wordpress/?p=1200