Maglinte wins Rocky Mountain Nationals

Former sportswriter Lemuel Maglinte captured the most important get of his martial arts profession just after profitable the 140 Pounds Masters-Qualified Division of the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) match of the Rocky Mountain Nationals on July 11 (PH time) at the Las Vegas Convention Heart, which was attended by close to 3,000 wrestlers and grapplers.

Maglinte received the belt after distributing Jose Maseas through a triangle choke in the finals.

“I’m grateful for the defeats and hardships. These made the victory sweeter,” said Maglinte.

Maglinte capable and analyzed the Complete division, whereby all the placers of the various excess weight divisions will contend towards every other. He, on the other hand, was eradicated in his 1st match from a more substantial opponent.

Maglinte is an MMA fighter and a BJJ competitor that began his martial arts journey at the Yaw-Yan Ardigma Cebu underneath Learn Benigno “Ekin” Caniga Jr. He has been in the United States given that 2019 and has been holed up in Las Vegas given that the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020. In his continue to be in the US, he has been honing his techniques teaching in distinctive gyms, the likes of 10th Earth Jiu Jitsu and Xtreme Couture.

Maglinte options to return dwelling and impart the information and working experience that he figured out in the US.

“This is my past competition in the US. I want to form a solid group in Cebu and share to them the expertise that I have uncovered in this article,” reported Maglinte.

“If I have the sponsors, I want to have absolutely free grappling coaching for young children, specially avenue young ones.”

Maglinte thinks that the Philippines is nonetheless way driving in BJJ as opposed to the US. He hopes that his expertise will boost the high-quality of BJJ below in Cebu.

“I want to share every little thing with Cebuanos ideal now due to the fact what I learned is nonetheless contemporary in my thoughts,” he explained. “There’s even now a really massive disparity when it comes to strategy.” (EKA)