I remember hearing about Pan Ams and Worlds, I had this visual of this huge event with all the top competitors in the world competing and thought "that would be fun to go watch sometime" or "Tyson could probably compete in one of these tournaments at some point". NEVER did the thought cross my mind that "I" would be competing in a World Championship!
In two weeks from today I, along with my son Tyson Antillon, my boyfriend/Coach Andrew Gardineer ,Coach Jesus Artesi, Joe Gomez, Claudio Rios and Robert Maloney will be making the drive to Irvine CA to compete in Pan Ams.
The Pan-American Championship, often referred to colloquially as the "Pan Ams", is the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held in North America. The event which is held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Representing one of the first steps toward internationalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the Pan-American Championship has been held annually since 1995. While the first event garnered only 250 athletes, the event has grown every year and now hosts thousands of competitors.
This is VERY scary to me but, VERY exciting too! Wish us luck! As of today Lotus Club has 31 athletes signed up to compete!!
WHITE / Adult / Male / Light-Feather chuong vu
WHITE / Adult / Male / Light-Feather Lin Hyodo
WHITE / Adult / Male / Light Jonathan Ma
WHITE / Adult / Male / Middle Casey Ly
WHITE / Adult / Male / Middle Chad Caraway
WHITE / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy Andrew Moskowitz
WHITE / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy Angel Hernandez
WHITE / Master / Male / Feather Richard Arreola
WHITE / Master / Male / Feather Victor Santos
WHITE / Master / Male / Medium-Heavy John Vinson
WHITE / Master / Male / Super-Heavy Jonathan Moses
BLUE / Juvenile 2 / Male / Medium-Heavy Robert Joseph Maloney II
BLUE / Adult / Male / Feather Tyson Antillon
BLUE / Adult / Male / Light Christos Stitt
BLUE / Adult / Male / Light Kevin Thompson
BLUE / Adult / Male / Middle Hiram Garcia
BLUE / Adult / Male / Heavy Arturo Basulto
BLUE / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy Brian Murphy
BLUE / Adult / Female / Light Erica Alicia Santana do Nascimento
BLUE / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy Amanda Bell
BLUE / Master / Female / Light-Feather leslie rials
BLUE / Senior 1 / Male / Light-Feather Juan Avila II
BLUE / Senior 1 / Male / Light Joseph Anthony Pagliuso
BLUE / Senior 1 / Male / Medium-Heavy Brian Beatty
PURPLE / Adult / Male / Rooster Joe Gomez
PURPLE / Master / Male / Light Claudio Rios
PURPLE / Senior 2 / Male / Light David Kim
BROWN / Adult / Female / Feather Tatiana Cristina Jardim Mayer Nascimento
BROWN / Master / Male / Middle Jesus Jose Artesi
BROWN / Master / Male / Medium-Heavy Andrew J Gardineer
BLACK / Master / Male / Light Evan Michael Cathey