Tuff Invitational

Just an update on our last post. Today we said goodbye to our friend Gary Hawkins. Our thoughts are with his wife Louise and his family. We will be putting on a kumite in Gary’s memory in the next 6 months

Hey!! We are looking to bring back TUFF Kumite for another spin (for real this time!), similar to the one we put on where Oliver Taza won. This time however we are looking to raise some money for one our friends and students Gary Hawkins.
The story of Gary is as follows... Gary has been a major supporter of our MMA and BJJ shows and is also one of our students at CSA. Gary has been suffering with MS for a number of years and through sheer determination has broken through man...y obstacles that doctors have told him that he couldn’t do. Last year, Gary competed at the South East Open although he was told he could never do BJJ. Gary’s nutrition expertise was picked up by the NHS and Gary shared his knowledge to other people suffering with MS. Unfortunately in May this year, Gary was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal cancer. The NHS have so far refused to treat Gary and sent him home. Gary and his family have found private care that will greatly prolong his life but need to raise money.
We are looking for sponsors for the event that will contribute directly to Gary and a prize fund to the winning competitor. We will be putting your banner up on the side of the mat area and will be streaming the event live on Facebook. We received a lot of views from our last kumite, in excess of 60k.
Once we can confirm the amount of sponsors we will start recruiting the right calibre of fighters.
Thanks TUFF Invitational
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/g aryhawkins…
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The TUFF Kumite 2 will be on the 25th of March.
We are looking for competitors under the weight of 80kg (Middle and Under).
The competition will run to a league format where each of the 8 competitors will fight each other once. The winner gaining 3 points whilst a draw gives both competitors a point apiece. This will be a No Gi contest with the winner picking up a cash prize.
... We are also interested in holding multiple super fights to break up some of the league action.
Currently sponsored by Valor Fightwear, we are looking for additional sponsor.
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TUFF Kumite 2 - 25th March 2018
Who’s in?

Congratulations to Taylor Pearman who today become world champion at the World IBJJF No Gi.
Taylor has fought multiple times at the TUFF Invitational but has been a friend of ours for a long time. He first competed at our tournaments back in the TUFF GC days and it’s great to see him realise his dream. Well done mate from all of us

It has been a year since TUFF Invitational 4, it was probably my favourite event we have done. Each match was 🔥 and the atmosphere was ⚡️. Watch it in full here
https://youtu.be/QODoAr3wpZo

Some great photos of last week's event by Marcus Tan

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 4, Match 3: Kyle Montieth Vs Jack Cronin

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 4, Match 2: Will Stone vs Sean Harper

Our 2nd Kumite will be in August and it will be an openweight division!
Looking forward to this one!
The BJJ Shop www.thebjjshop.com... Valor Fightwear Progress Jiu Jitsu Tuff Fightwear Osborne & Co Accountants
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Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 4, Match 1: Ross Nicholls vs Oliver Taza

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 3, Match 4: Kyle Montieth vs Tom Caughey

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 3, Match 3: Daniel Crawford vs Will Stone

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 3, Match 2: Oliver Taza vs Jack Cronin

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 3, Match 1: Ross Nicholls vs Sean Harper

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 2, Match 4: Will Stone vs Kyle Montieth

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 2, Match 3: Oliver Taza vs Tom Caughey

Tuff Invitational Kumite, -80KG - £1000 prize Round 2, Match 2: Tom Sean Harper vs Daniel Crawford