Despite the fact that the BJJ program at East West MMA started only 7 months ago, the Instructors GD, Bob Merriman and Assistant Instructor Kristina Barlaan have been able to discover new talents for the Team. East West sent 9 competitors to the tournament, who captured 7 medals, making 3 State Champions! The standouts of the Team were: Gerald Perkings (Teen/Feather/White), Justes Eguchi-Kahawaii (Teen/Light/Feather/White) , and Sione Manako (Ultra Heavy/Senior 1/White) who won their divisions.Plus the runner ups: Kelly Fiori (Senior 1/Heavy/White), Justin Recker (Juvenile/Light Feather/White) and Chanson Eguchi-Kahawaii (Juvenile/Heavy/White) secured their second places. Aaron Nolan (Adult/Light Feather/White) took 3rd place.














