Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo C. Bitanga II got his purple belt from Professor Alexandre Soca this morning at the SocaBJJ Sunrise Samurais class at 6AM. Eduardo cannot attend the  belt ceremony on Jun 17th as he will be away from work.

Ed has been training with Soca Brazilian Jiu Jitsu very hard and has simultaneously run a beautiful Jiu Jitsu training program at the “War Room” at the Marine Corps Headquarters in Garden City. Students from Soca BJJ alongside Marines would train together and learn new techniques to help each other increase their ground combat abilities.

Ed, thank you for being part of our academy and for forming a bond and friendship that will last a lifetime. We will miss you a lot my friend. Come back to visit Soca BJJ whenever you can. We are family.

Congratulations on your purple belt promotion again,

Ed! Semper Fi!!! Osss!!

ADULTS

John caroli – Gold Medal

Timothy Cormer  – Gold Medal

Connor Watson – Gold Medal

David Cabrera – Silver Medal

Greg Bennazy – Silver Medal

Jacob Prussman – Silver Medal / Silver Medal Open Weight

Fred Villarica – Silver Medal

Hector barreto – Gold Medal

Daniel cho – Gold Medal

TEENS

Danny aranibar – Gold Medal

Layla dervisevic – Gold Medal

Alma dervisevic – Silver Medal

Jose aranibar – Silver Medal

Adam Lee – Silver Medal

KIDS

Adem – Gold Medal

Noah – Gold Medal

Thank you Prof. Fred Villarica and UNABJJ Team to represent SocaBJJ Competition Team!

Thank you Cristian Buitron for the great pictures!!