Fotos: Daniel Carettoni.

Sábado na Califórnia foi dia da promoção anual de faixas da associação das academias de Claudio França, faixa-preta radicado no estado há mais de década.

Frutos do trabalho constante e consistente, cinco novos faixas-pretas foram formados, na presença do faixa-vermelha de Helio Gracie Francisco Mansur.

“Promovemos cerca de 300 atletas, até um faixa-verde. E pela primeira vez na minha vida graduei uma mulher faixa-preta”, conta França, referindo-se a Caren Camblin.

Além dela, conquistaram a honraria Duke Lee, Tyson Kemp, Scott Savage e Gary Casey.

Estiveram presentes as escolas CF Santa Cruz, CF San Jose, Kugtar (de Vince Vanderlipe), Gilroy JJ (Carlos Melo e John Villareal), Zeus JJ (Daniel Thomas), Savage JJ (Scott Savage), Xtreme Fitness (Eric Benequisto), Martial Arts Institute (Erick Fallon) e FKA (Joey Thomas).

A mulherada está presente nas equipes da Associação Claudio França.

Photos: Daniel Carettoni.

Saturday was annual belt promotion day for Claudio França’s association of academies in California, where the black belt has been living for over a decade.

The fruit of constant and consistent labor, five black belts were promoted, with Helio Gracie red belt Francisco Mansur in attendance.

“I promoted around 300 athletes, even a green belt. And I promoted a girl to black belt for the first time in my life,” says França, referring to Caren Camblin.

Besides Caren, Duke Lee, Tyson Kemp, Scott Savage, and Gary Casey all were bestowed with the honor as well.

The schools CF Santa Cruz, CF San Jose, Vince Vanderlipe’s Kugtar, Carlos Melo and John Villareal’s Gilroy JJ, Daniel Thomas’s Zeus JJ, Scott Savage’s Savage JJ, Eric benequisto’s Xtreme Fitness, Erick Fallon’s Martial Arts Institute, and Joey Thomas’s FKA were all at the ceremony.

The girls of the teams in the Claudio França Association.