Friday, January 22, 2010

SCHOOL JITSU PROJECT







THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF 42 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS FROM ADEC - ABU DHABI EDUCATION COUNCIL, INCLUDING 6 GIRLS SCHOOLS, WHERE STUDENTS FROM 9 TO 13 YEARS OLD HAVE BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU CLASSES AS PART OF THE CURRICULAR GRADE. AROUND 20 THOUSAND KIDS TRAINING BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU IN ABU DHABI.
THIS PROJECT WAS A SPECIAL REQUEST OF H. H. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN TO THE EMIRATES TEAM HEAD COACH CARLOS SANTOS, THAT STARTED IN 2008. AT MAY OF THE LAST YEAR H. H. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN SAID HE EXPECTS IN 2015 UP TO 500 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHOOL JITSU PROGRAM.


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