Durinho, seated, and Satoshi, wearing brown belt. Photo: publicity.
Another to put in a good appearance at the event was Roberto Satoshi, winner of this year’s Asian Open at middleweight and absolute brown belt.
“He did really well. He did the GP and, even as a brown belt, he submitted three black belts in less than a minute. The kid’s on fire,” said Durinho in praise, now going to continue his training in Japan before embarking for the No-Gi Worlds.
“I’ll stick around here training at Bonsai academy, with Marcus Souza and Satoshi. I’ll stay here for over a month. I have seminars to teach this Monday and two more scheduled in Tokyo. Tuesday I’ll head back to Hamamatsu, where I’ll continue my no-gi training for the Worlds,” said Durinho in closing.
