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Karen Antunes Wins Gold!

Checkmat Minneapolis traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada this week for the IBJJF Master's World Championships. Professor Karen Antunes won double GOLD in the Master's Women Black belt division. Way to go Coach Karen!  
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Karen Antunes takes Gold!

The Checkmat Minneapolis team traveled to Las Vegas last week for the 2016 American Nationals. Professor Karen Antunes won Gold in both Gi and No - Gi  Women's Black Belt Featherweight division! Mayko Araujo took 3rd place in his Men's…
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Karen Antunes Takes Home Bronze at the 2016 IBJJF World Championships

Karen Antunes made her way onto the podium at the 2016 IBJJf World Championships last weekend and won the Bronze medal. Karen had tough competition and lost her semi-final match to World Champion, Mackenzie Dern. Their match ended in a…
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2016 Ibjjf World Championship Result

Competition at the 2016 IBJJF World Championships are complete and we are very proud of all our Cellar Gym/CheckMat competitors! This was the first Worlds tournament for many on our team and they did awesome! We won some great matches…
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2016 IBJJF Pan Ams- Saturday/Sunday ReCap

The Cellar Gym's brown and black belt athletes competed on Saturday and Sunday at the IBJJF Pan Ams in Irvine, CA. Lemmy Sturua and Dave Margraf both competed on Saturday while Mayko Araujo and Karen Antunes finished up the tournament…
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Gold and Bronze From IBJJF No-Gi World Championships

The Cellar Gym/CheckMat Minneapolis is returning home from the IBJJF No-Gi World Championships with Gold and Bronze! This was the very first time The Cellar had sent a team to compete at IBJJF Worlds and it was a great success!…
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Mayko and Karen Bring Home Medals from Pan-American No-Gi Championships

Congratulations to Coaches Mayko Araujo Borges and Karen Antunes Borges! They traveled to New York City this weekend to compete at the 2015 IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championships. Mayko is bringing home the Bronze medal in his Black Belt division…
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Coaches Mayko and Karen Bring Home Medals from IBJJF Dallas Open

Coaches Mayko and Karen are coming home with 3 medals from the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Dallas Open! Mayko Araujo won bronze in the Black Belt No-Gi Featherweight division and Karen Antunes won Gold in her Black Belt Gi AND…
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Karen Antunes FIVE Grappling Super League
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A Star is Born in Women’s BJJ with Karen Antunes

Around the same time Karen Antunes and husband/coach Mayko Araujo accepted positions as new full-time jiu jitsu coaches at The Cellar Gym, Karen also accepted an invitation to compete in the first ever, FIVE Grappling Super League event. The professional…
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