GIG: Ask A Black Belt w/ Alex Enriquez

02/16/24 • 40 min

This week Shama sits down with, Alex Enriquez!
Alex began her BJJ journey in 2009. She is a black belt at Atos Atlanta under Professor Bruno Frazatto. She also has six years of experience in wrestling at Cambridge High School under Don St. James and Life University under Ashley Sword and Christian Flavin. Among her accomplishments are being a multiple time IBJJF Pan American champion and open class champion in both gi and no gi. Artemis Women's Submission Series Pro bracket champion and the NFC female blue, purple and brown belt of the year. She is also a 3x GA Girls State champion, 3x Female High School All-American (Folkstyle & Freestyle) and WCWA All-American.

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Joslyn Molina started doing jiujitsu when she was 5/6yrs old. She competed in her first Pankids in 2020 in California. She is a 3x gold pan champ now going for her 4th gold this year. She has won 7 Jitz Kings Kids superfights, 1 fight 2 win, 1 submission hunter pro. She just start competing at ADCC in June 2023 and has won multiple times in her division. She also started competing in the women’s bracket when she was 10 . Since then she has challenged herself with doing the teens brackets and women’s brackets or superfights whenever she can.

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