International Jiu jitsu competition Grappling Industries hosted their most recent competition at the British Columbia Institute Of Technology (BCIT) on Saturday.

The event hosted nearly five hundred competitors including some of the local scenes biggest names.

Huge Grappling superstar and videographer Stuart Cooper made his return to competition and took gold in his division.

Jordan Stutt scored second in both the open and weight division. However, he was stacked up against other grappling superstars with much more experience and he had a very impressive showing against Stuart Cooper and Matt Kwan.

Which leads us to the comeback of Matt Kwan. Matt has been out of competition since the summer of 2020 due to some health issues. Matt came back to win his weight division in the gi, open division in the gi, and open division in no-gi. This was a super impressive showing for someone who hasn’t competed in three years and it just further proves that Matt is one of the best competitors in all of B.C.

It was great to see such huge names in the grappling scene taking the mats again. Let’s hope we see these competitors return again soon!