2026 belt ceremony: Jinho Jiujitsu Academy Kids Belt Promotion Feb. 2026.
Unfortunately Sophia missed this one because she was out in California helping her grandmother and Cindy with "Celebration of Life" for Flavio Garcia, February 6, 2026. Sophia did earn her first stripe on her new belt which was presented after she returned home.
This really was a big, big deal -- for all of us!
Link here. Jiu-jitsu tournament in Dallas, Texas, where they take their sports really, really seriously.
In
the video below, Sophia is in white, to the observer's left -- she
outgrew her "black competition robe," and her new robe has not yet come
in.
Sophia won all three matches by "submission," after getting her opponent in a "headlock" -- a dangerous position for. her opponent. In a headlock, the opponent will "tap out" -- the opponent will ask to stop the match so she (Sophia's opponent) is not injured.
Sophia
has perfected her technique to bring her opponent down, bring her
opponent down on top of her, wrap her long legs around her opponent,
control her opponent, and then quickly, move her legs into a headlock --
Sophia's legs wrapped around her opponent's neck in a choke hold. Her opponent has no choice but to "tap out" -- concede, to prevent serious injury.
Matches
are scheduled for 3:00 minutes. Sophia ended all three matches today,
by submission. She ended the first two matches under 1:53.
In the video below, Sophia's South Korean coach was at the mat, filming. This was such a big deal, the wife of Sophia's coach was also at the mat, watching Sophia. The coach's wife is also a martial arts instructor, excelling in taekwando, rather than jiu-jitsu.
After the third win, in the video below, look how excited Sophia's coach was. I have never seen her coach so excited.
On the awards podium:
