Professor Sarah Smith is the ONLY Certified IBJJF Female Black Belt in Whitby. Sarah is also the ONLY active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu(BJJ) Black Belt competitor in Whitby. Sarah trains under 3rd Degree Black Belt Professor Jorge Britto, who awarded her with her Black Belt on December 18, 2020. Sarah holds a green belt in Judo which she received from Sensei Dainis Nguyen in 2018.
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Royler Gracie > Jorge Britto > Sarah Smith
Professor Sarah has taken the Grappling scene by storm since she started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in March of 2013 and hasn't slowed down. She has won Gold at almost every local competition and has brought home a total of 8 medals from the most prestigious competitions in the world; The Abu Dhabi World Pro, The IBJJF World Championships, The IBJJF Pan Championships, and The IBJJF European Championships. She is quite the avid student of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and in her short time of training she has already managed to become one of most accomplished female grapplers to come out of Canada, her results speak for themselves.
Apart from tearing apart the competitions, Sarah enjoys doing Yoga classes and working out. hShe loves to teach and is an excellent instructor with a knack for helping beginners. She has has an ability like no other to make everyone feel welcomed at DNA and to break techniques and movements down to make them easy for beginners to understand. Everyone who does a free trial at DNA will get an intro to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lesson with Sarah for their first class. Sarah is a certified Yoga instructor with over 200 hours of experience and as a result she is incredibly well versed in body movements and breaking movements down to make it easier for our kids and newer students to understand. She is also certified in Ginastica Natural. Her goal is to bring more beginners and females into BJJ so that they may experience all the benefits that Jiu-Jitsu has to offer such as confidence, fitness, and the ability to adequately defend themselves. Sarah specializes in helping kids and youth(especially the young girls) feel comfortable in a male dominated sport and as a direct result we have a huge female student presence at DNA. She really knows how to teach beginners and kids important skills while making it fun for them and bringing a smile to their faces, once you do your intro to BJJ class with her - you will be hooked. If you live in Durham Region in the Whitby/Oshawa + surrounding areas, contact us to book your free intro to BJJ lesson with Coach Sarah Smith.
Accomplishments
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Royler Gracie > Jorge Britto > Sarah Smith
Professor Sarah has taken the Grappling scene by storm since she started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in March of 2013 and hasn't slowed down. She has won Gold at almost every local competition and has brought home a total of 8 medals from the most prestigious competitions in the world; The Abu Dhabi World Pro, The IBJJF World Championships, The IBJJF Pan Championships, and The IBJJF European Championships. She is quite the avid student of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and in her short time of training she has already managed to become one of most accomplished female grapplers to come out of Canada, her results speak for themselves.
Apart from tearing apart the competitions, Sarah enjoys doing Yoga classes and working out. hShe loves to teach and is an excellent instructor with a knack for helping beginners. She has has an ability like no other to make everyone feel welcomed at DNA and to break techniques and movements down to make them easy for beginners to understand. Everyone who does a free trial at DNA will get an intro to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lesson with Sarah for their first class. Sarah is a certified Yoga instructor with over 200 hours of experience and as a result she is incredibly well versed in body movements and breaking movements down to make it easier for our kids and newer students to understand. She is also certified in Ginastica Natural. Her goal is to bring more beginners and females into BJJ so that they may experience all the benefits that Jiu-Jitsu has to offer such as confidence, fitness, and the ability to adequately defend themselves. Sarah specializes in helping kids and youth(especially the young girls) feel comfortable in a male dominated sport and as a direct result we have a huge female student presence at DNA. She really knows how to teach beginners and kids important skills while making it fun for them and bringing a smile to their faces, once you do your intro to BJJ class with her - you will be hooked. If you live in Durham Region in the Whitby/Oshawa + surrounding areas, contact us to book your free intro to BJJ lesson with Coach Sarah Smith.
Accomplishments
- Black Belt - December 18, 2020
- Silver - IBJJF Europeans 2020
- Bronze - IBJJF Master Worlds 2019(master 1, brown belt)
- Silver - IBJJF Vegas Open 2018 Absolute
- Silver - IBJJF Vegas Open 2018
- Silver - IBJJF Master Worlds 2018(master 1, brown belt)
- Gold - IBJJF Toronto Open 2018 (brown belt)
- Silver - IBJJF Toronto Open 2018 (brown belt, absolute - closed out with teammate)
- Bronze - Pans IBJJF 2018
- Silver - IBJJF Toronto Open 2018(open weight, brown belt)
- Bronze - IBJJF European Championships (brown belt)
- Brown Belt - December 2, 2017
- Bronze - IBJJF World Championships 2017 (purple belt)
- Silver - Canada National Pro, Toronto 2016 (purple belt)
- Gold - IBJJF Toronto Open 2016 (open weight, purple belt)
- Bronze - IBJJF Toronto Open 2016 (purple belt)
- SIlver - Buffalo Classic Nogi (purple belt)
- Bronze - Buffalo Classic 2016 Gi (purple belt)
- Silver - Abu Dhabi World Pro 2016 (purple belt)
- Gold - Canada National Pro, Montreal 2016 (open weight purple belt)
- Gold - Canada National Pro, Montreal 2016 (purple belt)
- Purple Belt - December 2, 2015
- Gold - IBJJF Montreal Open 2015 (open weight, blue belt)
- Gold - IBJJF Montreal Open 2015 (blue belt)
- Gold - Ontario Open 2015 (open weight, blue belt)
- Gold - Ontario Open 2015 (blue belt)
- Gold - IBJJF New York Open 2015 (blue belt)
- Bronze - Abu Dhabi World Pro 2015 (open weight, blue belt)
- Silver - Abu Dhabi World Pro 2015 (blue belt)
- Gold - Canada National Pro 2015 (open weight, blue belt)
- Gold - Canada National Pro 2015 (blue belt)
- Blue belt - 2014
- Bronze - IBJJF World Championships 2014 (blue belt)
- Gold - Canada National Pro, Montreal 2014 (blue belt)
- Gold - Canada National Pro, Montreal 2014 (open weight, blue belt)
- Gold - Ontario Provincial Championships 2014 (blue belt)
- Gold - Ontario Provincial Championships 2014 (Open weight, blue belt)
- Gold - IBJJF Pans Championship 2014 (white belt)
- Bronze - IBJJF World Championships 2013 (white belt)
- Gold - IBJJF Toronto Open 2013 (white belt)
- White Belt - 2013
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