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Taiwan BJJ sent a contingent to the Asian Jiu-jitsu Championship 2008 held on November 29-30 in Tokyo, Japan. Purple belt Warren Wang and white belt Sabrina Lin won third place in their respective categories.
Taiwan BJJ was present at the Asian Jiu-jitsu Championship 2008 under the tutalage of visiting instructor Makoto Ogasawara. Competitors included Warren Wang, Dennis Huang, Kai Hung, Isaac Chang, Eric Mah, Peter Weng, Ricky Morris, Sabrina Lin, and Stephen Yeh. Andy Wang was also present, competing in the masters black belt absolute division. 
Warren took bronze in the adult purple belt middle-weight divsion while Sabrina snagged bronze in the adult white belt feather-weight division. 
Andy faced a tough match against someone who had a very strong grip and tough spider guard. A sweep from spider guard in the last 10 seconds of the match, gave the victory to Andy's opponent. 
Makoto went through two matches before having his back taken by his opponent in the third match which eventually lead to a submission by banana choke. Makoto ended up with silver in the adult brown belt light-weight division. 
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