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I was appalled when I read that a woman had been raped by two of her team mates. I would like to turn the strong feelings about that incident towards something positive.
We will be grappling for 24 hours in support of Rape Crisis. They work to increase awareness about sexual violence, press for change and help survivors.
Please spare whatever you can (JustGiving works outside the UK too). To donate via text message, text GRAP54 £1 to 70070.
Many thanks to GrappleThon sponsors, top BJJ artist and designer Seymour 'Meerkatsu' Yang and renowned BJJ and MMA apparel company, Tatami Fightwear.
The event will start at 9am on Saturday 4th May 2013. Just like before, Just like last time, we're streaming it live over the internet, on uStream. I'll also be putting updates on my Twitter. You can go to the Facebook event page too, for even more information about the event. :)
Hope to see you there!
- Can S
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Update: Brilliant effort by everybody to raise over £8,500 so far! There was a massive turnout, with 70 people taking part and several others coming along to show their support and spectate. My full write up is here, Seymour has got one here and Pippa also shared her thoughts here.. :)
