{"id":375487,"date":"2022-09-07T06:02:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=375487"},"modified":"2022-09-07T06:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:02:22","slug":"nickole-salem-tops-pan-kids-jiu-jitsu-championship-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nickole-salem-tops-pan-kids-jiu-jitsu-championship-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickole Salem tops Pan Kids Jiu-Jitsu Championship \u201922"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_375481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375481\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nickole-pix-Salemwb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nickole-pix-Salemwb.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nickole Salem won the 49-lb girls division of the Pan Kids Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022 last July.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-year-old daughter of Nicko and Maria Salem defeated a 7-year-old from North Carolina two times to win the coveted division championship.<\/p>\n<p>Her gold medal in the Pan Kids Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022 is her 23rd gold medal to date and her father, Saipan-born Nicko, couldn\u2019t be more proud of Nickole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just really proud of her advancement because her grit and determination is unmatched,\u201d he said. \u201cMe and her mom are just really proud.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also notes that an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter attended the event and commented on the younger Salem\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will be special one day,\u201d Nicko relayed the comment of the UFC fighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat just means the world to me when he said that,\u201d he said. \u201cEspecially coming from a professional fighter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also mentions the different mindset between his 5-year-old daughter and her other 7-year-old opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the fire that lit under feet,\u201d said Salem, as he goes to mention their different motor abilities and development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of late Nickole was elevated to gray belt and battled in the NewBreed Tournament in Charlotte, Northern Carolina under the development division at 45 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer potential is too high,\u201d said Salem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the end of the day, we are not too worried because she constantly improves her techniques and skills,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By FAHIM UDDIN<\/strong><br \/>\nfahimuddin489@gmail.com<br \/>\nCORRESPONDENT<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickole Salem won the 49-lb girls division of the Pan Kids Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022 last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":375480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}