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BJJ is for everyone!

Had a great Beginners class this evening, with men, women and children all together as one, sharing mat space, tuition and generally having a good time.

Nice to see some women on the mats tonight; it can be a very daunting prospect, for women to enter a predominantly male environment and this can put many women off from training.  Top marks to Max and Julie tonight, as they crossed the first main hurdle and joined in the fun, hope to see you back next week.

Jiu Jitsu - for everyone!

Jiu Jitsu really is for everyone, if you're reading this, umming and aahing on whether to come and train, as the Nike advert says, "just do it."

Come down to the gym on the beginners class, Thursday 6-730pm, first two classes free, so you nothing to lose and a lot to gain.

For more info email combatbasebolton@hotmail.co.uk 

BJJ class @ Lancaster Uni

Another great session tonight over at Lancaster Uni, taking the Friday evening session; the Society is in its infancy, so the first few classes were all no gi, whilst the guys saved up to buy gis.

Lancaster posse

Step forward the lovely human beings from Tatami Fightwear.  After speaking to Society President Philip Kaat, Tatami have sent over the first batch of gi's this week, so this evening was our first proper BJJ class.

Open guard sweep

After the usual warm up drills, I went over two high percentage sweeps and two high percentage lapel chokes, one from the mount and one from half guard.

Krishnan tastes the rainbow!

Rolling ended the session and it was handshakes all round, a really good session, with some great feedback from the students.  It's always nice to get positive feedback from the guys, makes all the hard work and sacrifices worthwhile.

Krishnan gets revenge!

Until next week guys :)

Chris Haueter vid!

Darren Currie is hard at work in securing a trip from Combat Base head coach, the legendary Chris Haueter, later this year.  Here's a video recently made from one of his seminars, showcasing Chris's 'unique' coaching style shall we say :)

No Gi session @ Salford MMA

Can't believe how fast the time flies - two weeks since I was at Darren Sherlock's gym and it's that time again to take the no gi session.

Salford MMA posse

After a thorough warm up, I took the class through the material I've been working on at my place and after an hour, finished them all off with specifics and sparring.  Well done to Lewis Wood, who's fighting at Cage Conflict on May 18th, who toughed it out and completed two five minute rounds in the cage, facing a fresh opponent each minute.  A real warrior!

 

See you again in two weeks guys!

BJJ class @ Voodoo Gym, Macclesfield!

Had a very enjoyable session over at Voodoo Gym in Macclesfield yesterday afternoon, taking the 4-6pm BJJ class.  The weather was dull and wet outside,  but inside it was hot, hot, hot as the lads and ladies all worked hard on the mats, getting ready for upcoming gi and no gi comps on the UK circuit.

With gym owner, Dave Kari

After introducing three new side control drills, I went through a very high percentage open guard sweep, that I've used many times in competition, before taking things to the ground.  From the ground, taking the mount and more importantly, keeping the mount was given a thorough dose of looking at, covering what I've been teaching in class all week at HQ.  From there, our old friend the Ezequiel choke was dissected, showing ways to get the choke when the opponent defends, which went down a treat.

The Voodoo Posse

All too soon the class was over, time flies when you're in the zone!

 

Thanks to Dave Kari for inviting me over to share the knowledge, look forward to seeing you all again in a few weeks :)

 

www.voodoogym.co.uk

 

 

Gold medal for the Demolition Man!

The Demo Man is back!!

 

Huge congrats to student Lee 'Demolition Man' James on his gold medal win at the Manchester Open at the weekend; all the hard work on the mats at Heywood and at the Open Mats at Combat Base Bolton were rewarded with the gold medal.

 

Competing in the blue belt Ultra Heavy division, Lee faced Bellator veteran Karl Etherington, a huge guy with deadly Judo skills, a tough first match for anyone.  Lee weathered an initial attack from Karl and the fight went to the ground; in under two minutes Lee submitted Karl with one of his favourite chokes from side control, a superb start to the day.

Big Lee and the bling

Lee's second match ended up the same as the first one, with Lee managing to get in a big kata garuma throw, that he's been itching to get in a comp for quite some time and finished the match old school style with a closed guard kimura.

 

Brilliant performance from Lee and all down to a team effort from all the lads at the club, who have all helped contribute to Lee's gold medal; I'm over the moon for Lee and his medal, as well as all my students in helping build a strong team of competitors, everyone helping each other get the best out their training sessions. 

 

Can't ask for anything more.