'Twas the last class before Christmas...

 Wimbledon BJJ had it's last class before Christmas last night and lots of fun was had by all; a solid hour of rolling and WWE shenanigans, can't wait until we get the crash mat in the new year :)

New You Tube video - Arm Spin Takedown (AKA Monkey on a Stick)

Putting the new mats to the test with a cool old school takedown in the No Gi class; when I was taught this  I was told it was known as Monkey on a Stick, it also goes by the name of Arm Spin takedown, whatever it's called it's one of my favourite takedowns, really takes them by surprise :)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z5xpOJaIxxs

New You Tube video - Arm Drag to Mat Return!

 In this video, we see one of my female beginners drilling an arm drag into a mat return in one of our No Gi classes; it's really great to see the ladies getting onto the mats and training Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling :)

https://youtube.com/shorts/AEwGtXXsg8g?si=UQZxf5MshQ-Wg2jm

New You Tube video - Cradle Takedown from Guillotine defence!

Filmed in our No Gi class, a short video on a cool cradle assisted takedown from a guillotine defence; what you do on the ground is up to you!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QFuTSip07xM 

Last night's class

Had a mixed class last night, two new starters starting their journey and in all the excitement, I forgot to take a photo at the end of class!! 

Tuesday night's class

 Added an hour of striking in with the regular Wrasslin session on Tuesday night, as it was a quiet one, lots of fun hitting people in the head before taking them down and twisting 'em up :)

Last night's class

 Lots of fun teaching last night as always, lots of Judo throws to warm up and to break in the new mats, a couple of sweeps and lots of rolling, what's not to love :)

Last night's class

 Another killer Catch session last night, lots of fun exploring the double wrist lock, the power double wrist lock and the Catch way to do a proper knee/calf slicer, plus lots of Festive rolling :)

Farewell to Ahn!

 A sad night last night at Northern Monkey HQ, as we said our goodbyes to our dear friend Ahn, who flies back to South Korea this weekend....it's been a pleasure having him back again and we hope he returns again one day :)

Last night's class

 Bit of a quiet one last night, quite a lot of my monkeys have already gone back to their home countries to celebrate Christmas; that didn't stop another killer session in the pyjamas last night, went over the double unders and Kimura with a fine tooth comb :)

Certificates for the lads!

 Handed out well earned blue and purple belt certificates last night to Bart and Ahn in class last night :)

Last night's class

 Another busy session for the 8pm class last night, lots of Judo throws on our new mats and plenty of specifics and sparring :)

New Beginners class!

 Last night was the launch of the new Beginners class at the club and three new starters already on board :)

Two turned up for the Beginners class and another new starter joined the 8pm class, looking forward to building up these classes in the new year :)

Stripes for the lads!

 Congrats to Oscar and Niall on their well earned stripes last night :)

No Gi class last night!

 A great session last night in the No Gi/Catch class, drilling lots of awesome takedowns and lots of wrasslin :)

Had lots of fun teaching this week at the new venue, looking forward to more classes running starting from next week with beginner and Self Defence classes :)

FAIXA ROXA!

 HUGE congrats to Wimbledon BJJ's newest purple belt Ahn, one of the scariest lightweights you'll ever roll with!

Stripes for the lads!

 Congrats to Simon and Lucas on their well earned stripes last night :)

Last night's class

 Another killer Gi session last night, really putting the mats to the test with lots of big Judo throws every class, it's great to see the student's confidence grow with the throwing side of things :)

No Gi class!

Our first No Gi session last night at the new place and as always, a KILLER session indeed, making the most of the new 40mm Judo tatami finish mats...takedown city!

FAIXA AZUL!

 Started the new club off in style last night, with two very well deserved promotions to blue belt for Bart and Anton :)

Lots more to come :)

Stripe #4!

 Huge congrats to young Matt on his well deserved fourth stripe, awarded last night in class :)

First class at the new venue!

 Wimbledon BJJ now has a new home in South Wimbledon and is ready to take things to the next level :)

An excellent turn out for the first class last night, we are going to need more mats already :)

Last ever class at Holistic!

 Many thanks to Gorgeous George for taking the last ever class at Holistic Fitness Studios, as we move to a new full time academy in December.

The first class will be on Monday December 2nd, 8pm :)

Address - Unit 17, 8 Lombard Road, SW19 3TZ 

Medals at SW19!

 Always great to see my monkeys coming back to the club with their hard earned medals...everyone has worked every hard for this competition and all year for that matter, it really is a team effort to get these medals and hopefully might get a couple of monkeys competing in December, round off the year in style :)

Last night's class

 Thanks again to Gorgeous George for taking the class last night, slowly getting ready for our new permanent home next Monday :)

Medal haul at Grapple City!

 A great day at the office on Sunday as three monkeys competed and came away with two silver and two bronze medals :)

Medals for Bart, Mike and Simon and it was Simon's first comp so extra congrats, the first of many for Simon :)

Last night's class

 Thanks to Gorgeous George for taking my class last night, the monkeys compete at the weekend :)

WIMBLEDON BJJ IS MOVING!!

 After ten years teaching in Wimbledon town centre, I'm pleased to announce that I have found a new permanent home for Wimbledon BJJ and Northern Monkey Jiu Jitsu :)

Located in South Wimbledon, the first class will be Monday December 2nd and a new full timetable will be out soon :)

New BRUIZEHAUS Club T shirts!

 One very proud owner of the new collab T-shirts with the awesome guys at BRUIZEHAUS :)

Available to buy all around the world to all my Monkey and Womble friends :)

https://bruizehaus.co.uk/collections/collaborations

Last night's class

 Another killer session last night at SW19, a few monkeys competing at the weekend, so shark tanks were out in full force, only one more session tomorrow before the comp, so full steam ahead!

Club colab T-shirts with BRUIZEHAUS!!

 I'm very excited to announce that I have collaborated with my good friend at BRUIZEHAUS and have two cool T-shirt designs up on their website for sale :)

Namely the Wimbledon Gangsta and Northern Monkey T-shirts :)

https://bruizehaus.co.uk/products/wimbledon-bjj-northern-monkey-t-shirt 

https://bruizehaus.co.uk/products/wimbledon-bjj-gangsta-t-shirt

Last night's class

 Another solid session in the bag last night at SW19, one more killer comp class away from the upcoming completion next weekend :)

Last night's class

 Another week of No Gi mayhem at SW19, as the monkeys prepare for competition in two weeks time, so plenty of hard work and shark tanks, for all involved :)

#ironsharpensiron

Last night's class

 Another killer session last night, left the room looking like a steam room, hard work from everyone, as always :)

Last night's class

 This week is No Gi, as we have a couple of monkeys competing this month, so shark tanks all round for both monkeys and for one other, whose been away for a few months and requested one himself :)

More of the same tomorrow :)

Northern Monkey Jiu Jitsu in Shanghai!

 One of my students in in Shanghai and managed to get a session in at Method MMA and took his Northern Monkey rash guard to represent :)

Last night's class

 Another fun filled session in the Gi last night at Wimbledon BJJ, got a few students competing next month so lots of hard work and shark attacks ahead :)

Three brown belts at Wimbledon BJJ!

 Wimbledon BJJ now has three brown belts at the club, after Sat's promotion last night :) 

It's a positive sign of the club's progression over the last ten years, everyone at the club works very hard every class here and over at the Dog House where we all get extra sessions in.

There's a raft of new blue belts in the making and a few purple belts too, it's been a lot of hard work getting to where we are now, but oh so worth it when I'm tying those belts around people's waists :)

Last night's class

 Another week training in the Gi at Wimbledon BJJ and nice to see a few old faces back on the mats; all the colours from white to black were on the mats, always nice to see and shows how far this humble little club is progressing :)

FAIXA MARROM!

 HUGE congrats to one of my longest serving students Sat, on his very well deserved promotion to brown belt last night at Wimbledon BJJ :)

Last night's class

 Another hot and sweaty session last night at Wimbledon BJJ, went over the cross collar choke with a fine tooth comb and lots of rolling rounded off a great night of Jiu Jitsu :)

Last night's class

 Another killer pyjama session at SW19 last night, a quick warm up and an evening of rolling all round, eight rounds in the bag for my good self, keeping myself as sharp as possible at the ripe old age of fifty four :)

More of the same tomorrow :)

Last night's class

 Another hot and sweaty session at Wimbledon BJJ last night, a quick warm up and a full class of rolling and ten rounds in the bag for my very good self...managing to keep active on the mats at 54 can be a challenge, but if one uses one's brain and slows down the pace of the rolls, one still gets a good sweat on and are able to get out of bed relatively in one piece :)