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Stephen Greenaway recently organised a week long seminar with BJJ black belt and good friend, Roy Dean at the K3 Martial Arts Academy in Poole, Dorset. Sadly I was unable to attend any of the sessions, but Stephen has sent me up a report and a few photos from the classes and seminars. Most of you will be aware I have reviewed all of Roy's DVD's and we both share our links on our repsective Blogs and share our information on all things related to BJJ. You can find Roy's website in my Links section, which has more write ups from his UK adventures, www.roydeanacademy.com . Enjoy the write up and pix!Roy Dean Seminar 2009 -
Location Poole Dorset / K3 Martial Arts Academy
Article By Stephen Greenaway
I had been looking forward to this trip since February when Roy mentioned that he would like to come over a hold a seminar for our club. Of course there would be no way I would miss out on an opportunity like this so I starting making arrangements straight away, before he changed his mind! ;-)
I was nervous but at the same time excited waiting at the airport, “what could go wrong” were we at the right terminal, is it the correct day! Being a seminar host is fun but stressful, to my delight I saw Roy, Rick and Glen come round the corner at arrivals I knew all was good.
Wednesday nights class was fun! I had an hours private with Roy were he pointed out a number of areas that would suit my game plus a few side control strategies which I feel, for me were very important techniques for my game.
After the Private Roy started regular class with some basic techniques to see what sort of level my students were at, I’m pleased to say he was very impressed. We always drill basics as much as possible as I feel this is the key to creating a solid foundation. After about an hour of technique Roy rolled with all my students to assess their ability.
For most of them this was the first time they had ever rolled with a Black Belt and it was fun to see their facial expressions whilst they were being effortlessly flipped around. It was great to have them experience that sort of level.
We had a day off of training on Thursday and took the guys around London, Rick Ellis one of Roy’s advanced Blue Belts was in the process of making a documentary about his journey to Purple Belt so the camera was rolling quite a bit. The weather held up and it turned out to be a very enjoyable and tiring day out.
Friday’s evening session theme was on Counters, how to defend arm locks and leg locks. This was especially helpful to me as I feel this was one of my weaker areas. We finished with some open mat, I didn’t want to do too much, as we had 8 hours of training over the following two days. Paul Laver who will be going for his Blue Belt in September also had a private hour before the class working on some of his demonstration requirements, for when he travels out to Roy’s academy in September.
Saturday seminar day, we covered a lot of techniques. We started with single leg takedowns and different variations depending on what our partner did, this again is an area that I feel I need to focus on and I feel these techniques will form a big part of my takedown game. The second and third hour we focused on Rear mount & starting techniques from the knees and again lots of material that was new to me and very applicable to my game.
For an in depth summary on the whole seminar check out Slidey’s training log at http://slideyfoot.blogspot.com/
Sunday’s seminar main emphasis was on entries to arm locks from side control and Guard passing. Both areas I feel are my strongest so I found lots of little things that will tighten up my technique. We finished the day with stripe promotions for my White belt students, Roy spoke to each student individually, guiding them on their strengths and giving them specific areas on which to focus. Next year we should hopefully have our first Blue Belts.
On the Sunday night we took Roy, Rick and Glen to a nice Indian restaurant. Roy thought it would be a good idea to order the Chile Tikka masala. Warnings were not heeded! This thing was “hot” very hot and i think Roy sweated more eating this than he did when rolling with the entire club on Wednesday, like a true warrior though he managed to finish! We all finished the night with a few beverages in the hot tub!
On reflection I really don’t think the week could have gone any smoother, everyone had a great time and I was very pleased with all my student’s progress. An enormous thank you to Roy Rick and Glen for such a wonderful week.
Cant wait for next year.
Location Poole Dorset / K3 Martial Arts Academy
Article By Stephen Greenaway
I had been looking forward to this trip since February when Roy mentioned that he would like to come over a hold a seminar for our club. Of course there would be no way I would miss out on an opportunity like this so I starting making arrangements straight away, before he changed his mind! ;-)
I was nervous but at the same time excited waiting at the airport, “what could go wrong” were we at the right terminal, is it the correct day! Being a seminar host is fun but stressful, to my delight I saw Roy, Rick and Glen come round the corner at arrivals I knew all was good.
Wednesday nights class was fun! I had an hours private with Roy were he pointed out a number of areas that would suit my game plus a few side control strategies which I feel, for me were very important techniques for my game.
After the Private Roy started regular class with some basic techniques to see what sort of level my students were at, I’m pleased to say he was very impressed. We always drill basics as much as possible as I feel this is the key to creating a solid foundation. After about an hour of technique Roy rolled with all my students to assess their ability.
For most of them this was the first time they had ever rolled with a Black Belt and it was fun to see their facial expressions whilst they were being effortlessly flipped around. It was great to have them experience that sort of level.
We had a day off of training on Thursday and took the guys around London, Rick Ellis one of Roy’s advanced Blue Belts was in the process of making a documentary about his journey to Purple Belt so the camera was rolling quite a bit. The weather held up and it turned out to be a very enjoyable and tiring day out.
Friday’s evening session theme was on Counters, how to defend arm locks and leg locks. This was especially helpful to me as I feel this was one of my weaker areas. We finished with some open mat, I didn’t want to do too much, as we had 8 hours of training over the following two days. Paul Laver who will be going for his Blue Belt in September also had a private hour before the class working on some of his demonstration requirements, for when he travels out to Roy’s academy in September.
Saturday seminar day, we covered a lot of techniques. We started with single leg takedowns and different variations depending on what our partner did, this again is an area that I feel I need to focus on and I feel these techniques will form a big part of my takedown game. The second and third hour we focused on Rear mount & starting techniques from the knees and again lots of material that was new to me and very applicable to my game.
For an in depth summary on the whole seminar check out Slidey’s training log at http://slideyfoot.blogspot.com/
Sunday’s seminar main emphasis was on entries to arm locks from side control and Guard passing. Both areas I feel are my strongest so I found lots of little things that will tighten up my technique. We finished the day with stripe promotions for my White belt students, Roy spoke to each student individually, guiding them on their strengths and giving them specific areas on which to focus. Next year we should hopefully have our first Blue Belts.
On the Sunday night we took Roy, Rick and Glen to a nice Indian restaurant. Roy thought it would be a good idea to order the Chile Tikka masala. Warnings were not heeded! This thing was “hot” very hot and i think Roy sweated more eating this than he did when rolling with the entire club on Wednesday, like a true warrior though he managed to finish! We all finished the night with a few beverages in the hot tub!
On reflection I really don’t think the week could have gone any smoother, everyone had a great time and I was very pleased with all my student’s progress. An enormous thank you to Roy Rick and Glen for such a wonderful week.
Cant wait for next year.
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