Wimbledon BJJ at Grappling Industries!

 The club had its first competition of the year yesterday over at Kensington Leisure Centre, with the Grappling Industries round robin event; Gi and No Gi was covered on the day together with the kids and Absolute division, which made for a very long day, with my students competing at 820pm in the No Gi division!

My students had a minimum of four matches in the Gi and eight matches doing Gi and No Gi, which is no mean feat for anyone; three of the four guys that competed were doing so for their first time and were really thrown in at the deep end.

No complaints from anyone, as some fights only had a break of five minutes and then they were back on; sadly no medals for the lads, but game plans were executed, points scored and submissions in the bag, fighting against seasoned three and four stripe white belts from the big London clubs.

I'm very proud of all the lads for stepping up and competing in such a large event, the standard was very high and the lads did the club proud with their performances; we are small fry compared to the big established London clubs, but we gave everyone a good fight and we can hang in with the big clubs.

Plenty to take home for everyone and back to the drawing board tomorrow, as we get ready for the Brighton Open in March.

Huge thanks to all the students who came and supported the lads and to George and Louis for keeping the lads up to speed on what time they were fighting and to Mike for filming all the lads on the mats.

Oos!