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Rounded off the month in fine stye last night, with another session on the wrestler's cradle; gladly twisting up those who missed the Monday night class, the room was like a steam room at the end of class, some truly epic battles in rolling :)
Bring on April!
No Gi classes this week at Northern Monkey and took the class down the red hole and into the world of the wrestler's cradle; packed with soul destroying pressure and submissions from all angles, lots of fun all round :)
Killer Gi session last week at SW19, great to have Chris and GIP over from Andover once again :)
A thoroughly well deserved promotion to grey belt for young Erik last night at the end of training...many months of hard work work has been duly rewarded!
HUGE congrats to young Erik on his great performance at the weekend at the Grappling Industries event, bagging a silver and a bronze medal :)
Everyone at the club are very proud of you :)
A very hot and sweaty Gi session last night at Northern Monkey HQ; took the class through a guard pull fake to ankle pick, pulling half guard and from the half guard, a cheeky combo of the Old School sweep, back take and knee slicer.
An hour of rolling ended the session and was the first time I've managed to roll after being laid up with the most horrendous ear, nose and chest infection for the last month...I'm pleased to say I managed five rounds and am still alive as I type this :)
More of the same tomorrow :)
HUGE congrats to young Erik, who bagged a silver and a bronze medal at the Grappling Industries competition at the weekend; this was his second competition and has worked really heard in class and has been duly rewarded.
An excellent result for the teenager, it's great to see young kids getting stuck into competing and dealing with winning and losing and not throwing a tantrum when things don't go their way.
Onward and upwards and here's to many more medals this year for Erik!
Had a killer session last night as always, never ever a bad night whether there's two or thirty on the mats, it's always a pleasure to teach and pass on the knowledge.
Last night I had the pleasure of having two of my affiliates over from Andover, Submission Scoundrel founder Chris Petherwick and general ne'er do well Michael 'GIP' Cutting :)
Chris delivered a double leg masterclass, I dropped in one technique from turtle position and ended the class with a solid hour of rolling, lots of hard work from everyone, as always.
This week at SW19, we are training No Gi and another excellent session in the bag last night :)
HUGE congrats to young Ed, who received his well deserved second stripe on his white belt last night :)
Back training in the Gi this week at Northern Monkey HQ, went over two closed guard sweeps and had a solid hour of specifics and rolling, lots of hard work and sweat from everyone :)
More of the same tomorrow :)
Very happy to get this book in the post today, all about the legendary Catch wrestler Billy Robinson, about his life in Catch As Catch Can Wrestling :)
I was very lucky to attend a seminar with Billy back in 2011 at Ian Bromley's gym in Stockport (RIP) and looking forward to getting stuck into the book this afternoon :)
Jun finally remembered to bring his gold medal to the club, that he picked up in February, a brilliant start to the competitive year for the club :)
Many more to come this year, we have a student competing in Brighton this weekend and then we head off to the Grappling Industries event in March :)
Another killer No Gi session last night, covering a plethora of entries and takedowns from the pummelling position, including alches, back hammers, shoulder locks, wrist locks and much more :)
Some standing specific training against the wall, UFC style and ended the class with more specifics on the ground and plenty of rolling :)
Next week we train in the GI :)
