Last night's class

 Our last session before Christmas was enjoyed by all, lots of flow rolling and Q&A's was the order of the evening, looking forward to a week's rest, back on the mast on the 27th :)

Christmas Night Out!

 It's been a long time since were had a Christmas night out at the club for lots of reasons, this year I made an executive decision and dropped a firm date in and was blown away by the turn out!

Was a truly awesome evening and for one night only, you got to see me in long trousers :)

Thanks to everyone who turned out and made it the night it was :)

Last night's class

 Two more classes at Northern Monkey HQ before Christmas and with no more comps this year, I had it in my head we'd have a chilled one, but these things never go to pain and after drilling open guard passes and a side control escape, we hit the specifics and sparring.

With lower numbers than usual due to monkeys going back home abroad for the holidays, there wasn't as many chances to get the breath back as one minute you're in the specifics, finish, get back on your feet and someone else is ready and the way I picked out sparring partners almost killed everyone, something I'll save for the competition training camps :)

At the end of class, there was a large heat and steam haze in the room, akin to the Turkish baths, proof that everyone had worked hard :)

More of the same tomorrow!

Last Wednesday's class

 A late post for last Wednesday's class but better late than never; another guard passing master class for the monkeys and lots of specifics and sparring to end yet another thoroughly enjoyable session :)

Student of the Year 2023 - Erik Domsodi!

 Last night gave me immense pleasure in awarding young Erik Wimbledon BJJ Student of the Year 2023, a no brainer to be honest, given his phenomenal success competing this year :)

An amazing achievement from the young man, Erik has worked hard all year and hard work always pays off :)

Everyone at the club are super proud and we look forward to more medals to come in 2024!

Erik's medals!!

 Erik came in last night with all his medals from competing this year...eight gold, nine silver and two bronze, an outstanding achievement!

They were so heavy around his neck he needed help getting up off the mats :)

Stripes for the lads!

 HUGE congrats to the lads on their well earned stripes last night :)

Last night's class

 Back in the Gi this week and another killer session with the monkeys last night, drilling passing the open guard and lots of rolling, more of the same tomorrow:)

Catch Wrestling 101 - the half alch in action!

 Although my student Jun lost via referee decision in his match yesterday at Caged BJJ 13 yesterday, he pulled off a superbly timed half alch takedown at the start of the match :)

I was first shown this move by my Trad JJ instructor Trevor Roberts and I've been using it and teaching it ever since; it's so cool to see my students pulling off these moves that I've taught them and keeping these awesome techniques alive and well :)

2023 medal tally!!

 It's been an exceptional year for Wimbledon BJJ on the competition circuit this year, we've competed pretty much every month and the monkeys have stepped up to compete at the ADCC and NAGA events and have had their best results on these two very prestigious events.

This year, the monkeys have bagged twelve gold, sixteen silver and five bronze medals, an awesome achievement indeed and I for one am a very proud coach, everyone has worked really hard all year, it's pretty much been a one year long training camp, with hundreds of brutal shark tanks for everyone :)

Looking forward to more of my monkeys making their competition debuts in 2024 and looking to surpass our achievements from this year :)

Third place at Caged BJJ!

 Saved our best result for the last competition of the year, placing third in the best academy listings and fifth in the overall team listing, not bad for a small back street club, training twice per week and the odd Saturday :)

Medals at Caged BJJ 13!

 Had an excellent last day at the office for 2023 at Caged BJJ 13 in London, bagging one gold and two silver medals against some very tough opponents.

Both my student's finals were very close and both lost to referee's decision, as it was a sub only format, which led to some very exciting matches all day.

Bart had a brilliant day, it was his time to shine and won three very tough and technical matches to come away with a very well earned gold medal, avenging his loss in his first competition at Grappling Industries a few months ago.

Jun managed to pull off a slick half alch takedown in his match, which I'll post up when I get the video and young Dan sadly didn't medal, but managed to secure a cradle his first match, two techniques I've been showing all year and it's great to see them being used in comps :)

So a well earned rest from the comps for a few weeks before hitting the 2024 competition trail as six monkeys have signed up for the BJJ 24-7 London Open in January already :)

Ooos!!

Last night's class

 Last night saw the last training camp of the year as five monkeys had their last shark tanks before competing at the weekend at the Bristol No Gi Open and Caged BJJ in London :)

Lots of hard work and gallons of sweat from everyone and I'm looking forward to coaching the lads at Caged BJJ and wish young Erik all the very best in Bristol :)

Erik with the bling!

 Yet another medal for young Erik, not the colour he prefers but a winner's medal nonetheless :)

Last night's class

 Started the month off in style with a superb No Gi session, as some of the monkeys are competing at the Caged BJJ event this weekend and possibly the Bristol No Gi event, if an opponent turns up for young Erik :)

Bronze for Erik @ ADCC!

 Another good day at the office for young Erik, bagging a very well earned bronze medal at the ADCC event in Sheffield on Saturday :)

Wednesday night's class

 Rounded off the month in style with a killer No Gi session, as a few of the monkeys are competing this weekend and next weekend in No Gi events, so lots of hard work and sharks all round :)