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 :)

Monday night's class

 Back in the Gi this week at Wimbledon BJJ and a killer session as always :)

Technique video - Russian grip to takedown!

 Another video of one of my students drilling a move he's been working on in class, as he prepared for the Grappling Industries event a few weeks back - you can learn from anyone in Jiu Jitsu :)

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

Technique video - scissor sweep to instant DQ!

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

Technique video - star sweep to figure four foot lock!

 In this video, I decided to film my student drilling the techniques in class :)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iB4-Y7QMcHQ

Last night's class

 Had a brilliant session with the monkeys last night, celebrating my eighth year as a black belt on the mats is by far the best way to celebrate it for sure :)

Technique video - the Gotch toe hold!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7H8zVnLj61k

Technique video - SNEAKY near side shoulder lock!!

 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SFJ7EnwPquE

Technique video - double arm bar from closed guard!

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

Eight years - FAIXA PRETA!

 On this day eight years ago, I was awarded my black belt from Luiz Ribeiro at London Fight Factory, in front of one of my all time heroes, Leo Vieira...a day I'll never forget :)

Technique video - how to escaped the closed guard arm bar!

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

Technique video - how to escape from the scarf hold!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5nM7D571yRc

Technique video - calf slicer from the Twister roll!

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

Stripe #4 for the lads!

 HUGE congrats to these three beasts on their very well earned fourth stripe, after a brutal hour long shark tank last night :)

Last night's class

 Another killer session last night at SW19, back in the Gi this week and lots of fun as always and lots of hard work and plenty of fools twisted up too :)

Technique video - SNEAKY heel hook!

 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ELSaXUjuV8E

Technique video - takedown to pin/submission combo!

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

Technique video - sneaky foot lock!

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

Technique video - opening closed guard!

 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tmoiy9U0P3Q

Technique video - Kimura set up to leg scissors combo!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-CehdVZMBZA

You Tube video - drillers make killers!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q4_i5VAJBh0

Double GOLD for Matt at Grappling Industries!

 HUGE congrats to teenage sensation Matt who bagged a very impressive double gold in Gi and No Gi at the weekend at the Grappling Industries event in London :)

This event is always rammed and stacked with serious talent in all divisions and Matt went out there and showed them how the SW19 monkeys do it :)

Stripes for Pat and Simon!

 Congrats to Simon and Pat on their very well deserved first stripe on their white belt, awarded in September...the journey has begun :)

John Hathaway seminar at Wimbledon BJJ!

 A week after the fun and games with Glenn Lambdin, I was extremely proud to host John Hathaway for a No Gi seminar at the club and the mats were packed :)

John went through a wrestling specific warm up and took the class through a single and double leg, an ankle pick and lots of gold of getting into tie up positions and lots more :)

Was great to have John at the club and to meet other students of the grappling arts, more new friends made on the day :)

Glenn Lambdin seminar - Old Age and Treachery!

 Had an awesome with US black belt Glenn Lambdin in September, who kindly dropped into the UK on his way home to the US after teaching in Europe, to deliver a free seminar with the older grappler in mind, but was open to grapplers of every age.

Glenn has a book out, Confessions of an Older Grappler - The Art of Staying on the Mats for Life and took the class through a number of concepts and technique sequences that he now uses to keep him on the mats at the young age of 68, together with multiple knee and back surgeries.

A great time was had by all, some very cool moves that are now in our arsenal and in true WBJJ style, we took Glenn over to the Spoons to sample first hand the awesomeness of the pub and its environs and Glenn is now a Spoons fan :)

I also met some really cool older grapplers and I look forward to training with these guys again real soon and as Glenn says in his book...

'Youth and skill are no match against old age and treachery...'