RIP Jack Mountford

 It's with a heavy heart to say that the grappling legend Jack Mountford has passed away after a long illness.

Jack was an encyclopaedia of the grappling arts and one of the unsung heroes of Catch Wrestling and was a major influence on my formative years back in the nineties, when I was training at Atherton Submission Wrestling and Bolton Wrestling Club.

There wasn't a counter to a counter to a counter that he didn't know and I was so glad I got to see him last year; the photo shows Jack at the World Judo Masters and he would have been around 66 at least, a truly inspirational old school grappler, who pioneered the modern game we see today, long before rash guards, spats and the IBJJF ruleset crept in :)