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Another killer No Gi session last night, going without the PJ's again this week, as we have two monkeys competing at the English Open on Sunday.
So it was lots of wrestling cardio drills and brutal shark tanks for them both and a few other lucky fellows, because I'm a nice guy and don't want anyone to ever feel left out in class :)
More of the same tomorrow :)
A killer session last night at SW19, as always, lots of hard work and sweat from everyone and a mini Carl's Quick Fix section, tweaking up three high percentage submissions...might have to make a YT/IG/TT channel on that and make my millions :)
It's No Gi this week at SW19 and another hot and sweaty wrasslin' session on Monday night, just the way we like with lots of shark tanks and rolls for everyone to enjoy :)
More of the same tonight :)
Another hot and sweaty pyjama session last night at SW19, working the monkeys hard and looking for our next competition to enter :)
After a fantastic day out at the NAGA event on Saturday, it was time for some of the monkeys to step up and move up a rung in their Jiu Jitsu journey; massive congrats to all the lads last night on their well deserved stripes and belts, the level at the club is constantly improving and we can definitely hang in with the bigger London clubs, Saturday proved that well enough :)
Lots more stripes and belts to come this year :)
HUGE congrats to Luke on his very well deserved purple belt last night, now it's time to SMESH!
Huge congrats to Erik and Lewis on their well earned blue belts :)
Erik was promoted a few weeks ago and I forgot his belt and then he went on holiday, so last night I remembered and brought his belt to class :)
Huge congrats to Dan and James on their well earned third stripe on the white belt, the smiles say it all :)
It was great to have five of the seven monkeys on the mats last night, showing off their hard earned medals and belts; hard work has truly been rewarded, our best result in the club's history and at one of the UK's prestigious event, not bad for a humble back street club in SW19, training twice a week and the odd Saturday here and there :)
KILLER Gi session at SW19 last night, a brutal shark tank for one monkey competing at the weekend at the Entity 4 event and lots of rolling for everyone :)
Well, what can I say about NAGA yesterday...
Two gold and two AWESOME belts!
Three silver!
Four bronze!
A truly EPIC day at the office for the club, out best result in the club's history, beating our medal tally at the last NAGA event by three medals...this event really brings out the best in my students, with one guy finally getting his first W in a weight group above, a teenager competing in the adults division and one blue belt fighting two black belts in his division and really holding his own.
I'm so proud of them all I really could burst and all this coming from training twice a week and the odd Saturday afternoon :)
Huge thanks to Philip Bennett from over the pond in sunny Texas for sending over this cool patch to make my membership of his club official :)
These patches are for grapplers of a certain age and he has a group on Facebook of the same name, so if you're over forty years young, get on the group, it's full of cool like minded people and he has big plans for the club and for raising money for charity as well.
Oos!
An absolute KILLER No Gi session last night at SW19, bringing our NAGA training camp to an end; all that remains is for the monkeys to rest up until Saturday and then let them loose on the mats :)
It's been a great training camp, been drilling lots of new techniques into our sessions, looking forward to seeing the monkeys pull off some of the moves on Saturday and in future comps throughout the year :)
Posted another video up yesterday from the Wayne Lakin seminar, which shows the deadly step over arm bar; this was the follow up technique from the video I posted the other day and is another very high percentage finish.
The look on my Uke's face when I come off the mat says it all :)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fwgsB9yuu8M
A very hot and sweaty competition class night at Wimbledon BJJ, brutal shark tanks for those competing at the weekend, one more class tomorrow before the big day on Saturday :)
Posted a new video on You Tube a few days ago, showing how to break your opponent's grip, when they go into what is known as Spiderweb position in Tenth Planet Land and is a very common position in Judo and BJJ alike.
This was shown to us the other weekend when Wayne Lakin dropped in, hope I've done it justice and it is a great technique to have for BJJ'ers, Gi and No Gi, especially if you're going to the Eddie Bravo Invitational comps, that run the EBI Overtime rules.
In the Overtime round, you can choose to start from the back with hooks in and each person has a chance to submit or escape, or start from Spiderweb position and both have a go at subbing and escaping.
Watch the video, subscribe to the channel, study the video and have fun drilling it in class and catching people with it when rolling :)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mOPUtfRBUz8
Another hot and sweaty session last night at SW19, drilling more of the gold left behind from Wayne Lakin, looking forward to seeing the monkeys nailing fools with it in the comps this year :)
HUGE congrats to Armada Apparel sponsored athlete Erik Domsodi on his very well deserved blue belt, time to step up a gear and start twisting up the young blue belts :)
EPIC Bank Holiday session last night at SW19, back in the pyjamas this week, drilling the gold left by Wayne Lakin at the weekend; it was easy to add the techniques into our Jiu Jitsu game, went through a few moves last night and will play around with some more tomorrow night and I'm looking forward to seeing my monkeys nail people with these moves in competition this year :)
