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 :)
Old Man Jiu Jitsu all the way!
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Thursday, 31 October 2024
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 :)
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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 :)
Thursday, 24 October 2024
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 :)
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
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 :)
Thursday, 17 October 2024
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 :)
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Thursday, 10 October 2024
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 - 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 :)
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
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 :)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
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 :)
Saturday, 5 October 2024
Thursday, 3 October 2024
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...'
Birthday class on Monday!
Celebrated my 54th rotation around the sun with a killer No Gi session with the monkeys and a post training rehydration session at the Spoons, what's not to love :)
No Gi week at SW19!
Quite a lot to catch up on, so lots of posts to come :)
It's been a week of No Gi at Wimbledon BJJ, with one of the the monkeys competing at the weekend at the London RAW Open event :)
I'M BACK!!!
Had an absolute nightmare with the Blog these past few months, for some reason I've been unable to post photos on my posts; I'm not the most tech savvy person on the planet, I've Google'd all kinds of help all to no avail, but kept at it and didn't give up.
Anyway, logged on here today and some pop ups appeared on clearing cookies etc and BOOM I can post pix again (fingers crossed)
Never give up!!
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