The New Scramble Athlite has landed in our club shop.
The Athlite has been my competition and summer gi of choice for years now and I'm looking forward to adding this version into my rotation as well.
These are officially released online on June 1st, b… https://t.co/ICFF2DlI6h
John B. Will Seminars - Booking Info - 2023
This year sees the return of our annual John Will seminars!
John is without a doubt one of the biggest influences on me as a person on so many levels; as an athlete, as a coach and as a human being.
I’m real… https://t.co/IYqYz9y9JI
Only back in the UK at 230am, but great day in the books and nice to give my new belt a run out. Thanks again @yorkshiregripper /@gripperjiujitsu 🙌 https://t.co/yFCWXlmmn1
I'm excited to announce our John B. Will seminars for 2023.
This will be John's only trip to Europe this year and his first since 2019.
I first met John in Singapore in 2006 and he has had an immense impact on my game as both an athlete and coa… https://t.co/kLld2YLrya
This week we are going to be looking at the following:
White Belts: We are dealing with the common problem of someone stalling in the low posture position. We will be looking at two sweeps, including the old skool - Vale Tudo Guard / Stocks Positi… https://t.co/7od15K35Z0
Thanks to everyone involved this past weekend, particularly those who helped on Saturday during our Kids Promotions.
We had almost 90 kids on the mats over our three age groups and it was great to be able to reward some of them with new stripes an… https://t.co/1mnKObtWhm
Hey guys,
We will be carrying out Promotions for our Kids Classes this Saturday April 22nd.
During promotions we invite parents to come upstairs to watch the kids receive their stripes or new belts and see how their game is developing as they take par… https://t.co/26E2ydaNgM
We are going to trial the return of a Strength & Conditioning Bootcamp.
The sessions will be run by Steve Jefferies; they will start tonight and will be on a Monday night at 715pm - 8pm.
The focus is on improving your overall fitness and strength for B… https://t.co/jLmyXS0IM8
Yesterday I had the privilege of awarding the @yorkshiregripper his 2nd Degree on his Black Belt.
Whilst there it was great to be able to teach a seminar to the @gripperjiujitsu team and get some rolling in too.
I've known Lloyd a very long tim… https://t.co/7i7pj24Zk3
Rian Perry (@rlgm_p) will now be now running the Friday Night Class and I can't reccomend him enough.
I've always enjoyed training with Rian and his coaching and knowledge is going to be of use to you all.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this… https://t.co/Nm4XidZ4fP
This week we are going to be looking at the following:
White Belts: We start the first of two classes focusing on transitions. This week we are focusing on the Top Spin and taking the back.
Advanced Classes: We are going to be working some dril… https://t.co/gRbZ37PqY5
Earlier this week in our competition class I talked about the idea of consolidation.
As an example I said that it’s easy to get distracted by the possibility of setting up the submission before you’ve actually consolidated the guard pass.
In t… https://t.co/G8FkVNTEiW
Congrats to @jasoncotterill and @martin.harrison870 who were promoted to Purple belt this week!
I promoted them both to blue belt in 2019 and since then we've seen good development and consistent mat time from them both. Well done guys! https://t.co/3oh11QqRU7
Tonight at 530pm I'm teaching the No Gi Class.
The session will focus on the back step pass and two of my absolute favourite leg locks from there.
Get booked in and I'll see you there! https://t.co/QZ2aQQGLKs
This week we are looking at the following class topics:
White Belt Class - Turtle Escapes, with a focus on the wrestler's sit out.
Advanced Class - Guard Retntion Drills. This week we will be running through a selection of drills to boost your … https://t.co/bDMrx6eeK8
Great turnout today for our first ever 11am No Gi session.
Huge thanks to Steve for teaching and for everyone else who booked in and came to support it.
Steve (@stefee68) has been doing an excellant job covering the day classes for a while now… https://t.co/fjP7dW0705
New Class Announcement!
Starting tomorrow, we will be adding a taught No Gi session from 11-12pm.
Our usual Gi Day Class still runs from 10-11am.
Teaching the class is Steve.F (@stefee68), who as most of you know has been doing a great jo… https://t.co/iMAmGGuyEk
Great work at the weekend from the Team!
We had people competing at both Empire and the BJJ 24/7 events; in the kids, adults and masters divisons.
Thanks to those who went down to support too, particulary Saleem (@saleem_9542) who was busy corn… https://t.co/N2Rm0567UZ