2 New Purple Belts Awarded!!

A massive Well Done to Matt Ambrose and Maurice Walters who were awarded their Purple belts by Steve Gibson on Saturday 1st September. Both guys are extremely technical and have proved themselves to a well deserved promotion. Keep training hard! 

Dave wins Gold at British Open!!

Congratulations to Dave who won Gold at the British Open on 18th May 2012. Dave won the Purple belt under 88kg masters division without conceding a single point to become British champion.

Dave Pawan Promoted to Brown Belt

Congratulations to Dave Pawan who was promoted to Brown belt on Monday 21st May 2012.

A well deserved promotion, well done Dave!!

Sam Gibson wins another 2 Medals

Congratulation to assisstant instructor Sam Gibson, who competed at the Southern BJJ Open in Brighton last weekend and won Gold in the Purple belt absolute and Bronze in his weight category.

Although Sam was disappointed to lose to the eventual winner of his weight class, he took it out on all of his opponents in the absolute winning all of his fights by submission to become the Southern Open Purple Belt Champion.

Well done Sam!! Now onto the British Open later this month!!

Monday Evening Training - 7th May 2012

Due to next Monday being a bank holiday, the current BJJ class which currently takes place on a Monday evening from 8.30pm - 10.00pm is being re-scheduled and will now take place from 11.00am - 1.00pm.

The normal timings of 8.30pm - 10.00pm will resume from 14th May 2012.

1st Southern BJJ Open in Brighton

Good Luck to Sam Gibson and Ross Thomas, who are competing in the 1st Southern BJJ open today down in Brighton.

Good Luck guys...hopefully you'll bring home some medals!!

Timetable Change - Wednesday Open Mat

Please note, that from Wednesday 2nd May 2012 and onwards the open mat session which takes place on Wednesday will now be at the new time of 7.30pm - 9pm.

Black belt Steve Gibson will be there to train with and also to offer advice to help you improve your game.

Southern BJJ Open in Brighton on 28 April 2012

Guys,

The 1st Southern BJJ Open is on Saturday 28th April in Brighton. Registration for this tournament is now open.

A team of us will be going to compete at this event. Please let me know if your interested in fighting or coming along to support your team mates.

For beginners, this is a great tournament to enter as they will be running a repechage system, meaning each competitor will get a minimum of two fights, so you will gain valuable competition experience... and hopefully bring home some medals!

Link to the website, to register is here: http://www.strongvon.com/1southernbjj

Dave

Marcello Coppa Seminar - 1st April 2012

2nd degree Black Belt Marcello Coppa is returning to the club on Sunday 1st April 2012 to teach a two hour seminar. Please let Steve or Dave know if you are interested in attending. Furthur details to follow shortly.

Bronze and Silver for Sam Gibson

A massive congratulations to Sam Gibson who won a Bronze and a Silver medal at the World Pro Trails in Birmingham earlier this month. Sam won his first two fights by submission before losing in the Semi-Final by points.

As a result, Sam qualified for the Purple belt absolute (light weight) event, where he won Silver, narrowly missing out on the chance to compete at the World Pro Jiu JItsu Championships 2012 in Abu Dhabi.

Well done mate!