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!

Marcello Coppa Seminar

A big thank you to Marcello Coppa, BJJ second degree black belt and world champion who gave an excellent seminar on deep half guard today, Sunday 12th February 2012.

Marcello is an absolutely excellent instructor and we all learnt a considerable amount which will improve our games significantly. Marcello has said that he will be happy to come back when he is available and when we want him to.

A Blast from the Past!

Just looking through the old website and found this!

This video was filmed when Carlson Gracie AFS was called Applied Fighting Systems and when the club was coming up in the ranks.

Wishing Luck to our European Championship Contenders

Carlson Gracie AFS wants to wish luck to two of our members, who are taking part in the 2012 European Championships in Lisbon at the end of this month. Good Luck to Dave Pawan and Sam Gibson!!!

Steve Gibson Promoted to Black Belt!

Saturday 31st December 2011 was a very important day for Carlson Gracie AFS!!

I am extremely pleased and proud to report that Steve Gibson a.k.a "SteveO" was promoted to Black belt by Head Instructor Steve Haydock.

SteveO has been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Steve Haydock since 2003 and Steve expressed immense pride at being able to promote SteveO to the rank of Black belt. This is the first ever Black belt that Steve has ever awarded, and this represents a huge day for the club. Upon awarding the belt, Steve explained that SteveO has all the qualities necessary for the rank of Black Belt, referring to not only his grappling ability but also to his dedication, commitment and teaching ability.

As most of you know, when Steve was offered the opportunity to work full time with Reebok last year, SteveO took on a large proportion of the teaching responsibility at the club. During this time, SteveO has demostrated a fantastic teaching style and his passion and enthusiasm is clear for us all to see. In the tradition of Steve Haydock, as an instructor SteveO puts a great deal of energy into ensuring that students understand the details he is teaching and strives to ensure that everyone trains hard together so that we are constantly improving.
SteveO is a fantastic jiu jitsu player and instructor, and from my point of view an excellent and selfless training partner and friend who has helped me immensly over the years when recovering from injury or preparing to compete. I am sure that all of you would agree that SteveO's promotion is well deserved.

Congratulations on this massive achievement. Onwards and upwards Carlson Gracie AFS!!