“To maximize your potential as a jiu-jitsoka, it’s not enough to just head to class every day and go through the motions. You need to approach your training from several angles.

I have a particular system which has worked for my students and I. It’s called the A.C.T. Model. This stands for Attribute Maximization, Conceptual Understanding, Technical Knowledge. This article will provide a general overview of this model. ” -

Very interesting concept from Nicolas Gregoriades who has just stuck it up on his website: Jiu jitsu brotherhood (goto the link to read the whole article) . Ive mentioned Nic on here before and I quite like his cerebral approach to the complex problem of grappling. I think Ill hit him up for a private lesson one day just to get a better insight into his way of thinking,which may or may not be for me. I tend to think quite alot about BJJ and Ive often found it as much as a hinderence as an advantage.

Matt Benyon over at Martial farts has been churning up some super awesome hyper mega material that makes me want to headbut a horse with creative jealousy. Go there, buy his shit and support him so I can be regularly entertained and inspired.

Havnt been able to train as much as Id like due to Woking (where I live) roadworks which add another 20 mins onto my journey and make me late for my train. I dont want to ride there on the motorcycle because itll end up being a one way ticket to a private with helio. Its getting lighter though so perhaps soon.

BLOODLINE FIGHT TEAM ARE BACK 6TH OF FEBUARY AT ULTIMATE CHALLENGE LONDON.
BRAD WHEELER AND DAVE NOBLE WILL BOTH BE BACK IN THE CAGE READY TO PUT IT DOWN ONCE AGAIN.
BOTH FIGHTERS HAVE HAD A GREAT 6 WEEK TRAINING CAMP AND EVERYONE AT BLOODLINE FIGHT TEAM WISH TO THANK OUR TRAINING AND SPARRING PARTNERS FOR ALL THE HELP.
EVERYONE AT BLOODLINE FIGHT TEAM AND ULTIMATE FITNESS CENTRE WISH BRAD AND DAVE A SAFE AND VICTORIOUS FIGHT !

EKBJJ ASSOCIATION WISH ALL TEAM MEMBERS GOOD LUCK AT THE EUROPEANS THIS WEEKEND.
TUDOR AND HIS TEAM FROM ROMANIA (ABSOLUTO BJJ) ALONG WITH MEMBERS FROM EKBJJ NORTH JOHN KEELEY, AND EKBJJ LONDON CAMILA HANSON , HAVE HEADED OUT TO PORTUGAL TO COMPETE.

GOOD LUCK GUY’S, WE WISH EVERYONE WELL !

Congrats to James Gregory who recieved his purple belt from Eddie Kone after training on monday Evening.
Everyone at EKBJJ would like to congratulate james on his promotion.

I went to class Tuesday night and it was No-Gi. Had a good time with it. We reviewed the open guard pass to knee-on-belly, which is a fairly simple technique.

We then built on the knee-on-belly to do a pretty nifty armbar from knee-on-belly if they go to defend by turning to their side and pushing your knee, which is a natural response. The video below gives a nice summary of the technique.

After that, we did a funky little move from side control to mount. It was a very awkward technique for me at first. It felt like what I would imagine break-dancing would be like. Having never break-danced, I wouldn’t know for sure, but that is what I imagine. Anyway. We drilled that move and then added a nifty little transition to a triangle choke from there. The whole sequence is shown in the video below.

Really good stuff.
Then, rolled with a guy named Jose’ and held my own. He pulled guard at the beginning and I made a pretty agressive move to try to pass, which I think surprised him a bit. He then swept me over and got mount. I did a knee-to-elbow move and slipped into half-guard. Tried to make a move around to take his back, which he blocked. He ended up taking my back. I used Saulo Ribeiro’s techniques again, “scooping” down and using the handfighting to block his attempts at a choke until I could turn in on him and get back into his guard. It ended up in a mexican standoff and the timer went off.

I then rolled with Richard (instructor that night) and got my head handed to me, but he is a purple belt, so I was not surprised. Then I rolled with his son Mitchell and got my head handed to me again. He is very quick and very strong, but at 17, I guess, we all were. Good times.

I have started embracing sweaty men again, as of last week.  I spent over five (5) months of BJJ holiday, from the time when my interest in training started waning up to the time when I actually stepped off the mat.  I am happy to be back.
During the first week, I was sore all [...]

So my last match was against my buddy Justin. It’s definitely bittersweet to be facing a guy you train with, albeit for the gold medal. Sparring with a guy week-in and week-out, you absolutely get to know his game, and this was absolutely the case in…

The fluid nature of their grappling is amazing!
*The funny thing about this video is that no one in the background is paying them any attention.

My third fight was the definition of Coach’s mantra: “Play your game, and have fun.”Tom is a super-talented blue belt at Claudio’s in Santa Cruz, and we’ve never fought before, but always end up being in the same tournaments and around the same guys. …

So like I already said, my second fight was a crazy mish-mash of insane effort, stopped only by a freak accident.Andy Osterland is a super-cool guy. We’ve been entering the same tournaments for the past year, and we see each other all over the place. …