3 days eating the mat and punching bags… in review

Very good week of training last week, I attended Krav Maga for two nights, followed by my second BJJ class on Thursday. The week started off easy enough on Tuesday where we covered techniques against low punches to the stomach and defence against a straight stabbing knife attack. On Wednesday we had a very large [...]

Bookworm

After last weeks lesson I picked up this book on BJJ written by Renzo and Royler Gracie, its really well put together and a very informative read. Plenty of pictures to go with the techniques and descriptions, I figure this is a pretty good start for any BJJ beginner.

On a totally unrelated toipic I was [...]

Jiu Jitsu, Brazilian style!

So, I had my first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu lesson last week and it was kinda like having your nuts slapped with a wet towel: painful yet somewhat refreshing!
It was fantastic in fact, the BJJ instructor Arlans Siqueira is a really nice chilled out guy. We started with some light stretches then pretty much [...]

The THUMBS!

Monday nights class was great, after a two week break from training mainly due to work commitments, I returned to a new training schedule and a revamped gym! fantastic. The cool part is that we now have a Brazillian Jiu Jitsu class on Thursday nights! This will be a great addition to training as Golan [...]

P1 Photos

Here are some photos from the P1 grading, better late than never! Cheers Dean for the snap
Our instructors are at the front from left: Golan Levy, Tamir Gilad and Dean Cook. Thanks to those guys for all their help and motivation, and congratulations to everyone who passed.