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BJJ British Open 21st June

All those who want to compete in the British Open on 21st June will need to register on line,if you have any questions regarding the British Open please see Rob staples up at the club.This is going to be a great competition,as most of you know the Gracie invitational was canceled this year so this will probably be the biggest bjj tournament in the UK for 09  so its not to be missed.
The BJJ British Open event will be held at Cocks Moor
Leisure Centre kings Heath Birmingham 21st June 09.

Quick GBCI Update

Hi all

Just a little bit of info until we have more details.

Matt Norris, Matt Delauney and Leigh Le Blancq have put themselves forward to fight in the Brighton Open taking place on 4th April.

We wish them well and hope they continue to get results like they have been getting recently.

Also, on another note, Braulio will be back in the island in June for another weekend of training.

There is no set date yet but we will keep you informed of this as soon as the details have been finalised.

Cheers

Brown Belts & Whippings

Further to the news in the last post, Rob Staples and Andrew (Toppo) Toporis received their brown belts from Braulio Estima on Saturday 7th March 2009.

Rob and Andy are the first Channel Islanders to receive their brown belts and there are only 11 other people who have received this belt from Braulio at all.

Now on to the good news, Rob and Toppo are pretty good and locking people up in knots and making them squirm, beg for mercy, pass out or simply throw up.  Such is their ability.  So it is with great pleasure that I am able to say that the club had a lot of students there on Saturday for their gradings.

No, I don’t mean because we all think they do a wonderful job at the club putting in lots of hours for the members and training them to a very high standard as is obvious if you have read recent posts on the competition results our BJJ combatants have achieved.

No, no, no.  I meean because it was a very full house and lots of people to participate in the whippings.

This was not to be the usual whippings though and I am really sorry that I was not there to see it and actually take part.  This was brutal.

I felt sorry for Matt Norris who recently was awarded his purple belt so was forced to endure the onslaught himself. 

Instead of the usual running of the gauntlet, Matt, Rob and Toppo had to stand apart from each other in a line in the middle of the room whilst every member walked around and gave each of them a folded belt accross the back.  But wait, if that’s not enough, Braulio insisted that everyone went round three times dishing out as much punishment with each stroke as their training weary bodies allowed them to do.

For those of you who know Braulio and think he’s a nice guy, think again.  Pure barbarian with a great big smile.  He doesn’t just fold his belt….no.  He doesn’t just whip his belt….No.

He platts his belt so it looks like some kind of chain and he puts so much effort in to the strike that if there was no body, ie, Rob, Toppo, Matt, there to take the blow, he would still be spinning like a tornado now.

I have attached some images of the whippings, bruises and final rewards.

Joking aside, the belts are well deserved and only goes to show the kind of class instructors and students our little Jersey club has.

Braulio Training And Two Brown Belts Awarded

Here we are again , the first seminar of the 2009 with Braulio Estima.

Friday night no gi session started with a quick warm up and straight into
it ,going over and tightening up on some previous techniques and adding
some fine detail,of course some rolling.

Saturday started with a session for the junior members of the Academy ,
with 20 juniors attending it was a great training session, at the end
Braulio awarded stripes to a number of the juniors.

20 students turn out for the GI session which was great to see , Chris
Goldsbrough came over from the GSY  Academy with 3 students ,Brauilo was due to go over to the GSY academy on the Sunday.

The session started with the warm up then into some cool guard passing
techniques, as ever Braulio pulled the techniques apart and in is own
unique way explained ever detail so everyone from white to purple belt
could understand the techniques, After a half hour rolling session Braulio
awarded stripes to some of the students,

Then he produced two brown Belts which he awarded to Rob Staples and Andrew Toporis (Topo), the first two BJJ Brown Belts in the Channel Islands.  (Braulio has only awarded 11 brown belts in the UK)

Then the whipping started, also Matt Norris was in for the whipping as
Braulio awarded him his purple belt at the BJJ Europeans.

Off to the airport to catch our flight to GSY only to find the flight had
been cancelled due to fog, unfortunately  this ment that the GSY seminar
didn’t go ahead.

Braulio will be returning to the Channel Islands in June ,date tbc

We do have pictures but I am just in the process of resizing them.  I will have them up some time today.

Cheers

What Techniques Would You Like To See Added To This Site

Hi everyone, something a little different for this post.

Firstly, Happy Birthday to Rob Staples. He won’t let his ageing and continuoulsy failing body stop him from teaching you guys BJJ.

Secondly, What techniques would you like to see tutorialized on the site. (Note to myself: Is tutorialized a word???)

Basically, Rob had arranged for a lot of photographs to be taken at the club one Sunday morning so we could start putting them together as a series of always available tutorials for you to view online.

Rob has an idea as to what techniques he wants up there but you are the people who will be viewing them so your input is absolutely 100% needed here also.

Using the comment section below this post, list a few types of techniques you would like to see added to the site at some point. It can be anything so long as it is BJJ. We are sticking to BJJ and leaving MMA out of this site for now.

So, would you like to see for example, side mount escapes, side mount attacks, closed guard escapes, north south techniques, x-guard attacks or escapes…the list goes on and on.

If we can get an idea from you, it will help us to try and get the site more suited to your needs.

You can be as detailed as you like in a particular technique or you can be general which would suit a broad range of stuff.

So, there you go, leave your ideas in the comments boxes below and we will slowly try and get this added to the site for you.

Cheers

Braulio Training Weekend – Fri 6 March Through Sun 8 March

Hi all

For those of you in Jersey, Channel Islands over the weekend of Friday 6th through Sunday 8th March, please feel free to take the chance to train with Braulio Estima who will be visiting again.

Braulio is a multi World and European champion in both black belt weight category and black belt absolutes.

The schedul for the weekend is as follows although this is subject to change.

Friday evening 6th Feb will be a no-gi class and will probably be suited to more expeienced grapplers and not complete novices.

Saturday 7th March from 11:00am – 12:00pm will be the juniors class. Please try and make this if you are a junior or your child attends the junior classes. Braulio is an amazing instructor for children as well as adults and brings a lot of fun into the class.

Saturday 7th March 12:00pm (ish) – 2:30pm will be the adult classes.

Saturday after 2:30pm will be private lessons which need to be booked with Rob Staples in advance by email training@gracie-barra-channel-islands.com

Sunday, Braulio and Rob will be venturing over to Guernsey to train with Chris Goldborugh’s Guernsey students. This is still to be finalised but currently looks like this is going to happen.

Please make the effort to get to some of the training sessions being made available to you. As you may have seen by recent posts about the guys from the club who have done so well in recent competitions, the standard of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Jersey and Guensey is very high, and the fact that we have access to instructors such as Braulio Estima on a relatively regular basis keeps that high standard moving forward.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to elave a comment.

Hope to see you up at the club over the weekend.

Finally, to ensure that you are made aware of any changes to the schedule that may happen, please leave your name and email address in the boxes provided at the tope of the page. This will be the quickest way of notifying you.

Cheers

More Results For Matt And Russ

Hi all

It appears the results I gave out earlier were not the only ones to celebrate.

The results in the previous post were for fighting in their respective weight categories.

I have since learned that Matt Norriss fought on Sunday also in the Purple Belts absolutes and won another silver medal while Russell Allchin fought again in the Blue Belt absolutes and also won another silver.

Way to go lads.

A more detailed report to follow later so if you haven’t already done so, please leave your name and email in the boxes provided and you will be informed as soon as we have posted it.

Please leave a comment.

Cheers

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