http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:43:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you who'll not be able to make the British Open at the end of this month, there's the Gracie Invitational gi and no gi competition coming up Sat 29th-30th May at the Seni-2010 show at London's Excel Arena. If you can make only one competition this year ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/gracie-invitational/ Gracie Barra Channel Islands is pleased to announce that we have been chosen to be Evolution Fightwear distributor for the Channel Islands, Already a favorite among fighters at the academy.Be it BJJ or MMA Evolution Fightwear has it covered, BJJ gi's rash guards,shorts,mma gloves the list goes on, From fight ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/gbci-is-now-evolution-fightwear-distributor/ It's looking like Gracie Barra Channel Islands will be well represented in the British Open this year.With around half a dozen competitors from Jersey and the same from Guernsey who have already booked up and registered for the comp. Anyone who's thinking of going and haven't registered at this moment ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/gracie-barra-channel-islands-heading-to-the-british-open-2010/ I received an email from Gracie University this morning stating that they had a video posted which states why police should all have a good understanding of self defence and not rely solely on weapons, tasers, pepper spray etc. Sometimes, attacks happen to quickly for any weapon to be drawn or ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/attacks-on-police-and-possible-responses/ http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/british-open-2010/ Congratulations go out to Matt Norris who has managed to come back with a Bronze Medal at the European BJJ Championships taking place in Lisbon, Portugal. He was fighting in the heavyweight division of the purple belts. A quick summary based on messages received from Russ Allchin and Matt explain how ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/matt-norris-wins-bronze-at-european-bjj-championships/ Hi all, a quick update courtesy of Matt Norris via www.twitter.com/chuckjsy regarding Russell Allchin's fights at the European Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships currently taking place in Lisbon, Portugal. Russell has had a tough competition proving that there are some good guys out there and nothing should be taken for granted. I am ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/russ-allchin-european-bjj-championship-results/ Hey everyone Graciemag put a video on Facebook which shows some fantastic footage of Braulio Estima in various gi and no gi comps. Whoever put the video together did a great job in timing bits with the music. I hope you enjoy it. http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/excellent-braulio-estima-video/ Hey everyone, I saw a Twitter post pointing to this video and thought you guys would like to see it as well. It is a favourite technique of Braulio's so if he thinks it's good it's got to be worth paying special attantion to. See yourself submitting someone on your next training ... http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/braulio-estima-inverted-triangle-technique/ Here's Matt Norris fighting Ed Brown at the Kent Open this year.   Matt is off to fight in the European Championships at the end of the month and if this video is anything to go by, I'm sure he is going to have a very good competition.   http://gracie-barra-channel-islands.com/matt-norris-v-ed-brown-kent-open-2009/