Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes taught by BJJ black belt Tom Wilson. Get fit, build confidence and learn real-life self defence skills.
Working the X-Guard today. In this video, we transition through various X-Guard grips and then complete with a Spinning Sweep! Fancy!
Storm Ciara's in town and Government advice is essential travel only. Nothing more essential than getting to BJJ training!
Today's session we cover the Ouchi Gari takedown, using it to set up attacks from Lasso Guard. Player on their back Lasso-wraps their opponent's arm and moves to a Bicep-Slicer. And if that fails, move on to Spinning Omopalata. Quite a technical sequence, but great fun to practice!
Great training by those who made it through the storm!
08/02/2020
BJJ training tomorrow morning 10am at GB Chelmsford. Pack your gi and join us on the mats - start your Sunday right!
Free to GB members. £10 to non-members. Everyone welcome!
02/02/2020
A bit of magic from the repertoire of passed on at today's Sunday morning BJJ class at GB Chelmsford. Arm Drag to set up the Double Leg takedown. Toreandor pass to take Knee on Belly. Then moving to Side Control with a whole load of details to secure it and keep it there. Specific Sparring and troubleshooting Q&As to finish and all set up ready for a new week!
01/02/2020
I know something you dont know! Come down training tomorrow at GB Chelmsford and I might show you!
Free to GB members. £10 to non-members. Everyone welcome! See you on the mats!
01/02/2020
Bit of a trek for this Saturday's BJJ training - but going to be worth it! Braulio Estima teaching a bespoke seminar for Police Officers from across the UK - wonder what tricks he'll have to show us?!
22/01/2020
Techniques from today's BJJ & Self Defence class in Stratford. Working the Pisao entry to clinch as popularised by such as Royce and Rickson Gracie in early UFC and Pride. Then using the Head&Arm Dragdown to set up the evil twin sisters - the Anaconda and D'Arce chokes.
19/01/2020
Today's BJJ & Self Defence class - working the Head&Arm Dragdown and using this to set up the Anaconda Choke. Finishing off with Specific Sparring and Q&A troubleshooting, we also managed to invent the term Skill Biscuit! Certainly dropped a few SkillBiscuits during today's session - always more in the packet for next time!
18/01/2020
Sunday morning BJJ & Self Defence class - 10am GB Chelmsford. Set your alarm clocks and hit the mats for the best possible start to the day!
Free to Gracie Barra members. £10 for non-members. Everyone welcome!
15/01/2020
More work today on the Tripod takedown and then defending the Guard Pass by securing the Lockdown - lots of pressure on the calf and ankle to keep then in place. Finishing up with Single Leg Butterfly Sweep, another solid session in the books!
12/01/2020
Great turnout for this morning's BJJ & Self Defence class at GB Chelmsford. Lots of bodies on the mats, and good to see whole families now coming along to learn together.
Strike Defences and Entry to Clinch to start. Then onto the main sequence: Tripod Sweep with uke countering by pulling Half Guard and securing the Lockdown. Then completed with Single Leg Butterfly Sweep. Lots of details but with a lot of hard work, everyone pulled it off successfully.
Finished off as always with Specific Sparring and Q&A troubleshooting, Sunday mornings are better with BJJ. See you on the mats!
05/01/2020
Great start to 2020 for Sunday morning BJJ & Self Defence class. As well as our standard strike defences, we introduced the Entry into the Clinch whilst defending against a stream of heavy strikes. Because you cant always rely on your favourite defence working every time.
We then moved onto the Sprawl Defence against the Double Leg takedown, before attacking the Sprawl itself and using it to set up a rolling Bow & Arrow choke. Lots of positive feedback about this sequence! Hope to see you back on the mats next week! And remember - Open Mat Sparring class straight afterwards if you want to get some more practice in!