18/09/2026
Proud to have been promoted to purple belt.
A huge thank you to Ramão Carvalho for the promotion, his coaching, and his encouragement and support for Grappling With Life and the work we do. Thank you to everyone I've trained with over the past year, especially those at both RCBJJ and 10th Planet London. I've seen significant development, which I put down to training with great Gi and No-gi partners who pushed me to be better.
A huge congratulations to Cherise, our assistant coach, on adding two stripes to her white belt last night; she has also been working incredibly hard.
It's taken me longer to get here than I thought, but progress doesn't always come quickly; perseverance pays off. When I push our students to work hard, overcome challenges, and keep striving to improve, I am never asking them to do more than I ask of myself.
The journey continues.
