Fortress Jiu Jitsu

Leicester Grappling Series – Saturday Success

A huge congratulations to Ben and Shaz for their outstanding performances at the Leicester Grappling Series on Saturday!

🥇🥇 Ben – Double Gold in Gi and No-Gi
🥇🥉 Shaz – Gold in Gi and Bronze in No-Gi

The medals are well deserved, but what makes these achievements even more impressive is the dedication behind them. Early morning training sessions, balancing work, family, and life commitments, and showing up day after day with the right attitude. No excuses, just hard work and consistency.

We are incredibly proud of both of you. Your performances were a true reflection of the effort you put in every week.

A massive shout-out to Uncle Russ. Rain, snow, cold, or heat, you’re there every morning helping push the lads forward. Your commitment and support play a huge part in these successes, and it certainly doesn’t go unnoticed.

Big respect as well to Coach Hifen and Taj for the coaching, guidance, and support throughout the competition. The work put in behind the scenes continues to make a difference on the mats.

Proud of you all. On to the next one!

Monday Gi

Congratulations to Lillie on a fantastic performance at Mat Masters this past weekend!

Despite a last-minute opponent change, the mindset stayed exactly the same: step up, perform, and showcase the skills she’s been working so hard on.

Lillie has been putting in the work week after week with a specific goal in mind, and it’s great to see that dedication paying off on the competition mats.

Proud of the performance, proud of the attitude, and excited for what’s next. On to the next competition!

This week we spoke about visualisation.

Learning to see the movement before it happens, exploring different paths and being creative with our jiujitsu. Growth comes from trying, adapting and believing in your ideas on the mats.

Congratulations to the team for all the hard work this weekend at UMAC Nottingham and All Stars BJJ Brighton

Amazing performances across the whole team, with great displays of skill, determination, and team spirit throughout the competitions. Everyone has worked incredibly hard over the past few weeks. For some, this was their first competition experience, while others continued building valuable mat time and confidence under pressure.

Competition is about creating realistic scenarios, testing ourselves, and understanding where we can continue improving our skills.

A special mention for achieving 3rd place 🥉 in the Adult No-Gi Academy division at UMAC with only 3 adults competing. After 2 years of Fortress, it’s great to see the team moving in the right direction through consistency, commitment, and hard work. The results are coming, but more importantly, the progress and development are clear to see.

BJJ All Stars Brighton

* Lillie — 🥇 Gi and 🥇 NoGi with 4 submissions
* Ryan — 🥈 Gi and 🥇 NoGi

UMAC Nottingham

Kids

* Ivy — 🥇 Gi and 🥇 NoGi
* Harry — 🥈 Gi and 🥈 NoGi
* Khaleesi — 🥈 Round Robin
* Maijka — Amazing performance and a great display of jiu-jitsu throughout the day 👏

Adults

* Abdel — 🥇 Gi division, 🥇Gi Absolute, and 🥈NoGi Absolute
* Jacob — 🥈 Gi and 🥇 NoGi Round Robin
* Kamil came up short this time but showed tremendous heart and determination. A few things to work on, but he can only continue to improve from here.

A huge thank you to all the parents, teammates, and supporters who came to help create such a great atmosphere throughout the weekend

Now it’s the start of a new week, and we’re ready to keep improving, keep learning, and getting better together. On to the next one.

Fortress Jiu Jitsu grading 02.05.26

Two new blue belts and a few stripes added. Everyone’s been putting the work in and it’s showing. Proper solid group to train with,good people, good progress, and everyone moving forward together.

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