Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) comes from Brazil, never saw that coming did you, haha. Carols and Helios Gracie developed BJJ in the 1920's. It is a martial art and combat sport focusing on ground fighting with submissions (joint manipulations and choke holds). It prides itself on being particularly effective against opponents of a larger size than yourself. There is no striking (punching, kicking etc).

We work through a yearly curriculum with two gradings a year, moving from white belt, through blue, purple and brown to black belt and then on to higher levels of black belt.

white belt

You will learn:

The principles of BJJ
Learn the names of the positions and popular techniques
How to transition from submissive to dominant positions
How to effectively execute some submissions from each dominant position
Defence and submissions from neutral positions
Basic self-defence

Blue Belt

You will learn:

Takedowns from standing
More escapes
More submissions
More defence
How to be more consistent in executing the principles of BJJ
How to be cleaner, smoother and more competent at techniques already learned

Purple belt

You will learn:

How to develop strategy and lay traps
How to chain multiple techniques together
New advanced techniques
how to refine and perfect previous knowledge
And express self development