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I recently scored one of Scramble’s Purple Newaza hoodies after it was restocked due to popular demand. Scramble is a UK-based purveyor of fine grappling-inspired kit, suitable for the street and the mats. It is the brain-child of BJJer and blogger, Matthew Benyon, who you can find at The Grappling Dummy. How do I find [...] Read more »
The UK has its first homegrown female referee of BJJ competition, Pippa Granger. Granger, as readers may know, is one of the UK’s keenest female competitors, having fought in upwards of 50 BJJ tournaments. Her interest in competition has led Pippa to qualify as a referee and twice she’s followed the official course run by Alvaro [...] Read more »
Date: Sunday 6 February 2011 Time: 13:00-16:00 Location: BJJ School, Battersea Academy Address: Battersea Youth Sports Centre, Hope Street, London SW11 2DA Cost: Free The Q1 2011 BJJ Women’s Open Mat will be held on Sunday, 6 February and will be hosted by Leoni Munslow and our friends at BJJ School, Battersea Academy and is [...] Read more »
The London Women’s BJJ Open Mat has been running for a year and a half and is going from strength to strength. Our fifth event, held today at Mill Hill BJJ, saw twenty women – from white to purple belt – come together for an informal morning of drills and sparring. Our events are open [...] Read more »
In my gi review of the OTM Supa Star gi, a women’s BJJ kimono I very much enjoy wearing, I noted that the sizing of the trousers was overly generous for my body shape: The trousers, ‘modeled off the fit of a baggy women’s jean cut’, are very wide across the bottom and legs. On [...] Read more »
On 9 October 2010, the founders of Fenom Kimonos and Zebra Tournament Systems hosted the first annual Women’s Jiu Jitsu Championships in Frisco, Texas. In an historic event, 76 women and girls, supported by friends, family and spectators, competed in gi and no-gi divisions. While a report from one of the event’s founders reflected on [...] Read more »
Last night Dartford BJJ was proud to host Marc Walder for one of his regular quarterly seminars. This turned out to be a big, BIG night for Dartford BJJ and my review of the evening may be rather more personal and emotional than normal. The Techniques Marc Walder’s depth of understanding and sophisticated jiu jitsu [...] Read more »
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is part of my martial arts journey. For me, to describe (and confine) BJJ as a ‘combat sport’, strips away so much of the value and depth of the art, reducing it to a much less multi-dimensional pursuit of validation through medals and athletic achievement; I see jits as a more esoteric [...] Read more »