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On Tuesday evening, I had the great pleasure of running a wee workshop on self defence to complement the Shoreditch Sisters WI meeting on street harassment. In a former life, I was a feminist historian with a particular interest in female associationalism and the creation of class identity, however, apart from the London BJJ Women’s [...] Read more »
Issue 3 of the UK’s first dedicated BJJ-mag, Jiu Jitsu Style, proverbially hit the stands on 21 June. I’ve enjoyed contributing to JJS since its beginnings and I’m happy to announce the publication of my Families in BJJ article in edition 3. Inspired by the family-men who train with me at Dartford BJJ, I set [...] Read more »
Leticia Ribeiro, black belt under Royler Gracie and a driving force behind the Gracie Humaita Female Team, is one of the latest elite BJJ practitioners to release an instructional iPhone App. Leticia, a highly decorated competitor and major proponent of women in BJJ, has also released the Atama Leticia Ribeiro Limited Edition gi and runs [...] Read more »
On June 8th, Dartford BJJ hosted its second seminar of 2011 with our head instructor, Marc Walder. As ever, the mats were packed for the occasion, including visitors from our ‘West Coast Roosters’ affiliate in Wales, and the atmosphere was friendly and jovial. As is customary, Marc built up a flow of techniques from standing [...] Read more »
Date: 7 August 2011 Time: 13:00-16:00 Location: Gracie Garcia BJJ Address: Unit 11, 12 Castlehaven Road, Camden, London, NW1 8QW Cost: Free Our Q3 2011 London BJJ Women’s Open Mat will be held on Sunday 7 August 2011 and will be hosted by Susan Mansfield and the good people at the To find out [...] Read more »
Over the past few months I’ve had the pleasure of working with Predator BJJ Clothing, the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu apparel wing of trusted UK martial arts brand Black Eagle, in the development of their women’s BJJ kimono. Black Eagle has been creating quality BJJ gi for some years now and sponsors male and female UK [...] Read more »