Training Introduction

I have had the privilege of training at a whole host of academies (albeit in some instances for only one session) both at home and abroad including Gordo's, Carlson Gracie Revolution, BJJ School, Gracie Barra (GB), Alliance UK, Asylum MMA, Caged Steel (and "off shots") and Nova-Vida to name but a few.

Currently the core of my training is at three main academies these are Nova Vida (Huddersfield), GB Halifax and GB Midlands. Nova-Vida and GB Halifax only run 2 sessions a week but luckily they are on alternative days. I try and venture over to GB Midlands once a week to get black belt tuition from Victor Estima and Bruno Alves, although sometimes I cannot make it because of the distance, times and my finances. Below, is an example of a typical weeks training. I usually use Sat or Sun as a rest day depending on how I feel.

Mon and Wed 7.30pm-9.30pm Nova Vida or 7.00pm-8.45 GB Midlands
Tues and Thurs 8.00pm-9.30pm GB Halifax
Fri 12pm-1pm or 7.00pm-8.45pm GB Midlands or local gym
Sat 1.45pm-3.30pm GB Midlands or Asylum MMA or local gym
Sun 10.00am GB Halifax open mat or local gym.
*In the future I would like to add more strength/conditioning and running to my training.

As you can see life can get rather confusing with training so rather than document every lesson and technique and bore you to tears I will highlight the occasional lesson and technique in my blog. Besides most of us know what a BJJ lesson entails and many schools follow a similar routine for example warm up, drills, techniques, specific sparring, free sparring and warm down.

Please keep posted for further blogs, for now I have included some photos of my local BJJ schools;

Here is a photo of the original GB Halifax team

Here is an older photo of the Nova-Vida team after we had moved into the new premises