Returning to our first ever position of the month, Artemis BJJ will be exploring side control over October. BJJ terminology is not standardised, so this position has a few other names. The most common alternatives are ‘side mount’ and ‘cross side’: for a listing of some others, take a look at Can’s BJJ glossary. In jiu jitsu, you…
John Will is a true pioneer in BJJ, one of the rare people outside of Brazil to have trained in BJJ almost a decade before the UFC. On top of that, he has membership in an even rarer group, the ‘Dirty Dozen’: they are the first twelve non-Brazilian black belts. Can was lucky enough to meet…
Following on from part one of Can’s interview with Saulo, conducted during his June 2013 trip, it’s time for part two. This week, the BJJ legend talks about his immensely popular book, Jiu Jitsu University, widely seen as the gold standard for instructional BJJ volumes. He also shares his thoughts on teaching, drawing on his vast experience of…
During the same June 2013 trip when he interviewed Fabio Santos (go here to read that), Can also had the chance to speak to one of his jiu jitsu heroes, Saulo Ribeiro. Among the greatest competitors in the history of BJJ, Saulo has gone on to become a great teacher too, at his University of Jiu…
We’ve now done a full circuit of the six major positions in BJJ, so in September it’s time to return to the back. More specifically, we’re going to focus on a variation called the ‘turtle’, where you are on your elbows and knees. This position is common when you’re trying to pass the guard and…
Continuing Can’s June 2013 interview with Fabio Santos, the BJJ pioneer moves on to his thoughts about teaching. You can read the first part of this interview here, covering Fabio’s background and his early years in the USA. The last part will be appearing on Groundwork BJJ. ARTEMIS BJJ: You have a lot of experience as an instructor: what…
Back in June 2013, Can flew out to California for the first time. That gave him the opportunity to finally meet some online friends, like Caleb from the Fightworks Podcast, along with a few big names from BJJ. Along with Rener Gracie and Saulo Ribeiro, Can had the great pleasure of speaking with a pioneer of…
Having done focused on open guard during July, we decided that there is so much to the position that it warranted another month (keep in mind that the new free women’s class will not stick to open guard in August, following a condensed positional overview instead). That means we will continue to explore some of the numerous…
Stupendous turn-out at the first Artemis BJJ women’s class! Thanks to everyone who came down. Of the ten women attending (one of whom is behind the camera in the above picture), seven had never been to a BJJ class before: we hope your first experience of BJJ was a good one. 🙂 Everyone picked up the…
The completely FREE women-only classes will be added to the Artemis BJJ schedule from next Wednesday onwards, 18:30-19:30 at our Bristol Sports Centre location just off Portland Square. These classes will be staying free until at least the end of 2014. So, if you’re a woman who has any interest in martial arts, there has…
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