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…
The third and final interview we want to share with you (click the links for the first and second in this series) from the research behind the Jiu Jitsu Style Magazine ‘BJJ in Schools’ article is from Jamie Hussein, who heads up the Future Champions project in London (visit their Facebook page here). To read the article for which this…
Having covered closed and half guard, we are now moving on to what is the third and most varied type, open guard. In closed guard, your legs are around the waist of your opponent, while in half you’ve captured one of their legs. Eventually, you will find that your opponent has been able to disengage…
In an exciting move for Artemis BJJ, we’re shifting our second location from Longwell Green to the Impact Gym. That means we can expand our timetable, adding on a no gi class for Saturday. The full schedule is up on the Classes page. Impact Gym is easy to reach. If you’re on a bike, it’s right…
Closed guard is a solid defensive position with multiple high percentage attacks, but eventually somebody will break your closed guard open. If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to stop them before they fully pass, trapping them in half guard. Unlike closed guard, in this position you only have one of their legs under control, rather…
Brazilian jiu jitsu is probably most famous – and indeed most innovative – in its use of the guard position. Although this was certainly a part of BJJ’s parent art, judo, it is in BJJ that the guard has arguably reached its highest level of sophistication. Closed guard is where it all begins. From the…
Thanks to everyone who took part in the GrappleThon last weekend, whether you were a fundraiser, donating to the JustGiving page or simply turning up to have a roll. The event went really well, raising over £5,000 for Kinergy! If you’d like to read more, have a look at Can’s write up over on slideyfoot.com. There’s…
Artemis BJJ, a new Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club that opened in Bristol this spring, will be holding a 24-hour ‘Grapplethon’ at the Hit Fit gym in Longwell Green on 12 April, raising money for Kinergy, a Bristol charity providing counselling to survivors of rape and sexual abuse (full details here). “We always wanted our club…
The second interview we want to share with you from the research behind the Jiu Jitsu Style Magazine ‘BJJ in Schools’ article is from Beth Thrasher, who heads up the Vector Jiu Jitsu project over in the USA (visit their Facebook page here). To read the article for which this interview was a source, pick up JJS #19….
We’re moving on from the mount to a new position this month in Bristol, the back. Together with mount, this is the highest scoring position in most BJJ tournaments (if they use points), due to its dominance. The back can be divided into several sub-positions, the most common of which is demonstrated in the picture…
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