For our first Winter Grading, there were plenty of deserving belts to be awarded. We still had something of a backlog from the last grading, with several people who weren’t able to make it back in June. After a great two hour seminar from Kev on throws and leglocks, the promotions began with one of…
Subscribe | Stream | Support In this episode, there are two brief interviews. That begins with Kev Capel, Can’s instructor. This was recorded directly before the first Artemis BJJ grading in May 2017. Kev talks about building his school (RGA Bucks) over the last decade, his thoughts on grading and helping his students who run…
What: The concept behind a GrappleThon is very simple: at least two people are grappling at any one point over a predetermined period. When: 14:00 on Saturday 3rd February 2018 until 14:00 on Sunday 4th February 2018 (Facebook event page here). Where: At our central location in St Paul’s, which is MYGYM Bristol, Unit 4B…
In July 2017, the intrepid grapplers from Artemis BJJ made a return visit to Leuven. All of us had been before, while in my case it was my third Leuven Camp. There was lots of excellent training, top notch techniques and some funky dance moves at the random mass singalong that happened in the centre…
Can and Dónal founded Artemis BJJ back in January 2014, with the women’s class beginning shortly afterwards in July 2014. We’ve grown a lot since then, going through many changes. The most significant was Dónal’s move to Wales in late 2014, meaning that Can suddenly found himself running a jiu jitsu club on his own….
This year, we will be supporting local charity SARSAS for our annual GrappleThon event. Artemis BJJ instructor Tracey, who is part of the team running our kids classes, has written a short piece explaining the important work done by SARSAS. Find out more on their website. SARSAS are a specialist support service for people in…
On the 1st March, Lisa will be starting a women’s BJJ course, which runs for five weeks at MYGYM Bristol on Wednesdays, 18:25-19:25. It’s important to pre-book, as spaces are limited. The course will cost £25. For more information, contact us on info@artemisbjj.com. You can also click here for a course poster. No punching or kicking,…
Subscribe | Download | Stream | Support For the first episode of 2017, I’m bringing out the big guns. Back in 2012, my friend Triin from Fenom Kimonos arranged an interview for me with Carlos Machado, the eldest of the legendary Machado Brothers. His younger sibling Roger also joined in, along with a representative of…
In exciting news, we have a new instructor at the club! Lisa will be taking on responsibility for the women’s class from now on, with other women at Artemis BJJ covering when she’s away (e.g., Kirsty, who has been with us for a while now). She will also be part of the team helping to…
Sunday 18th December, Neil Owen seminar 12:00-15:00 (£20) Monday 19th December, 19:30-21:00, xmas meal at Pieminister from 21:00 Tuesday 20th December, 13:00-14:00 Wednesday 21st December, 17:55-20:30 Friday 23rd December, 18:30-20:30 Sunday 25th December, 🎅 CLOSED 🎅 Monday 26th December,🎄CLOSED🎄 Tuesday 27th December, 12:00-13:00 (TBC) Wednesday 28th December, ☃CLOSED☃ Friday 30th December, 18:30-19:30 Sunday 1st January,…
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