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 15th April 2017 until 14:00 on Sunday 16th April 2017. Where: At our central location in St Paul’s, which is MYGYM Bristol, Unit 4B Dean Street, Bristol, BS2…
Subscribe | Download | Stream | Transcript (Edited) | Support This interview follows on directly from the chat with Val Worthington, recorded during the same April 2014 trip to Virginia. Chrissy and Brian Linzy are two of the three founders of US Grappling (the third is Andrew Smith), pioneers of true submission only tournaments. We…
Subscribe | Download | Stream | Support This interview is from last month (10th October 2016), just before Chelsea and Tom taught their third seminar at Artemis BJJ. Chelsea is a top competitor training at Art of Jiu Jitsu under the Mendes Brothers, Tom teaches in Plymouth and has lots of titles to his name…
Our timetable continues to expand, with a new Wednesday class starting next week on the main mats from 18:30-19:30, right after open mat (the women’s class will still be running in the studio upstairs, 18:25-19:25). Sunday now also has a nogi session from 11:00-12:00. Be sure to check our timetable to check out all we…
Last month, the jiu jitsu community sadly lost Nichole Ossman. Her friend Averi Clements wanted to do something to honour her memory, coming up with the idea to #RollForNichole. The aim was to bring BJJ schools together around the world, raising awareness of mental health. Supporting your team mates can have a much bigger impact than…
Subscribe | Transcript (Edited) | Download | Stream | Support Rener Gracie, son of the pioneering Rorion Gracie, heads up the Gracie Academy in Torrance with his brother Ryron. He is also the face of the Gracie University, an online training program used throughout the world. In this interview from Can’s visit in 2013, Rener…
A video posted by Artemis BJJ (@artemisbjj) on Oct 4, 2016 at 12:29am PDT Open mat is a wonderful part of BJJ, particularly the fun vibe. That gets even better at GrappleThon events, when a whole bunch of BJJ clubs get together (e.g., our friends at Pedro Bessa BJJ and Origin BJJ, whose GrappleThons are…
Subscribe | Transcript (Edited) | Download | Stream | Support In this interview from 2014, I speak with Dr Valerie Worthington. Among the many strings to her bow, Val helps run Groundswell Grappling Concepts, writes for Breaking Muscle and teaches at Princeton BJJ. She also has a book out, ‘Training Wheels‘, a BJJ travelogue that takes…
Subscribe | Transcript (Edited) | Download | Stream | Support Legendary instructor Fabio Santos joins the podcast for our second episode, in an interview I recorded back in 2013 on a trip to California. Fabio is a pioneer of BJJ in the United States, having taught jiu jitsu as far back as 1983 in New…
Subscribe | Download | Stream | Support For the inaugural episode of the Artemis BJJ podcast, this is an interview Can did with Michel Verhoeven back in 2013, before an excellent seminar (full write-up of that here). Michel is a Rickson black belt in the Netherlands, who was over in the UK to teach at Paul…
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