On Sunday 4th October, we’ll be hosting top black belt Chelsea Bainbridge-Donner at MYGYM from 12:00-15:00. Only £20, everybody welcome! Head to the event page on Facebook to confirm your attendance. 🙂 Chelsea is an active competitor at the highest level, with numerous accomplishments to her name. In 2013, she won the Dream Jiu Jitsu…
From next Tuesday, we will be starting a daytime class at Artemis BJJ, running from 13:00-14:00. It will be open mat, meaning that you can drop into MYGYM Bristol during your lunchbreak at work. You can stay for as little or as much of the hour as you can manage. Depending on how popular that…
It’s side control month again, where this week we’re looking at maintaining side control. Last night focused on ‘hip to hip’ side control (class write-up on slideyfoot.com as always), with lots of drills intended to help students get used to mobility from side control. In the ‘no hands’ drill, you have to try and either…
Can has returned from the BJJ Globetrotters Summer Camp 2015 in Leuven, which was awesome. In fact, it was so awesome that we’re planning to send a team next year. If you would like to go, keep August 2016 free. A return flight from Bristol to Brussels (a short €8.80 train ride from Leuven) is…
by Tracey Robinson New and old injuries need to be treated with care. Fortunately, BJJ can be adapted around your body. In this guest blog, Tracey talks about how we’ve been able to accommodate her back injury in classes at Artemis BJJ. I slipped a disc in my lower back about 4 years ago which…
Kirsty joined the Artemis BJJ women’s class in late March, as a complete beginner. She swiftly progressed to the mixed class, then motivated a group of students from the club to join her at a competition. After only three months of training, she won a bronze medal. It’s been fantastic to watch her develop over that time. Kirsty…
On the 5th July, a team of three competitors headed up to Roll Models in Stoke, supported by Can and Laura. All three did really well, putting their techniques into practice against some tough opposition. Ross was able to win his first match on points, hitting a beautiful ankle grab sweep (which he only learned…
Last night marked our largest ever class, with eighteen people on the mat. Artemis BJJ classes have gone through a lot of growth this month, after moving everything over to MYGYM Bristol. The increase in sign-ups has enabled us to reinvest in the club, moving all lessons down to the large main mats. Friday is…
In June, we’re moving to an expanded timetable at MYGYM Bristol in St Paul’s. In addition to the existing classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, there will now also be a Friday session from 18:30-19:30, along with a Sunday open mat from 12:00-13:00. These will replace the classes in Kingswood. Full details over on the Classes page….
On the 10th May, Laura, Kirsty and Zoe headed up to the Super Seminar at Gracie Barra Nottingham, along with Can (full write-up on slideyfoot.com). It was a co-ed event taught by four of the top female competitors in the UK, Leoni Munslow, Yas Wilson, Gret Zoeller and Vanessa English. As well as sharing some…
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