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Artemis BJJ visit to the 2017 Leuven BJJ Globetrotters Camp

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…

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12 New Blue Belts & 1 New Purple at Artemis BJJ Grading Seminar with Kev Capel

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….

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SARSAS: A brief introduction to their important work

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…

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Artemis BJJ women’s course (5 weeks) starts 1st March

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,…

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Episode Seven of the Artemis BJJ Podcast: Carlos, Roger & Jean Machado

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…

Xmas Opening Times 2016

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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Details of Artemis BJJ Charity GrappleThon 2017 For SARSAS

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…

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Episode Six of the Artemis BJJ Podcast: Chrissy & Brian Linzy

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…

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Episode Five of the Artemis BJJ Podcast: Chelsea Bainbridge-Donner & Tom Barlow

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…