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Last Wednesday, we had a visit from the good people at One25, the charity we supported at this year’s GrappleThon. Three women joined us on the mats to learn a couple of fun submissions. Lu also presented us with a certificate to celebrate our fundraising: the total was almost £6,000 in total! It looked like…
Artemis BJJ students Oscar and Sam L have been training six months and three months respectively. Nevertheless, Oscar managed to win three of his five matches in the -76kg category at April’s edition of the Hereford Open. Even more impressive, he won all of them by submission. Sam also landed a win. Amazingly, he racked up…
This year for the first time, our annual GrappleThon was over two legs in two different locations. We began in Bristol at our home in MYGYM, with numerous clubs taking part. Our wonderful returning sponsors gave us lots of support once again, with Seymour ‘Meerkatsu’ Yang popping down in person to take part in GrappleThon…
by Tracey Robinson In the run-up to our GrappleThon in support of One25 next week, Artemis BJJ student Tracey headed down to their offices (a short walk from MYGYM) to talk to them about their wonderful charity work. A morning at the One25 drop-in centre gave me a wonderful insight into the work they do. …
Grappling for 24hrs is hard. That much BJJ results a lot of aches and pains. But there is an answer. She’s called Lisa and will once again be offering free massages on Sunday morning (27th March). Perfect after a tough night and day of sparring.! Remember, you can still join the fundraising team, not only…
Well done to all the Artemis BJJ students who took part in the Bristol Open last weekend! Sam had four hard-fought fights to take silver in the featherweight white belt division, while Ross earned a bronze in the same category. Simon L claimed gold in the superheavy white belts, particularly impressive considering he only decided…
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 26th March 2016 until 14:00 on Sunday 27th March 2016. Where: At our central location in St Paul’s, which is MYGYM Bristol, Unit B Dean Street, Bristol, BS2…
Things go back to normal on the 2nd January 2016, but for the rest of the year, the next classes are: Sunday 27th December, open mat 12:00-14:00 Wednesday 30th December, 19:30-20:30 Sunday 3rd January as normal. So, that means NO CLASS this Friday (25th Dec), next Monday (28th), Tuesday (29th) or next Friday (1st Jan)….
On the 12th December, Artemis BJJ will be taking part in the ROLLforROWW event, organised by Chantelle Martin over in the US. She’s set up a global GrappleThon, with clubs from around the world holding simultaneous charity open mats to support Reach Out Worldwide. ROWW is a non-profit set-up by the late Paul Walker (who…
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…
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