Introduction for BJJ beginners in Kingston and Surbiton Our BJJ lessons for beginners in Kingston are all about having a nice training evening in a relaxed environment with a focus on learning and not fighting. Worried about your physical fitness or think the training (sparring) we do at the end of our lesson is going to be too much for … Read More
Control and Submit
Recent lessons have focused strongly on Mount escapes and Mount retention – however, we are also looking at armbars. It’s so important to control someone’s posture before attempting to finish a submission. The Mount escape techniques we are majoring on are the elbow escape and a modified version of the classic trap and roll. There are so many steps and … Read More
Strong Team Spirit at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston
Nice shot of some of the team rolling – lots of new faces and the experienced white, blue, purple and brown belts – all training in the same session, helping the beginners along. We all want the team to grow and be successful. Monday’s session saw us looking at a couple more half guard sweeps – great to see everyone’s … Read More
Big Mike Promoted to Purple Belt
Great to promote Michael Cheung to purple belt on Thursday night at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston. The following 13 pictures celebrate his white to purple belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey. Oss Big Mike!
Practicing and Refining our Pressure Passing at Kingston BJJ
Pressure passing – Saturday’s training session was focused on the pressure passing that Leo Negao is so well-known for. Again, details, details, details that make it extremely hard for someone to deal with your guard pass – extremely difficult for someone to recover guard. Our Saturday training sessions at the Sea Cadets Centre near Kingston bridge provide a fantastic insight … Read More
Total Beginners Bolstering Team at BJJ Lifestyle Team
Lots of beginners turning up at Lifestyle Team to learn BJJ. Getting everyone to a stage where they have a very strong grasp and deep understanding of the fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is our mission. Housing champs is great, but getting people started with a view to them training for the long-term is of paramount importance to us. Lifestyle … Read More
Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at BJJ Lifestyle Team
We’re spending a huge amount of time developing our closed guard – working hard at killing our opponent’s posture. For us, ultimate BJJ self-defence starts and ends with the closed guard – educating our bodies to deflect power, finding angles, removing defences, shifting our opponents around with clever use of body mechanics. Re-directing, neutralising our opponent’s strength. Destroying our opponent’s … Read More
Gold at the BJJ British Open for Michael Cheung
Michael Cheung is starting to take grip on the Rooster Master 1 blue belt division. This month he won gold at the British Open where he took the back of both of his opponents and submitted them. Success at the British Open follows on nicely from the gold he won last year at the Surrey Open. Congratulations – hard training … Read More
Silver at the BJJ British Open followed by Gold at the Gloucester Open
Congratulations to Richard Mackie who earlier in the month won silver as a white belt in the heavyweight division at the British Open. Rich has now followed this up with a gold medal as a blue belt at the Gloucester Open – finishing his opponent with a Kimura in the final. Oss.
Lifestyle Team hits 50 strong..
Oss! Our reputation for quite outstanding coaching attracts new members to the team – deepening the ranks. Very pleasing to see some very capable and athletically able beginners joining the team this month – all with a promising future. Judo specific BJJ is thrilling to watch on Monday nights with many of the team’s more experienced members really getting the … Read More
