Congratulations to Karim who was awarded his purple belt by Dickie Martin tonight. After winning the European Championships at the weekend in the Blue belt lightweight division he was selected to represent the UK at Purple belt and submitted all three of his opponents, helping the National team to a Silver medal.

He is now the reigning British and European Champion and we are very proud for him to be a Carlson Gracie Team purple belt.

Congratulations to all the Carlson Gracie Revolution Team members for their great performance in Lisbon this weekend with the following placing in the medals.

Dave and Karim also competed for Great Britain in the purple belt teams event and produced an excellent display of Carlson Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

They were both undefeated and finished a total of 5 opponents by submission helping to earn a Silver medal for Great Britain.

It is with great pride that i announce that WALID TADJOURI was promoted to Black Belt today by Carlson Gracie Revolution Team Head Instructor Wilson ‘Junior’ Cretaro.

Walid was on the mat at the very first Carlson Gracie London class and has represented the team since the very beginning.He has been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for 10 years.Walid has won countless Gold Medals at every belt level and is well known as a formidable competitor on the U.K. scene.

He has been a fantastic friend and training partner to both Dickie Martin and myself since the start of Carlson Gracie Team.

Walid runs his own Carlson Gracie Mata Leao academies in Stratford,East London and Luton as well as still teaching every week at The Boiler Room in Hammersmith,Carlson’s Headquarters.I know his own students will be very proud of this massive achievement.

Walid’s promotion took place on a special day at The Boiler Room,with 120 students present to witness the event.There were about 30 more belts awarded and i will announce everyones achievement when i get all their surnames for the UK Belt Register.

Congratulations Walid,It’s a long road we have travelled together my friend.

On Saturday 12th December 2009 Carlson Gracie Revolution Team held a promotions day.

128 Carlson Gracie Team fighters travelled to The Boiler Room Dojo in Hammersmith,London for the event.

As well as Walid Tadjouri’s promotion to Faixa Preta by Wilson Junior Cretaro,the following fighters were also awarded belts by Black Belts Wilson Junior,Dickie Martin and Simon Hayes.

Carlson Gracie Team strictly follows Brazilian tradition and does not charge students financially in any way to be promoted in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,but instead a new Belt signifies a very expensive commitment of their time,intellect,spirit and loyalty.There is no grading-Just a test of heart and ability every time you step on the mat.

Well Done to the following guys-

Brown Belt-

Michal Adamczak

Purple Belts-

Ryan Robinson
Mariusz Szulc
Mark Phung

Blue Belts-

Patrick Zimmerman (6/12/09 Wilson Junior)
Robert Tokarczyk (9/12/09 Wilson Junior)
Andrew Ohls (9/12/09 Wilson Junior)
Sacha Mackenzie
Robert Watt
Tom Boswell
Kevin McGlade
Tomorr ‘Kung Fu’ Shala
Chris Duff
Ahmed ‘Rolls’ Amin
Dikaios Papadogkonas
Lucasz ‘One’ Gudanowski
Nick Steddy
Dave Holland
Stef Reader
Steve Ladley
Steven Obi
Mark Woods
Brendan Flannigan
Mick Allen
James Lutman

Carlson Gracie Junior seminar 19th September at Carlson Gracie London 1pm.
20th September at Revolution Team Dublin
21st September at Carlson Gracie Budapest
Please email for further details.

New strength and conditioning class for BJJ and MMA Sundays 2.00pm-3.30pm.
Kettlebell Strength Training Tuesdays 2.00pm-3.30pm.
BJJ Basics classes now Monday Wednesday and Friday. Check the schedule here for our new timetable.

Congratulations to all of Carlson Gracie Revolution team competitors for the excellent performance at the British BJJ Open in Birmingham in June 2009 and particularly to the following.

Dickie Martin – British Champion Black Belt +80 kg division
Murali Panch – British Champion Super Super Heavyweight Purple Belt Masters
Caiomhe Suitor – British Champion Women’s Purple Belt Featherweight and Absolute Division
Jason Bell – British Champion Super Heavyweight Blue Belt Masters Division
Karim Shah – British Champion Lightweight Blue Belt Masters division
Vince Skillcorn – British Champion Middleweight White Belt Adult division

Great to see all the hard work paying off and so many British Championship winners representing the Carlson Gracie team.

It is with great pride we announce that Carlson Gracie Revolution Team won the MESTRE MAURCIO GOMES CUP at The Essex BJJ Open on 3rd May 2009.

It was particularly poignant for Instructors Simon Hayes,Dickie and Steve Haydock because it was at the same venue in 2002 that Marc Walder and Royce Gracie ran the first Gracie Invitational,and all three were present as students on that historic day.

Coming back there 7 years later and winning the team trophy for Carlson Gracie Team was an amazing honour for the club.

Well done to each and every Carlson student who turned up to fight or support,you did a great job and we are so proud of you all. I speak for the whole Carlson Gracie Team when i thank Marc Walder,Dave Coles and all the refs,table judges and helpers for an outstanding day.

Also a huge thanks and massive respect for all the other teams that make up UK Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.Without all of us competing against each other and pushing each other at every competition the sport would not be as diverse or be growing at such a fantastic rate.

Carlson Gracie Revolution Team won the team event with 229 points to the second place teams 131 points!

On Saturday 2nd May,in preparation for the next days Essex Open competition we will be running a Seminar providing instruction on BJJ Competition rules, the points system,strategies and techniques.The Seminar will replace the usual Judo and BJJ Classes that day and will run from 12.30pm-4pm. There will be no sparring at the Seminar.

Due to the popularity of our Friday night basics class we are adding another BJJ basics class to our schedule.

Monday at 6.30pm-7.45pm will be our new basics class that joins the Friday 7.45pm-9.30pm basics class.

The first Monday class will be on 2nd March.

These classes are in addition to our new daytime classes (Mon-Thurs 12pm-2pm) Monday & Wednesday are No Gi,Tuesday & Thursday are Gi.

The basics classes are aimed at White belts,to help them build a strong foundation to their jiu jitsu,but all levels are welcome.

As usual,beginners and White belts are welcome at ANY Carlson Gracie class but we recommend attending the basics class in addition to your other classes.

All classes (BJJ,MMA,Muay Thai and Judo) are included in the £60 unlimited monthly payment,with no direct debits necessary.

We will be running Daytime classes on Tuesday and Thursdays between 12pm-2pm  at Carlson Gracie Hammersmith.

The classes will be taught by Wilson Junior, our head instructor.
They will cost £8 per class.
For Students paying the £60 Monthly Unlimited Training Fee at any Carlson Gracie club, the classes will be included free.

CARLSON GRACIE REVOLUTION TEAM proudly announce that UK BJJ Black Belt Steve Haydock and his club Applied Fighting System’s in Caterham,Surrey have joined the Carlson Team. Steve joins Professor Wilson Junior and Instructors Dickie Martin,Simon Hayes and Wallid Tadjouri as the club’s fourth Black Belt.
We welcome Steve and his students to the team and are extremely proud they have decided to join us.
Of course,Applied Fighting System’s is already a Carlson Gracie Lineage club,with Steve being one of the first UK Black Belt’s which he received from Professor Roberto Atalla. We would like to thank Professor Roberto Atalla for giving his blessing to this new,and exciting partnership.
Steve and A.F.S. have done a superb job over many years producing some of the U.K.’s most formidable grapplers.
We aim to make this partnership provide more top quality instruction or all of our students,and we will continue to attend all UK BJJ competition’s.
As with all Carlson Gracie Revolution Team club’s,any student paying a monthly membership is entitled to unlimited training at all club’s within the team at no extra charge.We hope to promote cross training,team spirit and help our student’s jiu jitsu and MMA progress by giving them access to different instructors and team mates to train with,not to mention the vast array of Muay Thai,MMA and Judo classes at the famous Boiler Room in Hammersmith,London.

This is the full list of CARLSON GRACIE REVOLUTION TEAM CLUBS in England:

Carlson Gracie London (Hammersmith)

Carlson Gracie Tonbridge (Kent)

Carlson Gracie Mata Leao (Luton and Stratford)

Carlson Gracie Camberley (Surrey)

Carlson Gracie A.F.S. (Caterham Surrey)

We had a great day today.About 50 guys turned up to train and we sparred for about 1.5 hours before some belts were awarded by Wilson Junior with Dickie Martin and Simon Hayes

Well done to all these guys,they are all tough fighters who train very hard.

BROWN BELT:

BARNABY GORTON

PURPLE BELT:

MURALI PACHALINGHAM
CAPETOWN PAUL
DAVE ‘TONBRIDGE’ BROUGHTON
SIMON ‘WATER’
WOBBLY BOB
ROB TONBRIDGE

BLUE BELT:

LEGLOCK MIKE
RUSSELL ‘HELLBOY’
DAVE ‘JUDO’ SMITH
CHINESE BEN
YANOS
SCOTT ‘JUDO GUY’ CAMBERLEY
DOUG

Carlson Gracie Revolution Team dominated at the Kent Open BJJ tournament. With over 100 fighters in attendance the Carlson Gracie Revolution Team were always going to be a formidable force but who could have foreseen such a dominant performance that even with 2nd 3rd and 4th place teams adding their points together Carlson’s were still the winners.
The whole team should be very proud of their performance, the Carlson Gracie Revolution continues!

Congrats to Antonio who received his Purple Belt from Wilson Junior tonight. After around 4-5 years as a Blue it was long overdue.He’s a monster. The class was packed tonight with 35 on the mat,so he had to walk a serious gauntlet for his whipping.

OOOOSSS ANTONIO,PARABENS!

The 2pm BJJ class will be replaced by a seminar with BJJ Revolution Team black belt Samuel Puccio to help with our preparation for the Kent Open BJJ tournament in November.

Congratulations to the latest member of Carlson Gracie London to receive his purple belt from Wilson Junior. Thien Krua-Chottikul has impressed everyone at the club with his dedication to training and excellent performances in competition and will be returning to Bangkok as a Carlson Gracie Purple belt. Well done from everyone at Carlson Gracie Team!

Come and join us on Friday night for your introduction to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the London Dojo, remember if it is your first class  then it’s absolutely FREE.

Wilson Junior awarded two new purple belts in BJJ today. Both Dario and Kuba are a credit to the club and it’s fantastic to see all their hard work paying off. Carlson Gracie London goes from strength to strength..!

Congratulations to Carlson Gracie London MMA instructor Ryan Robinson on winning the FX3 light Heavyweight title on 22nd June 2008 by submission. Don’t miss Ryan’s excellent MMA class every Wednesday at 6.30 at the Hammersmith dojo.

We are proud to announce that Carlson Gracie Revolution Team will be running a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Class at the world famous ‘Camberley Judo Club’ in Surrey on Fridays at 7.45pm-9.15pm
Camberley Judo Club,
Deer Rock Road,
Camberley,
Surrey, GU15 4EP
Feel free to come along and give Carlson Gracie Jiu Jitsu a try, beginners welcome.  Please email us if you require any more details.

It is with pride i announce that Dickie Martin was awarded his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
tonight by our instructor Wilson Junior.
Dickie,who also received his Blue,Purple and Brown from Wilson at Carlson Gracie Revolution Team
joins the ranks of U.K. BJJ Black Belts.
A fierce competitor,he has been tearing up the tournament scene since 2001.
An inspiring teacher,tough training partner and our own encyclopedia of Jiu Jitsu,Dickie
has trained exceptionally hard for a very long time.
As a Blue Belt he decided to cross train in Judo to help his BJJ game and was awarded his Judo 1st Dan in 2005.
I am also proud to announce that another Old School Carlson Gracie Student was awarded a new belt tonight as well- NISAR – PURPLE BELT.

The Purple Belt is an extremely large hurdle in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Nisar has trained for many years to arrive at this stage-Well done my friend.

A fantastic day at the boiler room with over 30 students on the mat for Rodrigo Medeiros’ seminar. With a mixture of great techniques from the seminar the students will have a lot to work on over the coming weeks.
It was also an especially memorable day for Mark,Alex, Ian,Gary and Jay who received their blue belts from Simon and Dick to mark the first major milestone on their journey in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Congratulations guys and remember, just keep training!

Firstly,Well done to the team for their awesome 2nd place at The Seni in the Team Event.Wilson,Dickie,Walid and myself are immensely proud of all of you.
We now start the training for the Kent Open in November,so get ready!

Rodrigo Medeiros (One of Carlson Gracie’s famous competition team and in my opinion one of the most technical Gi BJJ instructors in the world today) will be doing a seminar at The Boiler Room on Saturday 10th May at 2pm.All Carlson Team members should be at this seminar.It is £25.

If any of you want to fight Amateur or Professional MMA you should contact me and i will find an appropriate event for you.

If you are considering MMA then please be sure to train at Attila’s Thai Boxing class and Ryan Robinson’s MMA class as well as the BJJ Classes at The Boiler Room

STOP PRESS*

We are starting a new Judo class at The Boiler Room on Saturdays (from May 16th) at 12.30pm.It will be followed by my BJJ class at 2pm.
The new Judo Coach is Danny Murphy BJA 5th Dan (BJA High Performance Judo Coach).It is very rare to get the opportunity to learn Judo
from a coach as qualified as Danny (especially as he is also a holder of a Purple Belt in BJJ,so understands what techniques will transfer well from Judo to BJJ) so please take
advantage of this class.

THIS CLASS WILL,LIKE ALL BJJ,THAI BOXING,MMA AND JUDO CLASSES AT THE BOILER ROOM IN HAMMERSMITH BE INCLUDED IN YOUR MONTHLY
UNLIMITED TRAINING FEE OF £60 if you pay a monthly at Hammersmith,Tonbridge or Mataleao.

Congratulations to Simon Hayes who was awarded his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the Carlson Gracie London academy tonight by Wilson Junior. The 7 years of hard training that Simon has enjoyed to reach this huge milestone are an example to all of the students at the club. Well done Simon!

Carlson Gracie London Team are proud to announce their affiliation with Carlson Gracie elite fighters Rodrigo Medeiros and Julio ‘Foca’ Fernandez. The Carlson Gracie London Team will be representing Rodrigo and Foca’s BJJ Revolution Team in the U.K. BJJ Revolution Team are multiple winners of the team event at the U.S.A. BJJ national championships. We are proud to represent this organisation alongside the Carlson Gracie Team and Carlson Gracie Junior.

INSTRUCTOR-Cage Rage veteran and Professional MMA fighter Ryan Robinson will be welcoming members and non members to this class. All MMA students are invited to carry on training at the No-Gi Submission class that begins immediately after the MMA class at 7.45 The No Gi Class will be taught by a Carlson Gracie Instructor.

On Sunday 15 July Carlson Gracie Legend Rodrigo Medeiros is hosting a seminar at the Boiler Room in Hammersmith. Price £25-All are welcome.