Huge congratulations to all Carlson Gracie Team members on their performance at the English Open BJJ Championships! A massive haul of Gold Medals across the divisions topped by Eduardo Consalves’ win in the black belt superfight.
| Carlson Gracie Revolution Team | 213 |
| Roger Gracie Academy | 117 |
| BJJ School | 61 |
| Checkmat | 51 |
Carlson Gracie Revolution Team will be running the English Open BJJ Championships on 6th and 7th November at Dartford Judo Club. For full details please visit www.englishbjjopen.co.uk
We now have a dedicated weight training room at 302 King Street
This includes-
Squat Rack
Full set of Dumbells
Barbells
Chin/Dips apparatus
Bench Press/Incline Press
Concept II rowing machine
Life Fitness cross trainer
full set of Kettle Bells
And don’t forget that on Tuesdays we have a specific kettle bell class at 2.00 pm
For huge gains in strength and explosive power come along and try our kettlebells class with Attila Varga on Tuesdays at 2pm. All members are welcome.
Our Thursday Thai Boxing classes are now covering the basics of Muay Thai so whether you are a complete beginner looking to start a new martial art or a serious competitor who wants to work on their fundamental skills this is a great new addition to our timetable.
All classes are operating as normal over the Easter weekend. Just keep training!
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.
| Dickie Martin | Black Belt | Heavyweight | Gold |
| Simon Hayes | Black Belt | Medium-heavy | Silver |
| David Broughton | Purple Belt | Lightweight | Bronze |
| Karim Shah | Blue Belt | Lightweight | Gold |
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.