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