Last night I had the honour of teaching a one hour BJJ Class at Gary's school which is a fully affiliated CFS centre across the range of Martial arts I teach. The BJJ classes there are taught by my Purple belt Corey 'Doninho' Donoghue.
Following that I taught a 2 hour workshop covering trapping techniques, drills and methodologies drawn from Wing Chun, Jun Fan arts, and the FMA.
Part of the reason for the timing of the workshop was to mark the exact 2 year opening of Herts Martial Arts academy at their current location in Barnet.
There was also some unexpected good news for head Instructor Gary Hoptroff who became only the Fifth person that I have promoted to the level of ASSOCIATE instuctor in the FMA and the Jun Fan arts. He has been training with me consistently for many years now and has just completed 5 years at the Apprentice stage having prior to that been a Trainee.
He is an excellent martial artist devloping steadily and has the respect of his teachers, students and friends alike. I am very proud to play some part in his development. Well done G!!!
This long overdue technique of the month is brought to you all the way from Washington DC via CFS BJJ HQ in London.
Professor David was over in london in November 2011 to teach a seminar at Mill Hill BJJ and was a guest at my house. He is first off a really nice guy, humble (in keeping with most of the best) and was happy to share his favourite techniques, positions and strategies in the seminar he taught and when we trained privately together.
I am very grateful to him for agreeing to put some techniques together for this blog. I must say, that David is a really good teacher. I can honestly say that I was immediately able to add as much as 95% of what he taught straight into my game and I have had similar feedback from others. I can't wait for him to return sometime again this year
Check out the vids and his resume below - Impressive to say the least!!
David "Rock" Jacobs Black Belt - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
2011 No-Gi Pan Jiu Jitsu Championship Gold Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2011 International Masters Seniors Gold Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2009 International Masters Seniors Bronze Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2008 No-Gi Pan Ams - Black Belt Adult Featherweight Bronze Medalist 2008 Grapplers Quest US Nationals - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Men's #1 Rated Grappler - Overall World Rankings - GrapplingLeague.com 2007 US Grappling Copa NOVA - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Copa Atlantica - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Grapplers Quest North American Championships - Advanced No-Gi Featherweight Champion 2007 Grapplers Quest North American Championships - Black Belt Featherweight Champion 2007 North American Combat Sports Championships - Advanced lightweight gold medalist 2007 International Masters Seniors Silver Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2006 WKA East Coast Grappling Championships - Advanced lightweight gold medalist 2006 Abu Dhabi Trials Competitor 2005 International Masters Seniors Bronze Medalist - Black Belt Featherweight 2005 Pan American Bronze Medalist - Brown Belt Adult Featherweight 2005 Grapplers Quest Beast of the East - Brown Belt Lightweight Champion 2005 Grapplers Quest USA Team Trials Tournament Silver Medalist - Pro Division Lightweight 2004 Grapplers Quest USA Team Trials Tournament Bronze Medalist - Pro Division Lightweight 2000 Pan American Silver Medalist - Blue Belt Master Lightweight 1999 Pan American Silver Medalist - Blue Belt Master Lightweight 5X Grapplers Quest Advanced Division No Gi Champion Referee of numerous submission wrestling and jiu-jitsu tournaments including multiple CBJJ Pan AMs, and Grapplers Quests Division I wrestler
Another day of great Bjj with the Manchester crew. The standard continues to improve which led to some well deserved promotions.
New belts: Carol Fan - Purple belt... Don Barr - Blue belt Paul McGillon - Blue belt Mike Thomas - Blue belt
New Stripes:
Anna Mayne - Purple 4 stripes Liam Wandi - Purple 2 stripes Graeme Kidd - Purple 2 stripes Michael Carroll - Purple 1 stripe Andy Rhind - White 4 stripes Damien Roberts - White 4 stripes Tim Bowden - White 4 stripes Lucas Gradecki - White 4 stripes Tamas Kavak - white 4 stripes Sam Wandi - White 2 stripes
