Thursday 23 February 2012

22.2.12 - HMA anniversary, workshop & Promotion

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!!!






Sunday 19 February 2012

CFS BJJ - Technique of the month - February 2012 - Professor David 'The Rock' Jacobs - 2nd Degree BB

Hey Guys!

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

www.fairfaxjj.com

Tuesday 7 February 2012

CFS BJJ Manchester - 4.2.12


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

Well done guys!!