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Analysing Open Guard Techniques to Beat Them

Analysing Open Guard Techniques to Beat Them

For some, Friday night is their favourite training session of the week – numbers ranging from ten to twenty – it’s like a club within the club – Mondays and Thursdays being very busy with lots of fun and many training partners. Saturday’s exclusively No-Gi sessions are seeing climbing attendance too – all very pleasing as we finish our eighth training hour in Kingston, for the week.

Nice also to…

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Living the BJJ Lifestyle at 40+

Living the BJJ Lifestyle at 40+

Fantastic training at BJJ Lifestyle Team – an opportunity for us to stay healthy, see our friends several times a week and of course, learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. There are lots of white belts on our team – and many in their 30’s and 40’s – it’s never too late to start training – to quote one new member:

‘ wish I had joined the team sooner, I look forward to each training session. You will leave…

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Focusing on Defence for Common Submissions

Focusing on Defence for Common Submissions

More white belts – increasing the size of the team

Enjoyable training sessions with BJJ beginners and advanced students training together. We’ve started looking at common submission defences – with training sessions starting to take on a submission then defence, format.

Looking at an Ezekiel defence

Our takedowns are still featuring every team training session. People with absolutely no…

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Strong Team Spirit at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston

Strong Team Spirit at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston

Nice shot of some of the team rolling – lots of new faces and the experienced white, blue, purple and brown belts – all training in the same session, helping the beginners along. We all want the team to grow and be successful.

Monday’s session saw us looking at a couple more half guard sweeps – great to see everyone’s BJJ standard improving – some really clever, technical Jiu-Jitsu being…

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BJJ White Belts Improving Quickly

BJJ White Belts Improving Quickly

Beginners Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training sessions going well at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston. Nice to see some ladies training – some with previous Jiu-Jitsu experience. Our white belts are being introduced to all of the key positions – we’re looking at the basics of half guard at the moment. 

Our more advanced belts are now becoming quite technical – and the whole team is benefiting from our…

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Working Hard on our Takedowns

Working Hard on our Takedowns

Having the ability to take someone down is fundamental to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – that’s why we have started incorporating our takedown practice into every training session. Rather than working on dozens of takedowns that are very sport focused – we keep it simple, believing that a couple of solid takedowns with some follow-ups if the first attempt fails, is the key to success.

Clearing the lead…

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First Week of Training Free

First Week of Training Free

  Become part of the BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston – big friendly team learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Brazilian Leo Negao from Rio de Janeiro. Beginners program in place – lots of white belts attending our Monday and Thursday training sessions – just two minutes walk from Kingston bridge.

  If you want to discuss what to expect before you come along – call Diccon on 07973 303 147.

Get started…

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Numbers Lifting at Beginner BJJ Lessons

Numbers Lifting at Beginner BJJ Lessons

Numbers lifting in our beginners BJJ lessons in Kingston. Lots joining the team tying the white belt for the first time. Our focus on fundamental Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is giving everybody a super strong foundation and our sessions are often very well-attended with many new to BJJ. We are the BJJ Lifestyle Team – and team spirit is an abundance – the mat is where we like being with our teammates –…

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Darren Promoted to Blue Belt

                            Very pleasing to promote Darren Sawyer to blue belt – displaying great technical application over the course of the last couple of months – his standard has soared. Darren now attends three of BJJ Lifestyle Team’s training sessions per week – including Saturday’s No-Gi lesson. Oss.

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Two new purple belts, a blue and big class numbers at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Kingston

Lots of complete beginners turning up at our BJJ for beginners lessons (7-8 pm, Mondays and Thursdays) – class numbers soaring and two absolutely fantastic purple belt promotions – Don Eckley and Jack Loy – promoted by Leo Negao after both sparred with him. Cascas-Grossas!!

Congratulations also to Sang-Gu on his hard-earned promotion to blue belt – two years of solid training.

Training sessions…