Awesome Tuesday Night with special guest instructor Coach Laura Barker: IBJJF European Champion, Multiple British National Champion and World Pro Champion Super drills and techniques from guard including Laura's awesome Omoplata; Everyone working their hips hard to secure the correct leverage and movement in order to...
Awesome day representing the Red Shield at the Mary Stevens Hospice Summerfest charity event today at Himley Hall. Kicking off not-so-bright and early with the Saturday NoGi class; double legs and sprawls to transition to the back to begin, then half guard passing variations at the...
Awesome class last night with Guest instructor Professor Arari Great details of control from Butterfly Guard into X-guard and then into sweeps, all delivered in Professor Arari's unique style. Incredible atmosphere, great learning and sharing of technical details on the mats with plenty of opportunity to put...
Gracie Barra Success Story: Competitor Meet Dave aka 'Lonewolf Lockwood'. "I first started looking into Brazilian Jiu jitsu because I wanted my son to start as soon as he is old enough as I am a big believer in kids needing to be pushed both physically and...
Meet Stuart. He started his Jiujitsu journey at GB Wolverhampton a few months ago and has embraced the Jiujitsu lifestyle and used it to help cope with his disorder and life challenges. This is his story...
Gracie Barra Wolverhampton's white belt army stepped up on Friday evening to defend the Red Shield and put themselves against competitors from across the country and beyond. Some fantastic displays of Jiujitsu, heart and determination. Ajit demonstrating awesome guard retention skills, big Dal submitting his...
Great triumphs and challenges for our GBKids competition team at this years prestigious BJJ British Open. Tough matches for all our competitors, drawing current champions, difficult referee decisions and fatigue. And although no gold medals this time the progress in their Jiujitsu, resilience and heart shone...
Gracie Barra students working together again with our local community - helping the Oasis Soup kitchen, part of our neighbouring Christian Life Centre, celebrate Easter with another fantastic food donation. GBKids and adults bringing in tinned goods in the run up to Easter with professor Nathan...
Professor Nathan stepping up this weekend at the 2017 IBJJF Rome Open Championships and 2017 European NoGi Championships held for the first time in the ancient seaside city of Ostia. Competitors from all over the globe filled the divisions and fought hard to succeed. On Saturday...
March 5th saw our GBKids competition team step onto the national competition scene for the first time. This time displaying much more pose and patience in their contests, displaying improved technique and incredible confidence. Some incredibly hard fought matches, tough decisions and challenging opponents throughout...