Class info
Fees
First month: $120 (includes a One off joining fee)
After your first month
Only BJJ classes: $40 per fortnight. (via AP)
Only MMA classes: $40 per fortnight. (via AP)
Unlimited classes: both BJJ & MMA $60 per fortnight. (via AP) All BJJ and MMA classes at GSW & Lockdown
Or Casual classes: $25 per class
A Uniform will need to be purchased after a few weeks of training, they can be purchased from the club or online.
Our mentor, John Will, runs BJJ seminars at GSW every few months (They’re semi compulsory) they cost $60.
Please note* There are no grading fees, no charges for belts, no hidden costs assiociated with your training. Just one fortnightly automatic payment for all your training.
Timetable
GSW Wellington L2 272 Taranaki St
Monday
7.00 – 8.00 pm: BJJ Fundamentals (new members)
8.00 – 9.00 pm: BJJ Advanced (Gi – grappling)
Tuesday
12.00 noon: BJJ Advanced – By arrangement (Check Facebook)
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm: MMA Fundamentals (New Members)
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm: MMA Advanced
Wednesday
7.00 – 8.00 pm: BJJ Fundamentals (new members)
8.00 – 9.00 pm: BJJ Advanced (Gi – grappling)
Thursday
12.00 noon: BJJ Advanced – By arrangement (Check Facebook)
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm: MMA Fundamentals (New Members)
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm: MMA Advanced
Friday
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Open Mat – By arrangement (Check Facebook)
Saturday
10.00 am – 12 noon: BJJ Intermediate (Gi-less – grappling)
Sunday
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Open Mat – By arrangement (Check Facebook)
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu:
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art that mainly addresses ground fighting. BJJ emphasises technique, leverage, planning, and conditioning rather than strength and power.
BJJ uses the strength, energy, and power of your opponent to your advantage. Capitalising on the power and direction of force your opponent is applying, the BJJ exponent is able to manoeuvre himself into a superior position to win the contest.
The BJJ practitioner is comfortable fighting from any position on the ground and use combination of chokes, arm locks, knee locks, ankle locks, and other moves to force their opponent to submit. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu exponent is comfortable fighting from his back in a position is known as the guard. Knowing how to move from this position can be of great benefit in a real situation for both men and women.
Class Structure:
BJJ Fundamentals Class: Note: Technical class has no open grappling.
The Beginners class for all new members and those that have been training for less than 6 months.
Class breaks into partners based on size, weight and experience.
Drilling of specific skills or positions combined with learning and fine-tuning of specific techniques.
BJJ intermediate Class:
Class breaks into partners based on size, weight and experience.
Skills based session of general grappling to develop ones grappling skills and apply techniques learnt in “Fundamentals” class.
Warm down and revise the class.
Note: Access to intermediate classes is granted after at least one months training in the “Fundamentals” class.
Fees: $120 first month (includes joining fee) Then $40 per fortnight for Unlimited BJJ classes.
Mixed Martial Arts
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques and skills, from a mixture of martial arts and non-martial arts traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of both striking as well as grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Such competitions allow martial artists of different backgrounds to compete.
The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be traced back to various mixed style contests that took place throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s. The combat sport of Vale Tudo that had developed in Brazil from the 1920s was brought to the United states by the Gracie family in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Professional MMA events had also been held in Japan by Shooto starting back in 1989. In due course the more dangerous Vale Tudo style bouts of the early UFCs were made safer with the implementation of additional rules, leading to the popular regulated form of MMA seen today. Originally promoted as a competition with the intention of finding the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat situations, competitors were pitted against one another with minimal rules. Later promoters adopted many additional rules aimed at increasing safety for competitors and to promote mainstream acceptance of the sport.
Note: Access to advancedclasses is granted after at least one months training in the “Fundamentals” class.
Fees: $120 first month (includes joining fee) Then $40 per fortnight for Unlimited MMA classes.
