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John Will returned to GSW in Lower Hutt for another round of BJJ Seminars. Once again due to numbers the seminars were split into two sessions.
White Belts and Coloured Belts.

The White Belt session was attended by 40 BJJ Students from GSW and Submission Martial Arts in Whitby. John covered a bunch of Immediate Action techniques in a seminar that he called a Vaccination Seminar.

Basically John covered answers to several of the problem areas that he sees beginners getting caught in during their first months of BJJ training. Things that John covered were, Crossover Guard defence, Side Control Escape (Hip in Pocket), Switchbase escape, Elbow Escape from Mount, Side Mount Escape, 1/2 Guard pass, Head to Head (Sit-out) and Front Choke Escape.

At the end of the White Belts session 4 New Blues were Presented 1 from Glen’s Submission Martial Arts and 3 from GSW. Conrats to Melvin, Kym and Kelvin

The Coloured Belts session covered getting the back and was attended by 30 of GSW’s Blue and Purple Belts. John had given us some great chokes at the last seminar and this time he went into several ways of gaining and controlling the back using several vital principals involving leverage and weight placement.

As always Johns seminar left everyone with something to take away and think about, as well as many things that instantly fitted into peoples grappling. Johns next session will be November 24th..

Our next seminar at GSW is with Richard Norton one of John Will’s training partners and multiple Black Belt, including his BJJ Black Belt from Jean Jacques Machado. Richard has starred in dozens of movies, with many top Martial Arts Movie Stars. Richard has also travelled the world as personal protection to performance artists. Richard bio can be found at his site www.richardnorton.net/blog

Richard will be running BJJ Seminars at GSW Lower Hutt on the 3rd of July 2010. Each seminar will be $50 and last 2 hours. Jump onto the GSW facebook page to register your interest as places are strictly limited and filling fast.
Wellington Saturday 3rd July 2010
BJJ Seminar White Belts 1pm – 3pm $50
BJJ Seminar coloured Belts 3.30pm-5.30pm $50

Wellington Sunday 4th July 2010
MMA / Street Defence Seminar (for Zen Do Kai Students)
Sunday 4th July
9am – 11am
$50

Hey all. Here are the 2 clips I mentioned in class that cover the Triangle stuff we did last week.

Both clips are by Rigan Machado and it’s the stuff he taught in Australia in 2008.

So here they are, visuals from the master!

Clip 1

Clip 2

Thanks to all that came along to Rigan’s session last night. It was a blast and Rigan enjoyed himself immensely. Here are some pics from the session:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25573780@N02/sets/72157622287729481/

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Our last class for the year will be Wednesday the 24th and we will re-open on Sunday the 4th of January 2009.

I’d just like to say a huge thanks to Shano for all his efforts on posting the Fundamentals classes on this news page. Mammoth task and I greatly appreciate his dedication to keeping this section of the site updated. Thanks Buddy!

Thanks also to all the GSW crew for making the club one of the best schools I have ever been associated with. It’s the members that make GSW what it is. Thanks Guys and Girls for all you dedication and support through another stellar year. Next year will be massive.

Have a great Christmas and remember to love your family and friends while there still here, because when they’re gone it’s too late to tell them how you feel and what they mean to you!

Take care

Geoff