North East Jiu Jitsu

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'North East Jiu Jitsu' 

Hey guys and gals, for the first blog post i'll give a short (as I can) introduction to the team, how we got started, what the year has brought so far and goals for remainder of the year etc. 

North East Jiu Jitsu started or was 'founded' if you like at the start of February 2015, complications occurred in previous destinations where we used to train so I (Ellis) and the team were left without a place to train, after help from a few good friends I got a small room sorted and matted it out, boom, we had a place to train full time with 24/7/365 access. 

With some switching up of the timetable adding more available times to train and more structure to classes the motivation was high, basically one of my personal goals for the year was to get out and compete at as many IBJJF competitions as possible, this resulted in my personal training output being high as there was always motivation to improve and be in shape with the rigorous competition schedule, so it only helped bring the team on as well as myself. We trained hard throughout the remainder of the winter months with the team quickly growing, picked up some great new additions to the squad, making the gym even stronger and even more of a family! 

2015 has been an all around success, I have took 4 IBJJF golds this year, been promoted to purple belt, there has been a couple more purple belt promotions on the team, we have a small crew of 4 people training full time, night time classes are approaching an average of 10 a night, basically the gym is going from strength to strength and we're slowly creating the right environment to cater for whatever anybody's goal who walks through the door is. Whether it be to be the best competitor they can possibly be, to keep fit or just to make some new friends. 2 years ago we were just a small bunch of friends, all white belts training without any instruction, now there is multiple classes every day, guys training full time, private tuition available all day every day, British champions, European medalists... the list goes on.

Approaching the back end of the year and the next big change is just around the corner, at the start of September we're moving to a bigger space, again, this wouldn't be possible without the help from a friend. With the change in locations, i'm looking to change the timetable up a little and add more classes, potentially daytime classes instead of open mats, kids classes, girls classes and maybe even some yoga. I'm always looking to keep rising the bar higher and higher and with the move will come along with a fresh burst of motivation to help achieve this. (Stay tuned with the Facebook page or contact me directly for information.) The goals for the rest of the year are to just keep steepening the progression line, make it out to more competitions, get the team traveling together as a whole, winning team trophies but most importantly enjoying jiu jitsu, the thing we love to do! 

I thought for the first post I'd give a little insight into the year so far and what is to come. I will look to keep this blog as active as possible, basically just posting any news, maybe some technique/instructional videos, competition results and just general progress. Hope you stay tuned and keep up to date! As always, anyone is welcome to come down and train and visitors from out of town train for free! Just drop me a message!

Ellis