Wednesday 30 December 2009

MORE EKBJJ / ULTIMATE FITNESS CENTRE FIGHTWEAR




ABOVE ARE THE NEW DESIGN RASH GUARDS AND MMA SHORTS WHICH WILL BE ON SALE VERY SOON, TO RESERVE YOUR TEAM GEAR SPEAK TO EDDIE OR JIM.

Sunday 27 December 2009

TRAINING TIP OF THE MONTH DEC 09

Here we start our training tip of the month, this will be supplemented by a training video so you can obtain all the finer details of the technique stay posted for video.


COMMON MISTAKES IN THE CLOSED GUARD


Throughout my years in bjj i have always been surprised how many basic mistakes are made when inside the guard of an opponent,
These mistakes all stem from one basic thing (Posture).
As i have made these errors too i recently found a student of mine was having problems from inside the guard which prompted me to write this post as i find this can be an enormous factor through out all the belts in BJJ.

The first and most common mistake is
(Bad posture)

when inside your opponents closed guard one must always keep there back straight head and eyes up and hips forward, place one of your hands on your opponents chest grabbing both lapels and making a fist which is placed onto your opponents chest.
The second hand should be placed on your opponents thigh with your elbow tucked snug to there knee, this creates a stable base and avoids you being off set if your opponent try's to grab your collar or sit up into you and the hand in the chest also prevents you being pulled down .

The second mistake is
(Never place the hands on the ground)
as this opens you up for attacks like the Kimura , Omaplata , and Triangle, you should allways keep your hands on your opponent and connected to your body as much as possible controlling your opponents hip movement is imperative.

The third mistake is (Avoid leaning back)
This will allow you to be swept and takes weight off of your opponent, giving him movement to sit up or set up scissor sweeps to name a few attacks you must keep his hips controlled.

The fourth mistake is to avoid allowing your arm to cross the centre line of your opponents body, as this makes for easy armlocks, having your back taken and being swept.
listen to what your mum used to tell you (keep your hands to yourself) this way you will be able to feel what your opponent is trying to do.

Also avoid placing one arm inside the legs unless you know how to prevent the triangle, the best movement i have found when inside the guard is to move side to side and avoid moving forwards and backwards this is also the same when standing up from the kneeling position and is a great warm up drill.

This will be supplemented with an instructional video very soon .


Above all remember (Good posture ).

EK


Wednesday 23 December 2009

EKBJJ XMAS TIME TABLE


Thursday 24th DEC (CLOSED)
Friday 25th DEC (CLOSED)
Sat 26th DEC (CLOSED)
Sun 27th DEC (CLOSED)

28TH (Closed) Bank holiday Monday

29TH 30TH (OPEN AS USUAL)

31ST 1ST (CLOSED)
2ND JAN 2010 CLOSED
3RD JAN 2010 CLOSED

Monday 4TH JAN 2010 NORMAL OPENING TIMES.

Saturday 19 December 2009

TEAM EKBJJ ASSOCIATION KIMONO



EKBJJ are pleased to announce our association kimono is complete and should be with us within the next week.


We Teamed up with ouano international and found an amazing kimono which is light durable and competition tested by some of the best in the business like
Leo viera , Andre Galvao to name a few.

The new Ouano lightweight jacket is made of 100% cotton. It is lightweight but made of very strong material with a thick lapel. Includes white belt. The collar is padded with EVA foam. The lightweight Gi is 100% cotton (mercerized / sunforized). The mercerized and sunforized process gives a slight gloss to the fabric. Helps minimize shrinkage and also helps to keep the color of the fabric for a long time. Full set includes jacket, pants, belt and comes complete with association patches already sewn on.

we are now taking orders and a small deposit will reserve you a kimono.
Please speak to Jim or Eddie .

Wednesday 16 December 2009

TEAM EKBJJ DO WELL AT COMPETITION THIS PAST WEEKEND


First of well done to all EKBJJ members who competed this weekend.

we had 2 teams enter 2 different events with some awesome results.

First at ADCC Trials
Viking Wong EKBJJ London 2nd place in his weight division (silver)
Cosmin Mirca ABSOLUTO BJJ (Romania) lost his fight to the overall winner.

Ground Control (Manchester)

Lloyd Cooper EKBJJ NORTH under 73kg 1st place (Gold)
Charlie Farley EKBJJ NORTH (Bronze) under 8okg
Jamie Story EKBJJ NORTH (Bronze) under 98kg

Also congrats to Ben Baker , Lucian Carausu , Nicky Pitts and Mark Ellis.

Well done guys you did us proud.

EK

Sunday 13 December 2009

EKBJJ PLACE AT ADCC TRIALS.


First off, well done to Cosmin Mirca (Absoluto BJJ) who came from our team in Romania to compete in the trials. Cosmin lost to the winner of the division after putting up an awesome fight in the white belt division.


EKBJJ Fighter Viking Wong also competed in the trials defeating 3 opponents.
Viking was submitted in his last fight which placed him 2ND in the 76kg division.

Congrats to both guys well done.

Ek

Wednesday 9 December 2009

TEAM FIGHT WEAR AVAILABLE ...

Guy's

Available within the next week and before Xmas is our own range of fight wear.
We will have top quality Kimono's completely patched with academy patches , custom rash guards with front and back prints and two designs of fight Short's with logo's.
Make sure you get your team kit before we sell out .
Those wishing to pre book items please speak to Jim or Eddie and get your name added to the list.
These will make awesome Christmas Presents.

Tuesday 8 December 2009

NEWS.......EKBJJ BRAND NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON

Comming Soon...


Video Techniques , MMA Techniques , Boxing and Thai Boxing techniques, Nutrition Advice , Stregnth and conditioning Advice, Top Tips from all the EKBJJ Academeys plus much much more .

Stay posted.

EK


Monday 7 December 2009

CONGRATULATIONS TO BLOODLINE FIGHTER JOHN KELLY


First off Congratulations to John Kelly who fought an amazing fight saturday night for the final in the light weight tournament at Ultimate Challenge UK, You did yourself and your team proud.
John kelly fought and dominated all three rounds to what us and the rest of the crowd The promoter Dave o,donnel, leon roberts (ufc ref), comentator, and pro mma fighter peirere (the proffessional) guliette, rob nutly, and ian (machine) freeman along with 2000 other people could not believe it, they all spoke to us in disgust about the decision.
I would love to know who was judging and how they judged it because im sure they were watching something else.
No disrespect to simon Gill and the Nova Forca team who were awesome guys and great sportsman congratulation on the win.
I have watched the footage back and can not believe it, this not only puts our sport into the question of (fight fixing / and judges not knowing what they are supposed to be looking for) but also sheds more light that we actualy need a governing body who we could go too in situations like this.
John worked his ass off for the fight and was un marked in 3 rounds, he dominated the stand up escaped all sub,ission attempts and pushed to finish the fight for 15 mins .
when the vid comes out im sure people will see for them selves.
well done to Simion Gill and his team Marcus da silva and Tim radcliff, they are among the nicest guys i have met in the sport.

EK

Links below to what the forums are saying about this.
http://www.cagewarriors.com/forums/showthread.php?p=481532#post481532
http://www.cagewarriors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46194

Tuesday 1 December 2009

BLOODLINE FIGHTER MAKES FINAL PREPARATION FOR ULTIMATE CHALLENGE


Bloodline Feather weight fighter John Kelly was adding the final preparation for his upcoming fight this Saturday at the Ultimate Challenge London, Kelly who was due to fight Mark Adams for the tournament tittle is now fighting Simon gill as Adams pulled out due to personal reasons.

Kelly has fought his way through 3 opponents to gain his place in the final defeating Max Henchy , Alex Harvey and Keith Singh.
John has trained extremely hard for this fight and everyone at Bloodline Fight Team EKBJJ and The Ultimate Fitness Centre wish him a safe and victorious fight.

EKBJJ HEAD COACH EDDIE KONE RETURNS FROM SEMINAR.



Eddie Kone and team travelled 3and a half hours on Saturday to visit and teach at one of our new affiliate academy's which is located in Rotherham South Yorkshire.

Arriving Saturday Night Eddie had 2hrs of training with the coaches and was impressed by there level and understanding of Jiu Jitsu.
Sunday was seminar day and around 20 students attended including long time Friend Carl (the fighting photographer ) Fisher.
The seminar was great basic Techniques being taught by Eddie, Everyone really enjoyed themselves and Eddie looks forward to traveling back up soon.
Thanks to all who attended and making this weekend fun.
Also big thanks to Mark (Monkey ) Bottom , Charlie Farley and John Keeley the coaches at EKBJJ NORTH and not forgetting Shukie Lok and Camilla Hanson who traveled up with Eddie.

BLOODLINE FIGHTER VICTORIOUS AT WAR ON THE SHORE


Well done Cos,

Sunday 29th november 2009 Bloodline fighter Costa doru fought at war on the shore.
He fought and beat Trevor Soko (Thaiworks) at 72kg in round via Ground N Pound.
Everyone at bloodline fight team wish to congratulate cos on his latest win.