Triple Thursday Training!

 Finished the week off in style at Northern Monkey HQ, with another triple training session :)

Kick started the night off with the Thai class and rounded the evening off with two killer No Gi classes and finished off all the chocolate chip muffins, brought in to celebrate the new club's first anniversary on Monday :)

Nothing going on this weekend, so it a brief rest before starting it all again on Monday :)

Pyjama Wednesday!

 Two killer Gi classes last night at Northern Monkey HQ, had a couple of new starters so went back to basics, with a high percentage guard pass and submission from side control.

Specifics and sparring ended a thoroughly enjoyable evening on the mats :)

No Gi Tuesday

It was a quiet one last night, but it was still lots of fun and very hard work from the monkeys, as I dropped in my infamous and feared Northern Monkey Warm Up System, available soon on BJJ Fanatics for $139 :)

Played around with the Nelsons from turtle position and back takes from the power half nelson, with a smattering of calf slicing :)

Great fun as always :)

Defend Your Future!

 We are into week four into this exciting youth programme and the young lads are picking up the Jiu Jitsu very ably :)

We have arranged for them to go to watch a grappling competition at the weekend, at the Grapple City event and I've told them to keep an eye on the matches and let me know when they see an Americana submission :)

Zach Smart seminar!

 Had a great time at the weekend hosting Zach Smart at the club, for an awesome Gi seminar; Zach took us into a deep dive into the butterfly guard, with cools back takes, sweeps and submissions and a great hour of rolling too :)

Four black belt on the mats, a record for this humble little club in South Wimbledon :)

People came in from Leicester, Basingstoke and Oxford to support the day, so huge thanks to them and to everyone who turned up on the day, we can't do these things without you :)

Monday Monkey Mayhem!

 I can't believe how fast this year has flown by, we are now in the last month of 2025, how did we get here so fast?!

Celebrated the club's first anniversary with the usual Monday Mayhem with the L'il Monkeys and the adult classes and finished off with chocolate muffins after training :)

Happy First Anniversary to Wimbledon BJJ!

 Yesterday marked the first anniversary of being a full time club in our new location at South Wimbledon :)

It's been an action packed year for sure, I took the big decision to go out on my own and realise a long held dream side moving here to London eleven years ago; it's not been without its challenges and sleepless nights, but as the year draws to an end, we are in great shape and ready to hit 2026 full on!

I've added Thai Boxing and women's self defence to the timetable and have launched the Defend Your Future youth project, funding by Merton Council and will be looking to beef up the timetable in the new year.

It's a week full of chocolate muffins for everyone to help celebrate :)

OOS!