01/02/2011 by admin.

Another great start to the year.

Dave ‘no carbs’ Broughton, Dougie Fresh, Gandhi Burgervan, Guvna & I went to compete at the IBJJF Euros in Lisbon. Our journey began at Gatwick Airport where we were joined by Sam ‘Benjamin Franklin’ Gibson, AFS Carlson Gracie. With our new recruit onboard, the first mission was to claim our transport. With our Sleasy Jet Speedy Boarding Passes, a must for the discerning BJJ budget globetrotter. Once onboard and as soon as Gandhi had caught the eye of the camp trolley dolly, we gently persuaded him to alert all fellow travellers with the traditional shout out of Carlson Gracie OSSSSSA! Our first moral victory was in the bag!

Day one, Gandhi was first up, only to lose to a terrorist arm bar attack! I still think you were set up by the people who wanted to sell you on the internet. Day two, the Blues. Dougie, Guvna & me!

Doug, just as soon as he stepped onto the mat was invited to triangle central station. This in itself, for all those who know Doug, is NOT an easy mission. Not that this was destined to stop our Carlson Gracie unit, nearly three minutes of repeated hostage negotiations and escapes Doug decided it was about time that he showed his opponent that Carlson Gracie never goes to sleep on the job. He exploded from the triangle and went to war… his opponent went for the stall and time was called to an advantage point for the triangle attempt.

Guvna, well little did we know but our Guvna had been wearing a strap-on for the past couple of days! Not the type of aid you are thinking about but the new technology that Dave had recently found us to keep out body parts from falling off. This consisted of a full knee taped support which covered a significant tag that Guvna had picked up a week before comp. Anyway, if you know Gunva & the Carlson Gracie boys then you will know that we eat injuries for breakfast with left over curry & cobra and they never stop us from stepping on the mat and raising hell. Only this time we were without our key, Russ Hell Boy Grant!

A good fight, but the injury took its claim just before Guvna could engage the wrath of Broughton and the spicy sausages he eat the night before which prevented his escape to victory.

Me, I hear you cry, Muttley back on the mats, well yes kind sirs, it’s been a while for me, shoulders falling off, nerve damage & what not but I thought I had nothing to lose. Well I did, and I do but I wanted some definitive direction and to kick start my return to the mats and what could be better than the Euros……It’s a different kind of pressure at the Euros, but that’s another story.

I wanted my first fight to be with the current Dutch Champion as I had been studying his fights on you porn, oops, you tube! I liked his game, and deep down I knew that I could smash him up. If you read this, then yes, I would like to fight you soon, before anything else falls off. However, my fight with him was to be adjourned to another day as I had been picked to fight a fine fellow from Najah. I knew what I wanted to do and how I was to achieve my goal. He was reluctant to touch gloves so I engaged two cheeky take down attempts and on the third I got tagged in the face as we both came together, it was indeed time to jump guard.

We went to the floor and I went for the sweep and immediately realised that whilst I had been pissing around with take downs that this gentleman had grown foundations at least six foot deep and his base was not to be compromised. Scissor sweep……err nope, break his posture and work some chokes……man his joints were made of concrete not a weakness anywhere. His guard pass was good but I wasn’t going to give this up not until I could see something I wanted. He then made it to half guard. I then escaped,he then pulled guard and I went for the smash pass. I could hear my team now, something that’s always with you on the mats is the sound of their passion, them going crazy. This always seems to centre me, a great thing indeed.

Unfortunately, whilst my brain had engaged this tactic my shoulder was not going to perform such a favour and decided to lag more than a 56k modem downloading midget porn for Dave, where’s technology when you need it, why didn’t I have one of Guvna’s strap-ons? To end my ordeal Mr Najah fought to side mount and secured the points for his win.

Now, a little interlude. I went to the Euros to get direction and as much as I was disappointed, direction I have gained massively, together with a passion bordering on madness to improve my game. Dickie recently made a statement ‘the only way to lose is to stay at home’ So my friends if you are reading this and are not raising hell on the mats then an arm chair warrior you will always be.

Now for the Carlson Gracie Team 101 lessons. Sam Gibson, just turned 21, AFSCG Purple belt. His first trip abroad and he was with his new family. Watching Sam fight is awesome or ‘sick’ as he would say! A credit to his father, instructor and team, not forgetting Dave Prawn. You can learn a lot from someone like Sam, his wisdom is great in many things and you can see this from the way he fights. His first win was text book, not to Sam though, highly critical of his own performance, always striving to improve.

Now for Dave. Let’s ignore his Gold Medal as this was him at his finest, enough said. This brings us onto his performance in the team events. Now it’s not often that you can sit and watch a Carlson Gracie 101 and it’s bold to say you will not often see such marvel. Every move Dave made in his fight we the boys made with him already knowing his opponents impending doom and the eventual outcome of the match, the submission. As Sam would say SICK. Sam went on to fight the teams & Dave Prawn showed us why he is still one half of the Guns Brothers. Jamil if you read this then get back on the mats, feel free to come teach me a lesson for my ignorance, our door in Tonbridge is always open.

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05/03/2008 by admin.

Carlsons Tonbridge start an extra class per week this Friday, 7th March. Aka “Calsons Curry Friday” class will be 7pm - 9pm at the Angel Centre, Tonbridge. The format will be more workshop orientated including all the usual supects, drilling, technique & sparring.  Good BJJ followed by good Curry!

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18/02/2008 by admin.

Carlsons took third place in the 2008 Pedro Bessa Bristol Open this weekend.  1st Place - Pedro Bessa BJJ, 2nd Place Roger Gracie Academy.  The Carlson Revolution Team from Tonbridge & London put up a great performance and took the following medals.

White Feather - Silver - Adam Watts

White Medium Heavy - Gold - Stuart Barclay

                   - Silver - Ian Stuartson

                   - Bronze - Paul “The Guvna”Broughton

White Super Super Heavy - Gold - Marlin Tybura

White Absolut - Bronze - Paul “The Guvna”Broughton

Blue Middleweight   - Silver - Nisar Shaikh

                    - Bronze - Dario Bacci

Blue Super Heavyweight - Gold - Tomasz

Purple Middleweight - Gold - Barnaby Gorton

Jamil Sorouji from AFS won the Purple medium heavyweight section.

Some great wins from Dave “Bamboo”Potter, Dougy & Nick.  In true Carlson Tonbridge style the team went on to do the traditional after comp curry.  OSS!

Let me know if I missed anyone.

Oh Congrats to Dave Broughton on getting his Judo Green belt!

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29/01/2008 by admin.

What a great weekend, some great results for the Carlson Gracie BJJ Revolution Team.  Massive congratulations to Dickie Martin with his Gold Medal win in the Brown Belt Category.  Keith Casson managed to win both a Bronze in the Senior II Blue Belt Open Class & also a Silver in the Senior II Heavyweight Blue category. 

The “Broughton Brothers” had some awesome fights with some great wins against some very highly ranked players.

Laurie Dodson, fought hard in the white belt heavyweight section, a great performance, as did Little Dave Potter with his “arm of steel“.  Dave attempted two great escapes from the arm bar but the referee called the fight before risking injury! 

Berenice Gold took Bronze in the heavyweight white belt section.

Oh, & I got Gold in the Senior II Blue Super Heavy Weight Section (default) & went on to fight with Nisar for GB in the Heavyweight Team Event against our Hungarian Brothers.

 Carlson Gracie Revolution Team London & Hungary also took some serious medals.

A full report will follow once all the results are up. 

The Welsh Open will be the next one for team.  Get training & be part of the BJJ Revolution Team.

  Carlson Gracie OSS.

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24/01/2008 by admin.

Carlsons take the BJJ Revolution Team to Lisbon Portugal this weekend to compete in the IBJJF European Open Championships.  Our combined Team of over 30 strong together with our brothers from both London & Hungary will be looking to further the BJJ Revolution.

The fighting starts at 10am Saturday with the white belts.  Sunday starts with Dickie Martin taking the Carlson Gracie  “Disrespecting Legs” ethos to the Brown Belt Section.  Sunday also has the Carlsons Purple & Blue belts competitions.

Sunday’s class is still on @ The Angel Centre!

Updates to follow, keep logging on.

OSSSS!!! 

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10/01/2008 by admin.

We have started this year as we mean to go on, with Carlson’s London providing us with another Top Carlson Gracie BJJ Revolution Team Black Belt Seminar.  This Wednesday, 9th Jan, Demetrius Ramos hosted a fantastic, technical & simply awesome seminar providing something new for everyone’s BJJ Game.  Big Thanks to Demetrius for taking the time to come to Tonbridge. Thanks to all those who attended, what a “kick start” to new year.  OSS

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08/01/2008 by admin.

 *Stop press*

Demetrius Ramos Carlson Gracie BJJ Revolution Team Black Belt @ Tonbridge,this Wednesday, 9th January 2008.

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07/10/2007 by Mr Muttley.

Carlson Gracie Tonbridge were kindly invited to attend the Roberto Atalla Seminar at Applied Fight Systems, Caterham this Saturday, 6th October.  The seminar was very laid back and provided a wealth of good techniques & positions.  At the end of the seminar Roberto instructed Steve Haydock to fight each of the students, about 25-30 of them, from white to brown belt. Sometime later and after the final fight with Roberto, Steve was awarded his Black Belt.  I think that this is only the second black belt award from Roberto Atalla, his other black belt being awarded in Brazil. 

In addition to this both Jamil Sorougi, Dave Pawan & Matt were awarded their Purple Belts by Roberto.

A fantastic day, thanks Roberto, Steve & the AFS Crew. A very big Carlson Gracie OSS.

Check out Roberto @ The Boiler Room, Hammersmith, next Saturday 13th October 07

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01/10/2007 by admin.

Carlsons attended the European Fight Network Southern Open in Reading on Sunday, 30th September.  In all we had a wicked day with the team, including representation from our Hungarian & London Carlson Gracie Brothers.  Team Carlson Gracie picked up some serious medals including two Gold, two Silvers & two Bronze.  Congratulations to all, win or lose thanks for being part of the team.  Big shouts go out to all who fought & supported us on the day, but a massive Carlson Gracie OSS to Lucky “arm of steel” Kooner & Patrick Zimmerman for some impressive first competition fights.  Laurie “Kimura” Dodson for whooping the White Heavyweight Division (Gold Medal) & Dave “Knee on Stomach til you scream” Broughton (Gold Medal).  Thanks to Dickie Martin for the Coaching & Dom & Neal for the continued support. Oh, and thanks Guvna for the endless supply of Chilli Peanuts, which I now regret eating. Finally, nice one to Colin Penn on his Gold.  ”CARLSON GRACIE OSS”.

Southern Open 2007 Medal Winners

Laurie Dodson - Heavyweight White Belt - Gold

Tamas Istvan - Super Heavyweight White Belt - Silver

Bernice Gold - Womens White Belt - Silver

David Broughton - Lightweight Blue Belt - Gold

Michael Bailey (Muttley) Heavyweight Blue Belt - Bronze

Gabor Fodor - Super Heavyweight Purple Belt - Bronze

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01/10/2007 by admin.

Due to popular demand from the Guvna we gone got ourselves a Carslon Gracie Blog site.  So if you want to start blogging about BJJ or stuff then get busy with submitting your entries.  Save http://carlsongracietonbridge.co.uk to your favourites.  Simply email me @ muttley@carlsongracietonbridge.net for a username/login & password.  OSS

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