Verified Belt Rankings of UK BJJ Students

[Simon Hayes]

All legitimate belt rankings should be listed on this link.The ranks listed have been verified.

http://www.efnsports.com/forum/index.php?board=25.0

[Ben]

Woohoo I'm verified. Do I get a certificate? ;)

[DCurrie]

Woohoo I'm verified. Do I get a certificate? ;)

Well, you do need certifying.

[slybone]

i'm still flying under the radar....

[Gareth]

How do we get the list updated? I've posted several additions to the list on the thread and only one of the names has been added?

[iandean]

Gareth - you need to know the secret BJJ handshake

[Simon Hayes]

How do we get the list updated? I've posted several additions to the list on the thread and only one of the names has been added?

Send Ollie Geddes a PM (stalkachu) and make sure you give him a month and year of the promotion and who gave the promotion.

[Levo]

Not many SBGi guys on there, including me at purple.

Well done on trying to take on such a huge task though.

Does this secret BJJ handshake involve use of the gi?

Nathan

[fishface]

Not many SBGi guys on there, including me at purple.

Well done on trying to take on such a huge task though.

Does this secret BJJ handshake involve use of the gi?

Nathan


Yeah sure does Levo, one hand on gi lapel, other hand on wallet :D

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[Levo]

Yeah sure does Levo, one hand on gi lapel, other hand on wallet :D

F

Lol. That's a standard BJJ coach grip right? Nothing secret about that ;)

Nathan

[The Natural]

nathan,

if u dont mind me asking..how long did u train in the gi?

was bjj ur first encounter with submission fighting?

[Levo]

nathan,

if u dont mind me asking..how long did u train in the gi?

was bjj ur first encounter with submission fighting?

Don't train gi, never have. Only worn one a few times. One of the last times was just to get my purple. Sucks you can't really get graded nogi many places.

I first got interested in MMA and it was the grappling aspect of it that which really caught my attention so naturally I just trained without the gi. Then Submission Wrestling started to develop and become popular and that became my main interest.

Nathan

[The Natural]

Don't train gi, never have. Only worn one a few times. One of the last times was just to get my purple. Sucks you can't really get graded nogi many places.

I first got interested in MMA and it was the grappling aspect of it that which really caught my attention so naturally I just trained without the gi. Then Submission Wrestling started to develop and become popular and that became my main interest.

Nathan

excellent..thats quite an achievement!! Ur interest in mma is very similar to my own..love the grappling aspect of the game..be it standing or on the mat in the form of the ground game..

nogi grading would be something that i'd really be ineterested in..but as you say..little opputunity for it.

[Halli Nelson]

Not many SBGi guys on there, including me at purple.

Well done on trying to take on such a huge task though.

Does this secret BJJ handshake involve use of the gi?

Nathan

Also missing Kenny Baker (http://www.sbgsouthwest.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=29) at brown belt.

[Simon Hayes]

Does someone from SBG want to start updating us with promotions.It would really help!

[darthcrab]

didnt see Henrique Santana on the list?

[Sir Tapsalot]

didnt see Henrique Santana on the list?

I'm sure if Lagartixa (or someone from his school) posts on the EFN thread with the date of the promotion and the Instructor who graded him it will be added

[Grappling Weevil]

Does someone from SBG want to start updating us with promotions.


Its cause were all hippies and dont think belts are cool, belts are only good for holding your gi shut.


Brown Belts
Martin Cahill (Karl Tanswell, 04/2009)
Glyn Powditch (Karl Tanswell, 2008)
Jonathan Lee (Karl Tanswell, 04/2009)
Kenny Baker (Karl Tanswell, 2008)

Purple Belts
Christopher Coltrane (Karl Tanswell, 11/2008)
Gary Furlong (Karl Tanswell, 2009)
Antony Griffiths (Karl Tanswell, 11/2008)

[Manik]

SBG
Purple Belt
Anna Mayne (Karl Tanswell, 03/2008)

[Jay]

Its cause were all hippies and dont think belts are cool, belts are only good for holding your gi shut.


Brown Belts
Martin Cahill (Karl Tanswell, 04/2009)
Glyn Powditch (Karl Tanswell, 2008)
Jonathan Lee (Karl Tanswell, 04/2009)
Kenny Baker (Karl Tanswell, 2008)

Purple Belts
Christopher Coltrane (Karl Tanswell, 11/2008)
Gary Furlong (Karl Tanswell, 2009)
Antony Griffiths (Karl Tanswell, 11/2008)


SBG
Purple Belt
Anna Mayne (Karl Tanswell, 03/2008)

Wow, well done to all these guys! Didn't know Karl had promoted so many guys recently. That's awesome. Well done Griff you little slug haha.

[J-Sho]

Thanks for your contributions guys, it's not 100% in terms of coverage (or verification as such) but it is pretty comprehensive.

[Xanthic]

Its cause were all hippies and dont think belts are cool, belts are only good for holding your gi shut.

That's well untrue, I use mine for decor purposes. And spanking.

Hippies = true.

[SawaPawa]

I just counted 19 UK born black belts!! MMA and BJJ are growing so quickly!! It wasn't that long ago when I first got into MMA and there weren't any UK born BB's at all!!!!

[Our_kid]

Hi guys

Does anyone know if there is a bjj club anywhere in Leicestershire? Or if not, the nearest to Leicester? I would really like to train in bjj, but I can't find a club near me. I know that there are mma clubs like shootfighters etc but I don't want to do mma -although I have massive respect for those guys who do, I would just like to do full gi bjj at a proper club. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
M

[Valour5]

Just looking at the names of the Brown belts

Can anyone verify or give more detail on who (or who aren't) the following people?!

Colin Robinson (Is it Big C?)
Steve Finnan (Is it the Footballer!?)

[stevep]

i'm still flying under the radar....

me too but its much cooler:)

[DCurrie]

me too but its much cooler:)

Damn, didn't realise I'd missed you Steve, you're not even on my web site. I blame Muckle.

Will add you, when did you get the blue exactly?

Sorry

[stevep]

Damn, didn't realise I'd missed you Steve, you're not even on my web site. I blame Muckle.

Will add you, when did you get the blue exactly?

Sorry

lol, not telling i'm flying under the radar.

march 2007, what do you think of our new website :-D

[Andy K]

Darren you need adding now!!!!:D

[kid chaos]

does the efn in the north of ireland?

[D.Ovant]

Eh your right but that I kno who else has shorts like this?

[piratebrido]

Looking at that, I will have been a blue belt 3 years this comming march!! Holy shit, where does the time go?

[Joehammer]

I've obviously been forgotten. I'm not on the list. I think I'll have to come to come back to the UK and prove that I exist. :) Anyone training over Christmas? I fancy a roll, that's a BJJ roll not a ham and cheese roll.

[liamwandi]

Hi,

I've put the list together and cleaned it up on

http://parttimegrappler.blogspot.com/2008/02/list-of-uk-bjj-purple-belts.html

I'm more than happy to keep this list up to date and/or add the brown and black ones. Let me know.

parttimegrappler@ymail.com

Cheers,

Liam

PS. I AM that bored :)

[SubJunkie]

Any revommendations on a Gi school to train at in or around Wrexham? Either that or reccomendations on Liverpool, Manchester or surrounding areas to commute? Must be BJJ gym not MMA an prefferably a Black Belt teaching???

[Danny@CBD]

I just got my brown belt from Darren/Helen Currie yesterday :)

[liamwandi]

Many congrats Danny! Awesome achievement.

If you're in Manchester SubJunkie, come by ours at the BJJ LABS in Manchester Fighting Fit. We are right behind Victoria train station.

Check my signature for links to the BJJ LABS blog and more importantly the FIGHTING FIT website for directions and timetable. BJJ sessions are lead by BJJ Brown belt Martyn Cahill.

[illegalhunter]

John Mcilroy Blue belt under Paul Mcveigh yesterday Griphouse Glasgow

[dobbie]

Andrew Dobbie Blue belt under Paul Mcveigh yesterday, Griphouse, Glasgow

[david1978]

New blue belts awarded at Checkmat sunderland (The Dungeon) by Marco Canha:

Ben Bell
David Nergaard
Craig Briggs
Elliot Cook
Mark Innes

[mhoulden]

Things have been pretty quiet here regarding my club, Gracie Barra Leeds, but Tom Harris got his brown belt from Victor Estima on the 5th of June, and a few people got promoted at our last seminar on the 18th of April, including Adam Marshall who got his purple belt, and, er me. I got my blue belt after 2 years of training mostly just once a week (but I do other stuff as well) despite having dyspraxia and starting from scratch:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4538705005_5cab6f95f3.jpg
(That's Marcus Houlden, Gracie Barra Leeds and awarded by Victor Estima)

Photos and more on our Facebook group page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44476769406

As things stand, Tom Harris is a brown belt, and Richard Couch, Darren Good and Adam Marshall are purple belts. Rick mostly runs the Halifax branch and we've just started a group in Dewsbury as well.

[jackmmagee]

im a puple belt under gordo jiu jitsu
im on there as a purple belt from ivam. how do i change this ???????

[turner2011]

Gutted I'm not showing! Not happy about that

[Sir Tapsalot]

Guys, you'll have more luck getting additions and changes posted if you go to the original thread on EFN. They're not always too speedy there either, but you've got more chance of being noticed.

James

[ashleypollard]

you get verified on the matt lol

[obama6493]

How do we get the list updated? I've posted several additions to the list on the thread and only one of the names has been added?

Gareth - you need to know the secret BJJ handshake

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[obama549]

Yeah sure does Levo, one hand on gi lapel, other hand on wallet :D

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[soul man jitsu]

Blue 2 under Lagarto

[jackmmagee]

im a brown belt under gordo jiu jitsu ??? how do i get verified

[Sir Tapsalot]

im a brown belt under gordo jiu jitsu ??? how do i get verified

Post on the belt rank forums on EFN - that's where the register is maintained.

James

[Biva]

What/who decides who's verified and who's not? Is it case of being registered with the IBJJF or something? I've recently started training with Crazy Monkeys and I didn't see them mentioned once on the list?

[Rob T]

It's already been said... post on EFN. As long as one of the guys who run the list can verify it they'll add it on. Who are Crazy Monkeys? I've never heard of them before.

[PointyShinyBurning]

It's already been said... post on EFN. As long as one of the guys who run the list can verify it they'll add it on. Who are Crazy Monkeys? I've never heard of them before.Crazy Monkey is Rodney King's (of ex-SBG rather than savage police beating fame) organisation.

[Rob T]

Oh right, I remember... wasn't there some nonsense about "Monkey Jitz" before?? It's BJJ but it's not BJJ?! Something like that iirc.

[Biva]

These guys, based in South Africa, lineage from Machado, I train under a guy called Phil Holden, wears a black belt.

http://www.crazymonkeyuniverse.com/monkey-jits/

[Biva]

Oh right, I remember... wasn't there some nonsense about "Monkey Jitz" before?? It's BJJ but it's not BJJ?! Something like that iirc.

so should I run for the hills or? Would any possible promotion (I'm hoping they let me wear a white belt soon) be null and void?

[PointyShinyBurning]

Oh right, I remember... wasn't there some nonsense about "Monkey Jitz" before?? It's BJJ but it's not BJJ?! Something like that iirc.It's just their BJJ association. The website is full of stuff about competition being secondary to self actualisation, or something, but their lineage is legit.

so should I run for the hills or? Would any possible promotion (I'm hoping they let me wear a white belt soon) be null and void?You don't have to earn a white belt in BJJ, everyone's a white belt until someone gives them a blue one. Where's Phil's gym? He's on the Crazy Monkey trainer list but I can't find anything on the internet about him being a BJJ black belt.

[Rob T]

Hang on, have they said you can't wear a white belt yet??

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Phil Holden probably isn't a BJJ black belt.

[Biva]

Hang on, have they said you can't wear a white belt yet??

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Phil Holden probably isn't a BJJ black belt.

Hahaha no I was just joking about that, I'm not that green about martial arts, it was just my self debasing sense of humour ;-)

[Biva]

Where's Phil's gym? He's on the Crazy Monkey trainer list but I can't find anything on the internet about him being a BJJ black belt.

Darwen, just outside Blackburn. I would just go to the Gracie Barra in Burnley but I can't do the night they train.

[Ross]

Still not on the list, this is some bullshit.

[Sir Tapsalot]

Still not on the list, this is some bullshit.

Ross, have you posted on the EFN forum? The mods for the belt listings there don't check here for updates (though TBH they barely check EFN either).

James

[Ross]

Oh thanks dude will have to do that, cheers you are a gent

[Spinning Back Fist]

excuse my ignorance but what does this actually mean?

[nihilist]

Nothing, as there's no official database. Unless every BJJ instructor within the UK is aware of the listings on EFN, which obviously isn't going to happen, then it'll never be exhaustive.

Perhaps it's only worth listing brown/black belts anyway as there must be hundreds (or even thousands?) of blue/purple gradings in the UK nowadays.

[leonthehitmansummers]

quite funcy a blue belt lads div use just buy them on ebay ?