Verified Belt Rankings of UK BJJ Students

nathan,

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

was bjj ur first encounter with submission fighting?

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Originally Posted by 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?

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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

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Originally Posted by Levo

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by 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

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Also missing Kenny Baker at brown belt.

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

didnt see Henrique Santana on the list?

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Originally Posted by darthcrab

didnt see Henrique Santana on the list?

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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

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Originally Posted by Simon Hayes

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

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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)

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Originally Posted by Grappling Weevil

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)

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Originally Posted by Manik

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

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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.