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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
BJJ is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokeholds. Some classes require you to wear a Gi and others don’t.
Our method of teaching is repetition. A student will work the same position from different situations for a whole week – we feel this is the best way of learning and remembering a specific position. If a particular position involves using a GI and is not possible without the GI, we will show alternatives and work the same movement.
What will I need?
We run 3 GI classes and 3 no-GI classes a week at Fight Skool and more classes at other locations. To take part in the GI classes you will need your own GI which can be purchased on site. If you are taking part in No-Gi classes t-shirt and shorts are fine.
Although there are no strikes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it’s important to wear a gumsheild and groin guard in case of accidental clashes. We also encourage good personal hygiene for etiquette and health reasons.
When are the classes?
Our timetable below shows upcoming classes:
Taught by Ivam Maciel
Ivam ‘The Gent’ Maciel has been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for 9 years, is Black Belt through Carlson Gracie > De La Riva > Eduardo Brigadeiro lineage. Ivam’s methodical and detailed teaching methods have built a strong BJJ team at Fight Skool. Ivam is 25, born in Curitiba, Brazil. Ivam has previously trained at Chute Boxe academy, where he spent time training under guys like Rodrigo Vidal and Anderson “The Spider” Silva. This background gave Ivam the knowledge to also teach our professional MMA fight team, being the head BJJ coach. Ivam is the current ZT Fight Night Lightweight MMA champion, Ivam not only has excellent GI skills but is also dominant in No GI BJJ.
Background
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. It is a derivative of early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools (or Ryu) of Japanese Jujutsu.
It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant using joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat an opponent. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.[3] Sparring (commonly referred to as ‘rolling’) and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.
