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Grappling Dummies BJJ TV: No Gi British Open 2009 from martial farts on Vimeo.

Team Scramble's little sojourn to Birmingham for the No Gi British Open.

You can see:
My bad form on kettlebells!
Andy's absolute robbery of three points for passing the guard and securing side control that wasn't given!
My not defending a triangle very well!
My serving up my neck on a silver platter for someone!
The inside of a Holiday Inn in Birmingham!
AND MUCH MORE!!!
(Actually not much more.)

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More thoughts on the No Gi open, training is fun

Some quick thoughts on the No Gi open that have been rattling around my head…
I moved out of my comfort zone and tried the takedown followed by top game. What sucks about this is that I realised I had almost no real experience doing this, especially in training where I have mostly been using my [...]

British Open of Grappling is this weekend!

So, the day approaches.
In the end, it’s only me and Andy competing with A coming up for moral support.
Andy should do well. He’s competing in the beginner’s category, but he is strong and fast and determined. It depends on who he comes up against but he should have a good showing. Hope there aren’t any [...]

TUF alumni Jeff Lawson came for a spot of the old grapple grapple

Our sweaty little mats were graced by Jeff Lawson today!
I had met Jeff a couple of times and been blown away each time at just how friendly and generous he is. It seems to be a running thing actually… the harder the fighter, the more humble and down to earth they are.
Luckily for me, he [...]