Carlson Gracie Jiu Jitsu

Steve Gibson Promoted to Black Belt!

2012-01-01T17:56:00.001Z

Saturday 31 December 2011 was a very important day for Carlson Gracie AFS!!

I am extremely pleased and proud to report that Steve Gibson a.k.a "SteveO" was promoted to Black belt by Head Instructor Steve Haydock.

SteveO has been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Steve Haydock since 2003, and Steve expressed immense pride at being able to promote SteveO to the rank of Black belt. This is the first Black belt Steve has ever awarded, and this represents a huge day for the club. Upon awarding the belt, Steve explained that SteveO has all of the qualities necessary for the rank of Black belt, referring to not only his grappling ability but also to his dedication, commitment and teaching ability.

As most of you will know, when Steve was offered the opportunity to work full time with Reebok last year, SteveO took on a large proportion of the teaching responsibilty at the club. During this time, SteveO has demonstrated a fantastic teaching style and his passion and enthusiasm is clear for us all to see. In the tradition of Steve Haydock, as an instructor SteveO puts a great deal of energy into ensuring that students understand the details he is teaching and strives to ensure that everyone trains hard together so that we are constantly improving.
SteveO is a fantastic jiu jitsu player and instructor, and from my point of view an excellent and selfless training partner and friend who has helped me immensely over the years when recovering from injury or preparing to compete. I am sure that all of you would agree that SteveO's promotion is well deserved.

Congratulations on this massive achievement. Onwards and upwards for Carlson Gracie AFS!!

Dave

Welcome to Carlson Gracie AFS

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Carlson Gracie AFS is the premier Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts club in the East Surrey area. Our experienced instructors are ready to start you on your journey in the most practical and effective martial art in the world today.

Whether you are interested in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Self Defence or Mixed Martial Arts we can teach you simple and practical techniques in a fun and friendly training environment.

If you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule a free introductory session then please visit our Getting Started page.

We look forward to welcoming you to the team.

Steve Haydock
Head Instructor

BJJ Highlight Video

2010-10-14T14:16:00.000+01:00

Update

2010-04-21T21:18:00.000+01:00

Tonight's Open Mat

2010-03-17T21:57:00.000Z

Awesome open mat tonight everyone....great technique, great submissions and great atmosphere...

Bullyproof Jiu Jitsu

2009-10-27T14:01:00.004Z

Bullyproof Jiu Jitsu for 7 - 14 year olds starting January 2010.

Learn simple and effective defensive skills based on awareness, self-confidence, technique and leverage.

Tuesday 4.30 - 5.15
Thursday 4.30 - 5.15

Please e-mail to reserve a space.

£40 per term (10 classes per term).

Picture Update

2009-03-14T18:20:00.002Z

Good Training...

A new beginning....

2009-01-16T23:57:00.001Z

Last week saw the announcement that AFS has officially become part of the Carlson Gracie Revolution Team. My thanks to Wilson, Dickie and Simon for their welcome.....

2009 will be an exciting year.....

Steve
Carlson Gracie AFS

FILA UK Grappling Trials

2008-09-28T19:39:00.003+01:00

Huge congratulations to AFS Purple Belt Jamil Sorouji for his performance at the FILA UK Grappling Trials in Derby.

Jamil has been training at AFS for nearly 3 years, coming to us with no grappling or martial arts experience, and in that time his game has gone from strength to strength.

Jamil achieved victories over two of London Shootfighters top competitors, defeating UFC competitor James Zikic and Michael Johnson.

Having fought his way to the final Jamil met Braulio Estima Brown Belt Kevin Webb. Jamil unfortunately got caught in a triangle in the third minute and had to tap. Taking second place has led to Jamil's selection for the UK team to fight at the world championships in Switzerland in December.

Congratulations from all at AFS.

Watch him in action....

Steve Gibson - Brown Belt

2008-08-23T18:51:00.001+01:00

The new rope web....

2008-08-20T11:18:00.001+01:00

Grip development time...

Updated Pics

2008-08-10T18:01:00.001+01:00

Open Mat Pics

2008-07-16T21:52:00.001+01:00

Beginners MMA Class

2008-06-28T12:21:00.001+01:00

New Academy Pics

2008-06-11T17:05:00.003+01:00

A great start in the new academy. Pictures from the beginners and advanced BJJ sessions this week....

New Academy Officially Opens Monday

2008-06-05T22:59:00.005+01:00

His guys,

New academy will be open for training from Monday. We are located at 17, Essendene Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5PB.

New Timetable as follows:

Monday CrossFit 7-8pm & Int Jits 8.30 - 10pm
Tuesday Beg Jits 7.30 - 8.30pm Int Jits 8.30-10pm
Wednesday Open BJJ 7 - 8pm CrossFit 8-9pm
Thursday CrossFit 6-7pm Beg MMA 7.30-8.30 Int MMA 8.30 - 10pm
Friday CrossFit 6.00-7.00pm
Saturday CrossFit 11am - 12pm Beg BJJ 3.30 - 4.30pm Int BJJ 4.30 - 6.00pm
Sunday CrossFit 3 - 4pm

Oli at SENI

2008-05-10T00:09:00.002+01:00

Busy class tonight.....

2008-04-08T23:03:00.003+01:00

Grapplers Showdown

2008-04-07T11:30:00.002+01:00

Full Results as follows:

Jamil Sorouji
Gold Advanced Class
Silver Absolute

Dave Pawan
Gold 1-3 Years Experience

Tim Murray
Silver 3-6 Years Experience

New Academy nearing completion

2008-04-07T08:27:00.001+01:00

Nearly there.......

Grapplers Showdown

2008-03-31T11:30:00.001+01:00

Congratulations to Jamil, Dave, Tim and Ollie for their performances at the Grapplers Showdown Competition.

Excellent results all round.....

Now for SENI.......

2008.....

2007-12-28T13:01:00.000Z

2008 promises to be an extremely exciting year for the club. As the club grows and matures we are seeing a far higher level of Jiu Jitsu on the mats. Classes will soon relocate to a new facility which will allow the scheduling of advanced gi and no gi classes to begin.

Class Location

2007-05-23T14:16:00.000+01:00

All classes are now held at our Caterham location... Current timetable as follows:

Tuesday - 7 - 10pm

Thursday - 7 - 10pm

Saturday - 3 - 6pm

Private classes available on request.

Caterham Community Centre
High Street
Caterham - on - the - Hill
Surrey
CR3 5PB

Atalla Teaching at AFS

2007-02-12T21:47:00.000Z

Roberto Atalla will be teaching the Tuesday evening class at AFS until the end of February. Make the most of this opportunity to train with a black belt European Champion....

Club Belt Rankings

2006-07-19T11:12:00.001+01:00

Black Belt
Steve Haydock

Brown Belt
Dave Lucas

Purple Belt
Tim Murray
Steve Gibson
Ben Rees
Sam Gibson
Pascal Brierley
Dave Pawan
Jamil Sorouji
Matt 'The Body Hammer' Peters
Mark Clayton

Blue Belt
John Aina
Pete Ford
Katie Rodd
Mark Clayton
Richard Haydock
Ramon Farooki
Jez Lozeby
Sophie Hodge
Tall Mark
Ian
Devon
Laurence

White Belts
David
Lee
Chris
Faihim
Tariq
Colin
Ron

Belt Promotions

2006-07-19T11:08:00.000+01:00

Congratulations to the following students who received their blue belts last night:

Richard Haydock
Ramon Farooki
Jez Lozeby

Well done Guys!

Club Announcements

2006-07-14T14:29:00.000+01:00

A number of important club announcements were made last night at training. Thank you to all the individuals who have agreed to take on extra responsibility within the club.

New equipment has been ordered including:

A 2nd Trocellen Competition Matted Area to replace the Blue and Red Mats
Head Guards and Body Protectors
Club T-Shirts
Club Gi Patches (available from Steve)

New fees will be:
£40 per month for unlimited training
£6 for individual classes
£20 per hour for private classes

More Pics

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Roberto Atalla Seminar July 2006

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Just some of the high quality shots....(thanks to Ben for his photography....strange how the group shot taken by Sam H is the best shot of the lot!)

BJJ Seminar 1st July 2006 11am - 3pm

2006-06-07T09:40:00.000+01:00

Roberto Atalla (2nd degree black belt / multiple munidal champion) will be visiting the club on the 1st July to teach attacks and strategies from the cross side position and counters to arm drag in butterfly guard.

The seminar will be split into two parts with the first 2 hours concentrating on positional escapes (taught by Steve) and then the second half taught by Roberto. The cost for the 4 hour session is only £10. Please come along and support.

New Training Pics

2006-06-07T09:32:00.000+01:00

Some new training pics showing some stand up and ground work.....

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Some classic pics from the early days....

New Club Patches

2006-04-28T15:04:00.000+01:00

New club patches are on their way.....get them on your gis.... it will improve your jits!

Some of you need all the help you can get....

Some old training pics...

2006-04-28T15:01:00.000+01:00

Check out some of our old training pics.... anyone recognise the smooth headed guy on top...?

SENI Preparations

2006-04-23T18:23:00.000+01:00

The competition team are all working hard in preparation for the Gracie Invitational Tournament being held at the NEC in Birmingham on the 6th May.

Dave, Jamil, Pete, Richard, and Pascal are preparing to bring home some medals.

Good Luck everyone.

Training pictures to follow....

Watch this space.

Missing Students?

2006-03-13T16:47:00.000Z

SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE MISSING! If you happen to know the location of any of the students missing from this old club photo then get hold of them in a head lock and drag them back to class.

Welcome to the AFS Blog

2006-03-13T16:37:00.000Z

Welcome to the Applied Fighting Systems blog. Here we will try to keep you up to date with latest club news, events and training tips. If you have any news or information that you would like to add then please let me know at steve_haydock@hotmail.com