Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

Carlos just won his MMA fight against Xtreme MMA fighter Dean Mitchell in round number 1 via Submission (Rear Naked Choke).  Carlos was the aggresor from the bell with a flurry of strikes and quickly took his opponent down.  Mitchell did well to get the fight back on the feet but Carlos remained composed in the clinch with some decent knees then took his opponents back standing. Mitchell attempted a throw but Carlos sunk in the 'hooks' as they went to the ground.  With Carlos s...

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Competition Team from Aliveness Gym Aberdeen bring back more Gold and Silver medals.

Rob Mackay - 1st Place, Blue Belt -70kg

Wojciech Garbacz - 1st Place, White Belt -82.3kg

Asa Rodger - 2nd Place, White Belt -64kg

Big thank you to those that travelled to the event to support the team...

BJJ 101 - Safety Position, Base & Posture, guard breaks, Combat base, Standing Combat Base & Pocket Drills followed by Aliveness Gym Competition Team training

Ground and Pound curriculum at Aliveness Gym tonight.  Punching with POSTURE inside the guard.  Learn the 5 point G'n'P game from inside closed guard, the 5 Point ground and pound series from open guard top, cage control and posture recovery.

Random pics from Aliveness Gym photo gallery.  http://www.bjj.org.uk/apps/photos/

London's Ice Bar - Kenny, Fraser, John, Ross, Carlos and Rob getting ready for UFC 75!

New Timetable.  New classes added - more BJJ, Striking for MMA and another two training sessions every week for the competition team.  Further details

Scraped from a forum post on Sherdog.........

"..............thus the conceptual framework SBG uses in their curriculum and on their critically acclaimed instructionals. They don´t teach techniques(giving people fish), but rather give them concepts and principles that allow them to create their own techniques and form their own "game" (teaching people how to catch fish).  That´s what sets the SBG apart from other BJJ orgs and makes me proud to be associated wi...

Aliveness Gym Aberdeen (Straight Blast Gym affiliated training group) take home Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the recent Scottish BJJ Open.

Congratulations to Lyndzie Cetin who took Gold again in her weight category, silver in the absolute category and bronze in the open category where she fought the blue belts.  At only 50 kgs and 4'11, Lyndzie was again significantly outsized by her competitors.

Mike Baxter took silver in his weight catagory and ...

Long time Aliveness Gym Aberdeen member Carlos Dunbar won Gold at the 2nd Copa Predator Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Competion in Rio De Janiro, Brazil. 

Beating them in their back garden at their own game - what's that all about dude?!! 

Sure there will be more to come................