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Aberdeen MMA Fighter wins in style

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:19:00 -0400

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 still on Mitchell's back, he finished with a rear naked choke at 2 mins 55 secs of round 1.

Once again, thank you to the organisers and to all Aliveness Gym team members who helped prepare Carlos for his fight.

Update: Gold and Silver medals at the Scotia BJJ Cup 2010

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:16:00 -0400

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.

Rob @ Aliveness Gym by team photographer Asa Rodger

BIG respect to Jimbo, Dave and Ray who won some, lost some.

Update: Full results.........

Asa Rodger Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

White Belt Super Feather (-64kg)

Gold David Pollock BJJ Scotland

Silver Asa Rodger Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

Bronze James McSporran Mearns Castle Martial Arts

White Belt Feather (-70kg)

Gold Bryan Stripe Rick Youngs Black Belt Academy

Silver Paul Mowat Griphouse

Bronze Aziz Alkhubaizi Gracie Barra Newcastle/ Marc Walder BJJ

White Belt Lightweight (-76kg)

Gold Richard Hill Checkmat

Silver Keiron Lister Checkmat

Bronze Gareth Louth Manchester BJJ

White Belt Lightweight Masters (-76kg)

Gold Iain MacKintosh Carlson Gracie BJJ Revolution Team

Silver Brian Lemon Cross Combat Edinburgh

Wojciech Garbacz - Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

White Belt Middle (-82.3kg)

Gold Wojciech Garbacz Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

Silver Mark Boustead Checkmat

Bronze Lee Kirtley Checkmat

Wojciech Garbacz - Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

White Belt Middle Masters (-82.3kg)

Gold Stuart McKillop Griphouse

Silver Mark Boustead Checkmat

Bronze Scott Brown Carlson Gracie Rey Diego Scotland

White Belt Medium Heavy (-88.3kg)

Gold Clive McKenzie Rick Young's Black Belt Academy

Silver Mark Innes Checkmat

Bronze Martin Smith Griphouse

White Belt Heavyweight (-94.3kg)

Gold Leon Robotham GB Newcastle

Silver Matt Condon Manchester BJJ

Bronze Adam Davies Checkmat

White Belt Super Heavyweight (-100.5kg)

Gold David Minto Manchester BJJ

Silver Anas Sinaj Mounir Checkmat

Bronze Adam Lowes Combat Base North East

White Belt Ultra Heavyweight (100.5kg+)

Gold David Allen Gracie Barra Newcastle/ Marc Walder BJJ

Silver Gary Greenman Checkmat

Bronze Paul Loughran Bridge of Allan Grappling Club

White Belt Absolute

Gold David Allen Gracie Barra Newcastle/ Marc Walder BJJ

Silver Richard Hill Checkmat

Bronze Matthew Condon Manchester BJJ

White Belt Female Open Weight

Gold Fiona Piercy Cross Combat Edinburgh

Silver Helen Copus Cross Combat Edinburgh

Bronze Tuki Sharma Carlson Gracie Rey Diego Scotland

Blue Belt Super Feather (-64kg)

Gold Jamie Quaile Gracie Barra Newcastle/ Marc Walder BJJ

Silver Ross Corrigan Cross Combat Edinburgh

Bronze Neil Barker Griphouse

Robert MacKay Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

Blue Belt Featherweight (-70kg)

Gold Robert MacKay Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

Silver Neil Gardner Azami Falkirk

Bronze Joe Dixon Gracie Barra Newcastle/ Marc Walder BJJ

Robert MacKay Aliveness Gym Aberdeen

Blue Belt Lightweight (-76kg)

Gold Felix Boon Griphouse

Silver Dominic Ashton Manchester BJJ

Bronze Adam Ashton Manchester BJJ

Blue Belt Middleweight (-82.3kg)

Gold Drew Christie Combat Base North East

Silver Mark Hodgson Gracie Barra Braulio Estima

Bronze James Brown Checkmat

Blue Belt Medium Heavy(-88.3kg)

Gold Scott Ward Griphouse

Silver Jordan McColl Royce Gracie Scotland

Bronze Kenny Fee Rick Young's Black Belt Academy

Blue Belt Absolute

Gold Scott Ward Griphouse

Silver Felix Boon Griphouse

Bronze (shared) Andrew Dobbie Griphouse & Kenny Fee Rick Young's Black Belt Academy

Purple Belt Catchweight bout (-78kg)

Gold Sean Colfer Checkmat

Silver Arek Zienkiewicz Carlson Gracie Rey Diogo Scotland

Purple Belt Heavyweight (-94.3kg)

Gold Allan Love Griphouse

Silver Sam Howey Checkmat

Purple Belt Absolute

Gold Allan Love Griphouse

Silver Sam Howey Checkmat

Bronze Arek Zienkiewicz Carlson Gracie Rey Diogo Scotland

The Medal Winners

BJJ - Guard Top Week

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:14:00 -0400

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

MMA - Guard Top Week

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:18:00 -0400

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.

Photo Gallery

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:27:00 -0500

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!

Rob, Kenny and Mike training with John Kavanagh - SBG Ireland

John @ Mario Sakata's gym in Alicante, Spain

Jonathon 'working hard' in Meribel, France

The mad MMA scientist / SBG head coach Karl Tanswell at the gym

SBGi President Matt Thornton showing Ross the finer points of how it feels to be squished under 6'8" of BJJ Black belt

Nelson 'pitbull' Solari, Carlson Gracie Team UK coach at the gym

Scottish BJJ Open - don't ask!

Fraser 'bad boy' Roger getting ready to have some fun

Mike 'the specimen' Cowperthwaite having some MMA fun

New classes added

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:13:00 -0500

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

BS FREE

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:12:00 -0500

Why SBG?

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:52:00 -0500

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 with them."

RELAX.......THIS IS SBG...............YOU WILL BE OKAY......

http://www.straightblastgym.com/index2.htm

http://www.sbgukproteam.com/

http://www.sbgireland.com/

Gold, Silver & Bronze medals at Scottish Open

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:00:00 -0500

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 performed brilliantly to gain bronze in the absoloute catagory where he had multiple fights in what turned out to be a very deep division.

Straight Blast Gym UK (Manchester) also did the business with 2 golds and two bronze medals.

Carlos wins gold in Brazil!

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:15:00 -0500

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................