I'm a Warrior!!

I am happy to announce that i am now Proudly Sponsored as a BJJ Athlete by Battle Gear BJJ UK.

Battle Gear are a new UK based Company providing High quality Brazilian Jiu Jitsu apparel & Fight wear.

Their company is all about Fighting to the best you can & Never giving up, given the sport sometimes it can be quiet easy to just give up and at times it can be tough. but you just have to keep soldiering on and eventually you will win the battle!!

The word BATTLE in all its definitions signifies what we would like to achieve as an athlete, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu  practitioner and as a gear manufacturer.

BATTLE GEAR is for the individual who always fights to be the best he or she can be, never gives up trying and eventually wins the war.

I am so happy to be representing a UK based company, who are committed to providing high quality fight wear to the ever growing UK BJJ scene. Im also looking forward to competing as much as possible and showing off all their great kit. So be on the look out for me in their fight wear at the next comp!!

For more information about their BJJ Kimonos and Apparel visit their website http://www.battlegearbjj.com

or you can also follow them on

 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/battle.gear.14?fref=ts 

 Twitter @battlebjj

And if you would like to keep up to date with anything & everything new about Battle Gear BJJ you can check out their blog.

http://battlegi.blogspot.co.uk/

I would like to Thank Battle Gear for their interest in Me and my Jiu Jitsu Journey and for giving me the opportunity to represent your Brand. I promise you wont be Disappointed!! 

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parabéns faixa preta

A Huge Congratulations to My Coach Scott Ramsay from Checkmat South Shields for Receiving His well earned & well deserved Black Belt, whilst away on a BJJ training Holiday in Rio De Janeiro Last week.

Scott started training BJJ in 2001 at Master Team under Rodger Brooking which was part of The Vieira Brother Team Romero 'Jacare' Cavalacanti. After Roger Brooking retired Scott trained under Rodrigo Cabral & Eduardo Ferreira at Brasa until Purple belt.

When the Vieira Brothers Branched off and started up the Number 1 team in the World 'Checkmat', Scott went on to train under The head of Checkmat UK & Europe Chico Mendes who is now based in Cheltenham UK.

After travelling to Brazil for the fourth time in January 2011, Scott received his brown belt by the man himself, 9x world champion Ricardo Vieira.

Since then, Scott has gone on to Head the North east's affiliation to Checkmat, Checkmat South shields, fighting out of South Shields Fight Factory

After visiting Ricardo Vieiras club 'Fight Zone' again In February 2013 Scott went on to receive his Black belt from the main man himself, Ricardo Vieira in front of a group of Team Mates From his Home Club.

This is a great achievement for Scott to have earned his Black belt, only a chosen few have had the honour of receiving theirs in the UK and let alone have the honour of receiving it in the birth place of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Rio De Janeiro. 

I have only been training 2 & 1/2 years now and I'm a Blue belt, i am willing to put in the hard work that it takes to get your Black belt so I am definitely looking forward to the next however many years it takes me to get there, i just hope my journey is just as exciting as my Coaches was.

Blood, sweat & determination goes into the time put in on the mats over those years to get to the point of getting a black belt, so this isnt the end, its only just the begining. :)