Ivo's First Big Submission Fight

Back Stage: Casa do Povo, S.B. Messines - November 10, 2012

L to R: Colin Byrne (coach, BJJ purple belt and owner Shinobi Academy, Ivo Guerreiro, Tamas, Deleon Alves, Mauro Chueng (coach, BJJ black belt)

Ivo v Deleon

This Is How We Roll

Nearly 3 years on....and BJJ in Lagos is still going strong.....

Come On Son!!!!

Boa sorte.......Ivo Guerreiro! Representing Shinobi Academy, Lagos

The Shinobi Training Camps: Are You In?

It's been a hectic couple o' months. I had two of my guys competing in a luta de noite/fight-night in Albufeira at the start of May. Then Ireland and the Icelandic vikings arrived for the 2nd annual Surf-Jitsu.

The photographic diary can be found on my Shinobi Academy Facebook page.

Oh, and did I forget to mention, I went and earned myself a purple belt from JK aka John Kavanagh (SBGIreland).

 Gunnar Nelson (Jits coach, lhs) and most excellent Icelandic viking on the mat, mentoring Shinobi student Tory '10-storey' Locker aka the Hurt Locker!

Post-rolling analytics: Mónica, Ze Pedro, JK, young James

No sooner was that camp over, then along came The MMA Clinic for a long-weekend of Jits. Laugh...we had a ball! Training, nights out to eat (the steak on the stone was a particular favorite) and karaoke which turned out to be the icing on the cake!

 The MMA Clinic coach extraordinaire: Mike Russell

Some of the gang were camera shy - these unusual suspects weren't!

And while we wait (over the Summer) to exhale - we gotta do it all over again in September!