NOGI BRITISH OPEN

Just want to say all the best to our team going to the Nogi British Open. Really sorry I can't be with you to compete and coach but it's just bad timing for me. I know everyone's been training hard for it and now the time is here to put on your best performance.

Chris has my camera so if anyone who is going is decent at videoing can they please grab it and get as many fights as possible. Obviously the battery won't last forever so just get as much as possible. It's pretty easy to use... open the view screen and it turns on, open the lens cover then press record (the zoom lever is on the top)! PLEASE LOOK AFTER IT and close the lens cover when not using it Oh, and hold it steady when recording (use both arms) or the footage tends to be unusable for highlights and stuff.

NOW, GO SMASH THEM ALL AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE CHRIS REES ACADEMY IS ALL ABOUT!!!

Fighters list...

Ashley Bendle
Steve Borde
Johnnie Davies
Andy Harvey
Leigh Hodge
Sam Hooker
Zack Jones
Kris Lewis
Alec Mead
Chris Rees
Stu Tyrie
Ash Williams
Josh Williams
David Wosman

Apologies if I've missed anyone, I had to search through a massive list on the competition website.

seek and destroy lads

It's gonna be a tough competition. Medals will be very hard to win!

yep sure is ,big respect for stepping up guys ,i have my caravan club christmas party (on halloween bizzarrely) but its probbably just as well considering the state of me after the hereford last week,i would probably have died at the british ,just outta curiosity what are the rounds at this comp.

Same as BJJ mate. White = 5 mins, blue = 6 etc...

i would not have stood a chance right now,i would have gassed for sure

Just like Rob i'm unable to come along to this as well due to other commitments. Trust me I would love to be there to shout instructions at the top of my voice. Good luck to everyone competing and I hope you all do well.

LETS GET IT ON!!!

Results as far as I know. Sorry it's all one paragraph, can't do line returns on my phone. Ash Williams gold juvenile and silver adult. Josh Williams silver juvenile (lost to Ash). Sam Hooker gold and Steve Borde silver super super heavyweight. Kris Lewis gold super heavyweight. David Wosman bronze. Steve Borde also took silver in the absolute. Think that's it. Apologies if I've missed anyone.

Ash got a knee to the head in the adult final and couldn't continue. Think he got cut. Tough luck to lose that way but an awesome performance! Think Johnnie, Zack and Leigh all won their first fights. Some guys on the list didn't fight in the end.

Awesome results . . . . Thats unlucky for Ash tho, still class effort!!

Fantastic results guys

Hell of a set of results, especially for such a tough comp! Looking forward to seeing some footage

Epic performance, it's going to be hard to remember everyone who went up and congratulate them in person though!

Congratulations to everyone. Huge well done to Ash in particular who I spoke to earlier. To get a silver at adult blue belt when only 17 years old in the biggest nogi comp of the year is amazing and from what I heard he was on goal to win that fight. His opponent kept backing away from him and it was only when he was attacking that the cut happened. I know he'll be gutted to lose like that but he should hold his head up high.

I will try to get some videos up tonight and the news page will be updated when official results are published (to make sure I get the divisions correct).

Official results are posted HERE.

Our results are as follows;

Kris Lewis - beginner super heavy master/senior - gold
Sam Hooker - beginner super super heavy adult/master - gold
Ash Williams - juvenile 67kg - gold
Ash Williams - intermediate feather adult - silver
Steve Borde - beginner absolute - silver
Steve Borde - beginner super super heavy adult/master - silver
Josh Williams - juvenile 67kg - silver
David Wosman - beginner feather adult - bronze


I also need to point out that for team points all our guys have (rightly) been placed under Braulio Estima as one of his satelite clubs. However, on our own we had 40 points (gold = 9, silver = 3, bronze = 1) which would put us in THIRD PLACE in the team event, behind only Braulio Estima and RGA - two of the biggest academies in the UK (in fact, I think they are the two biggest).

THIS IS AMAZING!!!

Awsome Boys

3 videos of the super-twins posted.

Just watched the youtube videos of the twins..... AWESOME!!!! super talented.

fantastic result all round .

bravo ,guys to every one who competed ,makes me proud to be part of the club.

The twins were both awesome!

Ok, I didn't realise but this is Kris from Cardiff...

Looks like he's taking that arm home with home lol!

Yeah massive congrats all round guys! Amazing effort!

I just watched Josh's fight, what the hell triangle choke was that. He'll have to show me that next time I see him. He has the triangle on and he goes under the guys legs, I'm assuming it puts it on even tighter, especially if you have long legs?

Also, before that did he go for an anaconda choke then to a peruvian neck tie?

Yeah mate, anaconda to peruvian neck-tie to anaconda to peruvian neck-tie to triangle! Awesome.

From the video it's not easy to see but I'm assuming he went for the underhook on the leg and ended up completely through the guy's legs.

just had a word with rob and i have sent off a good write up about the twins and sent off a cracking photo to the post , just hope they do put it in there as they ignored my story and pic off the hereford nogi

In case anyone is interested; CageFilm were recording the event and have footage for sale...

I think he was looking to wrap around the guys body with both arms, this will make the triangle a lot tighter than the standard underhook of the leg, but I think as he was going for it his opponent stuck his left leg through which meant he had his right arm around him and his left arm between the other guys legs. Chris was showing that to myself, Josh and Ash last week, he obviously remembered it haha.

I've just uploaded 7 more videos to my Youtube account... Sam, Steve, David and Leigh.

Still more to come in the next few days.

Zack's first fight is up now. Was gonna do Johnnie's first one too but annoyingly there are people in the way for the majority of the fight

Hia guys

Link to leigh hodges fight from someone elses recording on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSJOKwGA6B0

Highlight of the event (not by me); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCrfd9n8y-c

Leigh made it in twice!

You can hear Chris yelling all the way through Braulio's introduction at the start!

Sam's fights will be taken off Youtube tonight, so if you want to watch them make sure you do today!

JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE POST ASKING ME FOR THE PICTURE INFO ,SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS STORY ,I SENT THEM A PIC FROM AN AMATURE FIGHT WHERE THEY DREW AGAINST EACH OTHER AND DINO IS HOLDING BOTH OF THEIR HANDS UP ,HAPPY DAYS.

JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE POST ASKING ME FOR THE PICTURE INFO ,SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS STORY ,I SENT THEM A PIC FROM AN AMATURE FIGHT WHERE THEY DREW AGAINST EACH OTHER AND DINO IS HOLDING BOTH OF THEIR HANDS UP ,HAPPY DAYS.

just had another email about this it seems they have miss placed the pic i sent ,but it should be printed within the next week so keep an eye out.

Nice!