kids

Kids Comp Training On Sunday 15th May, New School BJJ held a competition training session for the kids. Unlike a regular session, there was no focus on drilling techniques. After a warm up, they were given a brief explanation of the points system. After this, the kids were put into groups to do a few rounds of round robin sparring, whereby one opponent stays on for two rounds. This led into specific sparring from side control, encouraging the kids to apply their skills in escaping from this position. The kids were then paired up to do several rounds of full sparring and it was great to see them attempting arm bars and rear naked chokes, as well as applying sweeps […]

2 New Locations for July 2021!! New School BJJ @ The Martial Arts Place Swiss Cottage Dojo 88 Avenue Road Swiss Cottage London NW3 3HA Stoke Newington Dojo 35-39 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 8DR

Kids are back at Battersea!! Wednesday 19th May, saw the return of our Kids sessions, back in the dojo at Battersea Sports Centre! This marked the return of our twice weekly Cubs and Junior sessions, which run on Wednesdays and Saturdays and it was great to see our kids back in the Battersea dojo! It was also great to see some new faces join in on the sessions!!! The kids were taken through the usual warm up of jogging, performing rolls and breakfalling. They then partnered up to drill some techniques together. Finally, and the bit that the kids seem to love the most, they all got to do some rounds of sparring! BJJ sparring is very similar to ‘playground […]

Kids session at One Ldn fitness club Fulham On Saturday, the 24th April 2021, New School BJJ started its Kids Jiu-Jitsu classes at the One Ldn fitness club in Fulham. The kids had a great time getting back into training with their friends and seeing their instructors, Nick Robinson and Tom Pollard!!! The kids began with a warm up, including breakfalling, and then worked on their takedown skills. After a fantastic first session back, the kids got stuck into some sparring to finish off the class.  It had been a long time off the mats for most of the kids, so you can imagine how eager they all were to spar each other!!! Well done kids and it’s great to […]