North Leeds Jitz

This week on the show we are joined by Professor Michael Trasso a lifelong martial artist and highly accomplished competitor in both BJJ and Wrestling. 

Michael runs the excellent Youtube Channel/website The Merge - The Wrestling Guide For Jiu-Jitsu and now runs Trasso Jiu Jitsu & Wrestling academy in New Jersey. 

Follow Michael Here: @michaeltrasso

Follow The Merge here: @themerge.online

Website: https://www.themergeonline.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMerge2020

Take a look at the academy here: https://trassojjw.com/

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This week on the show we are joined by Juan Ayala an 18-year-old purple belt at New Wave Jiu Jitsu under John Danaher.

Follow Juan Here: @juanjiujitsu 

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This week on the show we are joined by our student Thom, a 3-stripe white belt who has been training with us for over a year. Thom is a solicitor by trade, big into music, has competed multiple times, and has recently returned after a short time away from the mats. 

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This week on the show we are joined by 19-year-old brown belt Jiu-Jitsu competitor Andrew Tackett.

Andrew is a double No-Gi world champion and star on the hit Flo grappling show 'Who's Next'. He's the younger brother of the also very accomplished William Tackett who will be competing in ADCC this year.

Follow Andrew here: @tackett.andrew

Watch Who's Next here: Who's Next

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This week on the show we are joined by Farooq who has recently taken on a coaching role with us here at GBRL. Farooq is also a pharmacist and entrepreneur founding the company SaleSnapp.

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This week on the show we are joined by another of our assistant kid's coaches James! 

James has lost over 30kg since starting BJJ last year, earned himself a blue belt and has done fantastically at competition.

Give James a follow here: @frosty_jff

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This week on the show we are joined by another of our kid's coaches San Lall. San and his daughter are two of our founding members here at GBRL. We talk about everything from working on the doors whilst at university to overseeing multi-million £ projects! 

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This week on the show we are joined by Kevin Meredith who has taken on a leading role in the kid's classes here at GBRL. 

Kevin is the founder of Fit To Thrive a company that helps people take a holistic approach to health improvement. 

Follow Kevin here: k.j.meredith

Follow Fit To Thrive here: fit.to.thrive

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After a whole year of in-person training, we recently sent out a form to our members to gather their anonymous feedback, this week on the show we reflect and answer some of the questions and comments.

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This week on the show we are joined by the newest blue belt in the academy and one of our kids coaches Lauren Uttley.

On this episode Lauren speaks openly about a sexual abuse incident that happened when she was 20 years old, how it has impacted her since and how she now works to combat stereotypes through being a coach here at GBRL.

Lauren runs an amazing swimwear company and has been featured in Vogue check it out here @bananepalm

Follow Lauren here: @laurenuttley

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