Just put up the first two images on facebook and twitter for our new T-shirt designs! Check them out through the links below!!

BJJ and Muay Thai 

As you would expect we have had some issues finding a manufacturer who will be able to supply the high level of quality fight gear we need, and as a result have become a little delayed in moving forward with it. However we will shortly be teaming up with an awesome company who can give us the top level materials that we would be happy to put our name on!     WATCH THIS SPACE…….

As part of the Born Ready FightGear range and as I mentioned above, we have been creating some quality clothing starting with some amazing T-shirts available THIS summer. The designs as you will see over the next couple of weeks are fresh and exciting and will be a ‘must have’ for anyone interested in both looking good and martial arts!! We teamed up with my good friend and training partner who as well as design work also runs Ronin Fitness. Together we are going to come up with some very nice gear…..

That’s it for today but keep an eye out for more info very soon!

Luke Huntley

Director

This is MMA & Born Ready FightGear 

2011 was a really great year for us and although we are still growing in this big world that is MMA we feel now that we have a really strong and well established base to build on this coming year. We have had excellent feed back from all our customers and have a real strong following on Facebook, Twitter and most recently Google+. We also have our own Youtube channel where we aim to help customers in making their purchases though helpful videos which will include close up shots and demonstrate features and functions on various items. 

That's it really, thanks to all you guys for your continued support, and whether your into MMA, Boxing, BJJ, Muay Thai, traditional Martial Arts, or in fact all of them, I hope the start of a new year will give you the positive mindset needed to progress and enjoy your chosen passion!  

Train hard train safe..

Luke

We have T shirts, hoodies and fight shirts from the ever popular Dethrone Royalty and some great T shirts from Jaco!

Not long until Christmas so why not treat yourself?!

Ill keep you all posted and I think you will all like what is evolving!

As well as these fantasic new additions we also have the new  Lutador Pro Jiu Jitsu Gi  which has been very popular so far. Please note when purchasing any Gi from us that they may not include a belt so double check on the description and add one to your basket if you need.

Keep rolling!

Jiu-jitsu is known as more than just a system of fighting. Since its inception in 1882, its parent art of judo was separated from older systems of Japanese jujutsu by an important difference that was passed on to BJJ: it is not solely a martial art: it is also a sport; a method for promoting physical fitness and building character in young people; and, ultimately, a way (Do) of life.

Maeda had trained first in sumo as a teenager, and after the interest generated by stories about the success of judo at contests between judo and jujutsu that were occurring at the time, he changed from sumo to judo, becoming a student of Kano's Kodokan judo. He was promoted to 7th dan in Kodokan judo the day before he died in 1941.

Gastão Gracie was a business partner of the American Circus in Belém. In 1916, Italian Argentine circus Queirolo Brothers staged shows there and presented Maeda. In 1917,Carlos Gracie, the eldest son of Gastão Gracie, watched a demonstration by Maeda at the Da Paz Theatre and decided to learn judo. Maeda accepted Carlos as a student and Carlos learned for a few years, eventually passing his knowledge on to his brothers.

At age fourteen, Hélio Gracie, the youngest of the brothers, moved in with his older brothers who lived and taught Jiu-Jitsu in a house in Botafogo, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Following a doctor's recommendations, Hélio would spend the next few years being limited to watching his brothers teach as he was naturally frail.

One day, when Hélio Gracie was 16 years old, a student showed up for class when Carlos was not around. Hélio, who had memorized all the techniques from watching his brothers teach, offered to start the class. When the class was over, Carlos showed up and apologized for his delay. The student asked that Hélio continue being his instructor. Over time, Hélio Gracie gradually developed Gracie Jiu Jitsu as an adaptation from Judo, as he was unable to perform many Judo moves.

Hélio Gracie also held the rank of 6th dan in judo.

Although Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is largely identified with the Gracie family, there is also another prominent lineage from Maeda via another Brazilian disciple, Luis França. This lineage had been represented particularly by Oswaldo Fadda. Fadda and his students were famous for influential use of footlocksand the lineage still survives through Fadda's links with today's teams such as Nova União and Grappling Fight Team.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes getting an opponent to the ground in order to utilize ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and chokeholds. The premise is that most of the advantage of a larger, stronger opponent comes from superior reach and more powerful strikes, both of which are somewhat negated when grappling on the ground.

BJJ permits a wide variety of techniques to take the fight to the ground after taking a grip. Once the opponent is on the ground, a number of maneuvers (and counter-maneuvers) are available to manipulate the opponent into a suitable position for the application of a submission technique. Achieving a dominant position on the ground is one of the hallmarks of the BJJ style, and includes effective use of the guard position to defend oneself from bottom, and passing the guard to dominate from top position with side control, mount, and back mountpositions. This system of maneuvering and manipulation can be likened to a form of kinetic chess when utilized by two experienced practitioners. A submission hold is the equivalent of checkmate in the sport, reflecting a disadvantage which would be extremely difficult to overcome in a fight (such as a dislocated joint or unconsciousness).

Renzo Gracie wrote in his book Mastering Jiu-jitsu:

'The classical jujutsu of old Japan appeared to have no common strategy to guide a combatant over the course of a fight. Indeed, this was one of Kano's most fundamental and perceptive criticisms of the classical program.' Maeda not only taught the art of judo to Carlos Gracie, but also taught a particular philosophy about the nature of combat developed by Kano, and further refined by Maeda based on his worldwide travels competing against fighters skilled in a wide variety of martial arts.

The book details Maeda's theory as arguing that physical combat could be broken down into distinct phases, such as the striking phase, the grappling phase, the ground phase, etc. Thus, it was a smart fighter's task to keep the fight located in the phase of combat that best suited to his own strengths. Renzo Gracie stated that this was a fundamental influence on the Gracie approach to combat, these strategies were further developed over time by the Gracies and others, and became prominent in contemporary MMA.

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As things move along I'll stick more catogorys on so theres more areas for chat and info and the odd video and picture!

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