Christmas Training Times…

Christmas is fast racing towards us so here’s the club opening times for the fortcoming holiday season:

- Last training at Ipswich: Tuesday 21st December. Restarts Tuesday 4th January.

- Last Training at Bury St Edmunds: Wednesday 22nd December. Restarts Wednesday 5th January.

- Last Training at Beyton DEFENSIVE TACTICS: Friday 17th December. Restarts 14th January.

5 New Blue Belts at BlueWave Ipswich…

Last friday, Demetrius Ramos promoted five of the club members in Ipswich to blue belt.

Congratulations to: Mark Nixon, Ashley Brock, Steve Beames, Darren K & Layney.

English BJJ Open 2010…

November 5th & 6th 2010 saw close to 700 competitors descend upon the Dartford Judo center to take part in the ‘English Open 2010′.

Hosted by Carlson Gracie HQ, the event is the largest tournament in Europe outside of the official IBJJF European Championships.

22 Students from BlueWave took part in the 2 days of intense competition.

There were some great performances in the massive white belt divisions (some up to 55 competitors in a single bracket!), with Chuck Wadell taking a gold medal in the masters <100.5Kg, Iain Mackintosh coming through 5 matches to win silver in the masters <82Kg and Maz Upson taking silver in the womens <58Kg category.

Sunday saw the blue belts take to the mats with a good performance from Jack Lister (<70Kg) and a silver medal for Josh Palmer in the <94.3Kg division.