Profile - Andy Aspinall

Name: Andy Aspinall
Weight: Beween 76-80kg
Age: Approaching big 50!
Proudest Sporting Moment: A long time ago RL career, Setting up and keeping Bolton Catch going, Coaching GB U20's ne-waza session, Watching my sons participate in sport
Favourite Jiu Jitsu competitior/practitioner: Andre Galvao, Braulio Estima, Leo Vieira
Favourite MMA fighter: Fedor, BJ Penn
Favourite food: Cornflakes
Strengths: Experience, grips, timing, utilisation of pressure
Favourite Technique: All/Any

Sunday 24th Jan 2010

This Sunday there will be a Karate seminar taking place at SKK Judo club at 12noon.

Please be there for 10.30am SHARP! See you there. Tom

BJJ Class Timetable

Just letting everyone know that classes are now available 5 TIMES PER WEEK!!!

=> Sunday - SKK Judo Club - 10.30am
=> Tuesday - Team Kaobon Liverpool - 6.00pm
=> Wednesday - Bolton Olympic Wrestling Club - 7.30pm
=> Thursday - Team Kaobon Liverpool - 6.00pm
=> Friday - St.Helens Thai Boxing - 8.00pm

The classes will be run as normal by Andy Aspinall.

Hope to see you all there.

From Strength to Strength

Last night (Wed 20th Jan) Bolton Catch had a great turn out of 37 people, including about 10 juniors.
Varying in sizes, grades and experience, the training and atmosphere was as good as ever. Looks like all the hard work and dedication is now beginning to pay off, lets just hope everyone keeps it up!

I would like to take the time to thank everyone for coming....and remember to tell your friends.

See you all Friday.

To Gi, or not to Gi

As all classes at Bolton Catch BJJ are in Gi. The question that continues to occur year after year is: 'Does Gi training benefit your overall No-Gi game?!' Hopefully a few answers to the question...
(Also bear in mind that the majority of UFC champions are BJJ Black Belts who regularly train in a gi)

=> Using the Gi lessens physicall attributes such as strength and speed, this forces you to rely more on technique

=> Your submission defense will improve

=> You can be more creative (offensively)

=> You are forced to work more on your posture

=> Your ability to put pressure on the right areas to maintain positions will be much higher. eg areas like the diaghram, femur, jaw, and other not so obvious spots.

=> In a gi you have more options for open guard which is all about shrimping, framing, and most importantly knee rotation

=> It will improve your base (when passing the guard)

=> It will improve your escapes from dominant positions

We hope these points can help you understand that training in a Gi can also benefit to No-Gi training too!

Looking to make waves in 2010

Bolton Catch competitors are currently in training for the British open, which takes place in Birmingham at the end of March.

With a bigger and better team, the guys from Bolton hope to get a decent amount of medals from the British open aswell as other competitions later in the year. Bolton catch are on schedule to put forward at LEAST 10 fighters into the competition to represent.

Good luck guys!!!!!

Grading - 2nd August 2009

FRANKLIN JENSEN (Alliance BJJ Black Belt) of Florionopolis, Brazil held a grading on Sunday 2nd of August '09, at SKK Judo club. Franklin stayed over with us in nearby Liverpool for 6 weeks and we all trained with him many times.

The grading was a long and intense morning of hard rolling/sparring, with everyone rolling with people of different size, shape and standard!

After an exhaustive assessment period and a rigorous grading, Franklin awarded the following belts and stripes to members of Bolton Catch BJJ.

Blue

Mark 'Pimsy' Rigby

Kim Roscoe

'Young' Tom Aspinall (Aged 16)

Rick Mooney

'Big' Chris Pimblett

Radek Gajdamakin

Stripes on Blue
Neil 'Ricky' Croston

Tom Dolly

Ian 'Willow' Wilson

'Little' Ian Hunt

Stripes on White

Gaz Ellison

Jamie Bowley

Ian 'Shutts' Shuttleworth

Scott Laird

Last, but certainly not least, our instructor, ANDY ASPINALL. Who was awarded a well deserved Brown belt.

Congrats to all who took part... the day was one for the books!!!