After only two months of being open, today saw Factory BJJ host its very first seminar and in short – it was brilliant!
Covering both Gi and No Gi Half Guard, Combat Base Brown Belt - Darren Currie was at the helm and with his Black Belt wife Helen on the mat, everyone had an informative and highly developmental session.
Incorporating drills with concepts and high percentage techniques the two hours flew by and in all honesty we could all be still there now! Darren’s laidback yet thorough approach to BJJ really helped get the material across and his attention to detail and technical prowess was second to none.
Giving us a whole range of ideas to play from both the top and bottom Half Guard positions, we’ve all now got months and months of material to work on.
(Pic 1 – Darren about to show us a nifty Half Guard sweep)
The important thing about the seminar and the thing we’ll all take away from the session is the immediacy of what Darren showed us. He didn’t show anything that any level couldn’t plug instantly into their game. So understandably we’re all really looking forward to hitting the mat in the next few days and using what he showed to bolster all our games.
(Pic 2 No Gi – Half Guard Killer the Brabo Choke)
After a few customary group photos it was on to a local pub/restaurant for more than any of us could eat. It was nice to see everyone who was at the seminar out for food and that’s something which we at Factory will be doing more of in the future. (Notable mention has to go to Johnny Crimp who abused the Carvery and put everyone to shame with his intestinal fortitude.)
(Group Photo Back Row – L to R Rick Astley, Bryan Wookie, James Nardone, Darren Currie, Doug Mochan, James Hoy. Front Row – L to R Johnny Crimp, Dave Kari, John Allen, Adam Adshead, Helen Currrie)
All in all a great day of training, food and making new friends; it was a pleasure to have both Darren and Helen down at Factory BJJ (and at the pub) and it’s certainly not the last time we’ll be having the pair down.
So a huge thanks go out to both Darren and Helen for a fantastic seminar and to everyone for coming down and showing the laid back vibe at Factory BJJ. I’m not the only one who can’t wait for the next one, my phone hasn’t stopped ringing since I got back!
See you all soon,
Adam Adshead and everyone at Factory BJJ
For more photos from the seminar check out the Factory BJJ Flickr page
It was a great seminar and really nice to meet Helen and Darren. Looking forward to the next one!
It was an absolute pleasure to meet you guys, great atmosphere and open minded. Look forward to working with you all in the future.
Great seminar! Thanks Factory BJJ for inviting me down and thanks Darren and Helen for an insightful afternoon. A very positive experience and a great game builder. I’m definately looking forward to future events. Nice one guys.
Darren,
It’s nice of you to say so and it was such a pleasure to have you both down.
The areas you covered have given us literally months of development and we can’t wait to get down to the gym tomorrow to start using everything!
Thanks again Darren and the rest of the guys for making the day memorable and hugely developmental.
All the best,
Adam Adshead and the rest of the guys at Factory BJJ
To the rest of you,
Glad you guys enjoyed it, we’re in talks about making it a regular occasion and we look forward to seeing you all down again and again and again….
See you all soon.
Adam Adshead
A HUGE thanks to Darren and Helen for spending the time to come to do the seminar with us. It was definately one of the most useful and enjoyable semiars I have ever been to and I cant wait to hit the mats to start working and drilling the stuff we were shown.
James
Cheers Darren, It was great to meet you and Helen. Really good seminar and a good day too.
The half guard stuff was amazing and I look forward to plugging it into my game. I can’t wait to get back on the mats again!
Thanks to you and Helen for coming down. Even venturing out in public with us, that’s more than most are willing to do with the Factory lot!
I’m really looking forward to working with you guys again!
Well ive finally recovered from my food mountain and got around to getting online. Great seminar guys thanks for coming and a big thanks to Adam for pulling the strings as all ways. If it wasn’t for you i would be a stone lighter.
Johnny Crimpo.