Hey Auckland, After a hectic few months we thought it’s time to round off another great year at Bucklands Beach BJJ. National Championships – black belt Gi National Champion In our last blog post, the team was preparing for the Gi National Championships. As always, all the team did themselves and their club proud. Wins or losses, it was great to see everyone perform so well under in a high-pressure environment. This was the first time I’d competed for a while and it was also my first time competing as Black Belt. After taking gold in various competitions domestically and internationally I was ..read more

Following Derrick Hodgson’s fantastic introduction into this series, which follows the personal training stories of Bucklands Beach BJJ students, we have two more stories to share with you today. Enjoy! #1 Malcolm Taylor’s entry into BJJ, from beginner to blue belt I met Andy at his daughter’s BJJ birthday party two years ago. As I watched the kids play games, I was having a great time stuffing my face with cake. Andy was talking to me (he’s a friendly guy) then somehow, I agreed to try a BJJ class. To this day I still have no idea how I got talked into it?! I went along to that first class wi ..read more

Firstly, what got me into BJJ? I have been active all my life reaching high grades in both badminton and squash. I ranked in NZ for both. After injuring my back in 2017, this made these sports painful. My son is a 4 tag white belt in BJJ (in Aussie) and when I said to him I needed something to get fit, he said to give BJJ a go as he thought physically I’d be able to do it without further injuring myself. So at 60 years of age, I went looking for a club close to work and home, and it’s there I found the Bucklands Beach BJJ club… The rest is history. Week One Sat 6th April 2019: This was my firs ..read more

Hey Auckland, I hope everyone is having a fantastic winter so far! The last few weeks with the team have been crazy and we thought it was about time to get you up to date! Our two year anniversary Kicking things off – with just a few more days to go, we’re thrilled to announce our two year anniversary! A small recap for those that haven’t been following the page for too long… A few years ago we had a some old mats and we started training on little Bucklands Beach a few times each week. When winter came, the weather started getting worse so we moved into a garage to continue our training! Week ..read more

Hey Auckland, We’ve got some exciting news for you, to kick off our June club updates! Promotions We were proud to have been to able to award some new belt promotions to our hard-working students. Firstly, there is only going to be a handful of times when we are able to award several belts simultaneously as everyone has their own progression rate and normally started training at varied times. However due to several members all starting at a very similar time, we had the pleasure of awarding four blue belts and a purple belt! Even more gratifying was the fact that most of the new blue belts ..read more