Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Once a month I run a Northumbria Police Sports and Social Club Brazilian Jiu Jitsu session.
The sessions are 2 hrs long with 90 min instruction covering hand fighting, takedowns, pins and submissions and how to defend all of these. Then 30 min of submission grappling sparring.
The sessions are suitable for all fitness and experience levels.
Come and have a look. Find out what it’s like to make techniques work against a fully resisting opponent.
Contact Craig Briggs (7411) for more information.
Insp 7411 Craig Briggs and Pc 8529 Matthew Trevena recently represented Northumbria Police in the first Team Police Brazilian Jiu Jitsu National Championships.
This took place on 3rd June 2023 and was held at Birmingham at the Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre.
Insp Briggs took a Silver medal in the Masters Middle Weight bracket and Matty took Bronze in the Adult Middle Weight and a Bronze in the Absolute category.
Not bad going for our first run out as part of the NPSSC BJJ Section.
The NPSSC BJJ Section meets once a month. Please contact Inspector Craig Briggs for further details.
Team Police BJJ No Gi Championships 2023
On 2nd December 2023 6 representatives of NPSSC BJJ Section travelled down to Cheshire Police HQ with an adopted Durpol officer to compete in the Team Police BJJ No Gi Championships 2023. A hard day of competing resulted in 6 gold medals and 2 bronze medals. Some excellent demonstrations of skill, courage and resilience.
Craig Briggs – Black Belt Adult Middle Weight – Gold
Brian Smiles – Purple Belt Masters Super Heavy Weight – Gold
Matty Trevena – Blue Belt Adult Middle Weight – Gold
Claire Topham – Blue Belt Masters Super Heavy – Gold – Absolute – Bronze
Jake Prince – Blue Belt Masters Medium Heavy – Bronze
Ross Young – White Belt Adult Lightweight – no medal but some excellent fights!
Josh White (Durham) White Belt Super Heavy Weight – Gold – Absolute Division – Gold
Videos from the event are on the npssc.bjj Instagram page. Next training session is 17th December 2023. Contact Insp 7411 Craig Briggs for details
