There has been a lot going on within the gym in the last few days but it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge a huge achievement by coach Lachlan Giles. Not content with being one of the country’s best BJJ black belts and coaching the beasts at Absolute MMA South Yarra earned his PhD in Physiotherapy Research!
Congratulations Doctor Lachlan!
Carissa Wilson is our Student of the Year for Muay Thai!
Initially starting her training at Absolute with wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Carissa felt the urge to try her hand at striking and we are glad that she did! Carissa excelled at Muay Thai and has shown that she knows how to use her range perfectly in her two bouts so far.
Carissa was given an opportunity to shine this year and test herself on Rebellion ROOTS Muay Thai promotion and her performance didn’t fail to inspire. She took on a formidable opponent with 3 fights more experience and dominated from the opening bell. With well timed long kicks and a superior clinching game Carissa brought home a strong win with a 30-27 score card.
For her efforts in 2016 and her undefeated fight career, Carissa is Absolute MMA’s Student of the Year for Muay Thai. Look out for this girl in 2017!
This past Saturday we celebrated a great year of Jiu-Jitsu with our huge end of year grading! In addition to the previously mentioned Black Belt earned by Craig Jones, many of our teammates also took the next step in their BJJ journeys when they were awarded their next belt!
Surviving the gruelling physical test with technique honed through countless hours on the mats were Kim Cousins, Mikael Yahaya, Alex Russell and Lachlan Warne as they all earned their brown belts!
Richard Lättemägi, Jarrod Beardwood, Nick Hayden and Mark Kennedy are among some of the most dedicated individuals in the club and their purple belts were all well deserved!
Ridz Wan, Darren Gn, Liam Kurzemnieks, Joel Dalessandro, Chris Totton and Paul Totton earned their blue belts – the first major milestone in their jiu-jitsu careers and certainly one that is worthy of celebration!
Thank you to everyone who put the graders through their tests and gave them support! Thanks to everyone for an awesome year on and off the mats!
A special holiday schedule is in effect from Saturday, December 24 through until Monday, January 2nd.
Kids classes will finish up on Tuesday, December 20 with adults finishing up on Friday, December 23. Regular timetables for both children and adults will resume Tuesday, January 3rd.
You can find the schedule for different gyms through the spreadsheet tabs.
LINK: Holiday Timetable for CBD, Collingwood and South Yarra
Please note that due to the BJJ Grading, Absolute Fight Day #2 and End of Year Party in Collingwood this Saturday there will be no classes at any Absolute location.
Absolute MMA girls made history at the 2016 IBJJF World Nogi Championship in San Francisco, USA!
Three girls from Absolute MMA entered the Blue Belt Lightweight division and the results are simply phenomenal!
Pippa Shaw – Gold medal
Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths – Silver medal
Sarah Chapman – Bronze medal
What a day for Australian Jiu Jitsu! We are super proud of you!
The girls weren’t the only stars for the day though as coach Mikael Yahaya took bronze and Cooper Burnham also took bronze!
Congratulations to all the competitors on their outstanding results and thank you to the amazing team of coaches and teammates for supporting them!
Please note that there will be no classes at any Absolute location on Tuesday, November 1 due to the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday.
South Yarra will host a Gi BJJ seminar on the Worm Guard with Andre Galvao black belt Andris Brunovskis from 10AM. The seminar will be open to all and tickets are $50, payable at the door. South Yarra will also host an open mat from 12PM.
The CBD will be open for an open mat/open gym from 12PM to 2PM.
Collingwood will be closed for the day.
Classes will run as normal on Monday, October 31st.
Absolute MMA Collingwood is finally ready to open and the timetable is here!
MMA, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing and Wrestling all in our brand new, world-class facility!
You can check out the full timetable here: Absolute MMA Collingwood Timetable.
This timetable is just the beginning too! Look for things to grow very soon!
There have also been recent updates to the Melbourne CBD and South Yarra timetables so make sure you check those out too!
Due to the Grand Final public holiday there will be no classes at any Absolute location this Friday, September 30th.
South Yarra will be holding a BJJ open mat from 5PM to 7PM.
Collingwood (that’s 134 Cromwell Street in Collingwood if you have not yet been there) will have Muay Thai sparring from 10AM to 11.30AM and will also be hosting a special fundraising BJJ seminar with Abmar Barbosa from 10AM to 11AM before comp training runs from 11AM to 12.30PM.
There will be no open mats or open gyms in the CBD.
Classes will resume as normal on Saturday.
One of the greatest grappling coaches in the world today, John Danaher comes to Absolute MMA Collingwood to teach a no-gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/submission grappling seminar!
John has truly arrived on the world stage in the past couple years with his students Garry Tonon and Eddie Cummings taking submission grappling and especially footlocks to new heights! John is also a very highly regarded coach of submission grappling for MMA, coaching the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Chris Weidman!
(As if two Rickson Gracie seminars wasn’t enough!)
