TEAM NORTON JIU JITSU AT ROSELANDS AND WEST PENNANT HILLS
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BKJ MARTIAL ARTS
JIU JITSU BLACK BELTS

Professor Richard Norton – 6th Degree
Chief Instructor Team Norton Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Professor George Adams 2nd Degree
Chief Instructor BKJ Martial Arts

Timothy Ellis
1st Degree

John Ellis
1st Degree

P. Tziliaskopoulos

    Chris Wilson

Jim Hughes

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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is one of the most fascinating and fastest growing martial arts in the world today.  It requires skill and efficiency, not brute strength, and is built on the principle that a smaller and weaker person can successfully defend themselves against a bigger and stronger person using leverage and technique.  Unlike the striking arts, Jiu Jitsu is predominantly a ground fighting art in which an opponent is put to the ground and manipulated with techniques and submission holds involving joint locks and chokes but is also about how to get back on your feet if taken to the ground.

Jiu Jitsu is also a complementary art to other martial arts in many situations where people grab each other or fall to the ground.  The effectiveness and increasing popularity of Jiu Jitsu has found its way in law enforcement training programmes, anti-bullying programmes and women self defence particularly female victims of domestic violence.

BJJ is often referred to as the ‘Kinetic Chess’ of martial arts because of the strategy to beat your opponent.


TEAM NORTON JIU JITSU

Our school operates under the auspices of Professor Richard Norton who has been trained and graded Black Belt 6th Degree by the Machado Brothers.  Our school is an affiliate with the Richard Norton Jiu Jitsu Association (Team Norton BJJ).  The instructor, George Adams, was graded by Richard Norton and JJ Machado.

Richard Norton has trained in many aspects of the martial arts with over 55 years training, including Judo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, Aikido, Thai Boxing and several Japanese weapons systems. He has trained extensively with such Martial Arts legends as Tino Ceberano, Tadashi Yamashita, Fumio Demura, Bill ‘Superfoot’ Wallace, Pete “Sugar Foot” Cunningham, the Machado brothers and Chuck Norris.

Richard Norton is in constant demand for Jiu Jitsu seminars all over the world and regularly visits and conducts seminars in Sydney.

George Adams with Professor Richard Norton

HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU (BJJ)

In 1914, a Japanese Jiu Jitsu champion, Esai Maeda, migrated to Brazil where he met and taught Carlos Gracie who then taught his four brothers brothers.  In 1925 they opened the first Gracie Jiu Jitsu academy in Brazil.  The over the following decades, Carlos’s brothers, sons, grandsons and cousins further developed the art.

Rio de Janeiro was the proving-ground for no-rules fighting (Vale Tudo).  Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) schools started to open up everywhere, a sporting aspect was developed and the art grew tremendously in popularity.

The Machado Brothers (cousins of the Gracies) developed their system of Jiu Jitsu over the last 50 years. The Jiu Jitsu they learned in Brazil has been refined by them into a modern and unique style which is now popular around the world.  Emanating from Brazil, their family has demonstrated the effectiveness of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in many “no rules” tournaments. They have demonstrated their superiority on the mat, winning numerous championships all over the world including other grappling arts such as wrestling and Russian Sambo.

Machado Brothers

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (Kinetic Chess)

Team Norton BJJ with Professor Jean Jacques Machado & Richard Norton

Our Roselands location (BKJ Martial Arts Centre) offers Kids Jiu Jitsu from 8 to 14 years old where they can train in complete safety.  Our programme will increase the child’s concentration, coordination and fitness level which are invaluable for helping kids reach their goals in every day life.  More importantly they will build self-confidence, self-discipline and the positive attitude necessary to become a successful young adult.

 

TIMETABLE FOR ROSELANDS AND WEST PENNANT HILLS (WPH)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Jiu Jitsu
6.30am-7.30am
Jiu Jitsu
TBA
Jiu Jitsu (West Pennant Hills)
10.45am-12pm
     
Jiu Jitsu
6pm-7pm
Jiu Jitsu
7.30pm-8.45pm
Jiu Jitsu
7.30am-8.45pm
Females only
6pm – 7pm
Jiu Jitsu (West Pennant Hills)
5.45pm-7pm

BKJ Martial Arts & Fitness Centre (Roselands)
Level 1, 925 Canterbury Rd, Roselands
Phone: 0418 608 688

Mon: 6pm – 7pm
Tue: 7.30pm – 8.45pm
Wed: 6.30am – 7.30am
Thur: 7.30pm – 8.45pm

Kids (6-12 years)
Wed: 6pm – 7pm

Females only
Fri: 6pm – 7pm

BKJ Martial Arts (West Pennant Hills)
WPH Community Centre (George Thornton Park)
View Street, West Pennant Hills, NSW
Phone: 0418 608 688

Wed: 5.45pm – 7pm
Sat: 10.45am – 12pm

Rankings

Black BeltBrown BeltPurple BeltBlue BeltWhite Belt
Richard Norton
6th Degree

George Adams
2nd Degree

Timothy Ellis
1st Degree

John Ellis
1st Degree

Peter Tziliaskopoulos
Black Belt

Chris Wilson
Black Belt

Jim Hughes
Black Belt

Tim Smith
Raden Wijoyo
Carlo Giampietro
Darren Grieve
Anthony Tartak
Aaron Jones
Nuno Gomes
Jim Kay
Kathy Taylor
Frank Wilson
Stuart Adam
Stewart Mackie
Roland Winter
Dean Stockley
Marlon Daniel
Daniel Polley
Lee Baxter
Renan Garcia
Aron Ko
Richy Caldwell
Chris Christofi
Omar Al-Dabbas
Jarrod Papandrea
1 Stripe
Alex Piotrowski
Dylan Castrogiavanni
Zaid Mohammed
Daniel De Matos
Hassan Rammal
Greg Tziliaskopoulos
Amien Soeker
Hinok Desta
Moeena Goolam
Victor Tringas
Rumaysa Goolam
Donald Chen
Donahue D’Souza

2 Stripes
Allan Shai-Hee
Shahriar Shabanipour
Nahyan Islam
Hamdy Amrizal
Lachlan James
Angelo Bagnato
Adeeb Malek
Michael Papageorgious
Theodore Kourafas
Athan Kourafas
Giorgio Christofi
Zoe Rontziokos

3 Stripes
Casey White
Andrew Demos
Regan Lung
Bilal Zreika
Mennie Tuaati
Victor Chan

4 Stripes
Khallil Thomas
Riley Hughes
Dominic Bruno
Alex Asimakopoulos
Lukas Hoffman
John Bertuzzi

  BJJ BELT SYSTEM FOR JUNIORS (4-15 yrs)

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  BJJ BELT SYSTEM FOR SENIORS

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