Training

Grappling

Grappling is a family of martial arts where the aim is to finish your opponent with a joint lock or a choke (a submission). There are no kicks or punches, instead you control your opponent with your arms, legs and head until you reach a finish.

Here we mix techniques freely from martial arts like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Wrestling, MMA, judo and wrestling, with the focus on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Wrestling. The permissive rules let techniques and strategies from different sports be combined freely, which makes for a very effective martial art.

Isn’t it called Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Almost. We train the same thing as a BJJ club, but usually without the gi (the thick jacket and trousers), which is normally called no-gi. The official Swedish name for the no-gi version is Submission Wrestling, so we say grappling instead, because that covers both.

Before you come

What you need

Loose clothes. A t-shirt and shorts or thin trousers, with no hard buttons or zips.
Trimmed nails. Both fingers and toes.
No jewellery or rings. Tape them over if they won’t come off.
We train barefoot. No shoes or socks on the mat.

Training

How a session is put together

Sessions differ from one another, but they generally follow this shape.

Warm-up. The warm-ups are usually short, with drills tied directly to grappling.
Technique. A movement or an idea is introduced through simple drills with a partner.
Games. You explore the idea in situations close to the real thing.
Sparring. The session ends with freer sparring, where you get to use what you learned.

If anyone says stop, you stop
If your partner says stop, or signals it some other way such as tapping you, you stop and let go, whatever is going on at the time.
Nothing is compulsory
Nobody has to do anything they’re not comfortable with.

Coaches