Nexus BJJ has just recently co-founded the Australian Jiu Jitsu Alliance with the Australian Elite Team and Dan Cherubin Jiu Jitsu.  Each member academy will continue to operate their schools independently however at competitions everyone will come under the one Alliance banner.

As Docklands Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is in the Nexus BJJ family of schools, this in turn means that our members will be part of Australian Jiu Jitsu Alliance.  This is very exciting news as it opens the door for our members to train with with over 200+ students in the Alliance not to mention the opportunity to learn from notable Jiu Jitsu masters such as Murat Karazendeli, Ninos Dammo and Dan Cherubin.  While much more is currently being planned, as a start regular seminars will be conducted as well as internal competitions and even training camps.

For those of us at Docklands Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, we are absolutely thrilled to be part of the new Alliance.  Huge congratulations to Murat, Ninos and Dan for making it happen.  We’re all looking forward to the great new opportunities and can’t wait to train with everyone.

The Royler Gracie seminar at our parent gym Nexus BJJ was a great success!  Thank you to all friends and members who attended, and of course the biggest thanks goes to Royler himself who taught some incredible techniques.  The feedback was unanimous – it was the best seminar everyone had been to and Royler really did live up to his name.  As the three time ADCC champion, each of the moves shown by Royler were very practical and easy to pick up.

Thanks also go to Murat and Pat for organising the seminar and getting the numbers together for what was a highly enjoyable learning experience.  Please see the Photos page to see some snapshots of the event.

Exciting news for all our Jiu Jitsu members – we now have a brand new set of mats!  We’ve now removed the old set and have replaced them with 4mm thick Zebra mats.  These are the same mats as used in the Victorian BJJ and Pan Pacific BJJ Championships which will help us all to become competition ready.

In literally other news, we are happy to see articles about Docklands BJJ in local media such as the Docklands News and Docklands 3000.  This page will be updated soon with scans of the articles.

Finally, can all members please remember that the Royler Gracie seminar being hosted by our parent gym Nexus BJJ will be occurring on Friday the 6th of August 2010 from 6pm onwards.  For more details, please call Murat on 0401 582 738.

From all of us at Docklands BJJ, we would like to thank everyone who has supported us in our first month of opening. We are very pleased with how the club is coming along and the fantastic kindness of the local community. For those of you who are yet to pop along, please feel free to take advantage of our first session free offer – just come along and have a try!

As we continue growing, we are now proudly able to supply our members with Jiu Jitsu Gi uniforms and all other types of grappling equipment! Brands include Fuji, Koral and Brute amongst many other reputable brand names. If there’s anything you need, just let us know.

Finally, as a member of the Nexus Gracie Jiu Jitsu family in Melbourne we would like to announce that the legendary Royler Gracie, son of the founder of Gracie Jiu Jitsu, will be hosting a seminar at Nexus in North Coburg. Please visit the Nexus site for full details!

Session times:
Tues 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Thur 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Location:
The Hub, 80 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands, Melbourne
(Bright red building next to the NAB building corner Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade)

The Docklands Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club in Melbourne will be launching on the 1st of June 2010 at the Hub in Docklands and will be running every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm teaching the true Gracie Jiu Jitsu style. A map to the venue is located on the right sidebar panel, and in terms of directions it’s the bright red building situated in front of the Gloria Jeans coffee shop, next to the Melbourne NAB headquarters building.  Everyone is very welcome to come without charge and learn some fun and effective Jiu Jitsu techniques – first session free!

The Docklands Melbourne BJJ website has finally gone online!  However the site is still very much under construction, so please be patient with us while we add content and make it nice and pretty.  Keep watching, because the Docklands Brazilian Jiu Jitsu site is set to grow!!

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with what BJJ is, the best way to find out is by either giving it a go or seeing it for yourself! In the meanwhile, see the video below for the next best thing: