“I want to play some fu*king tournaments man. Grappling Industries – hit us up! We want to play a tournament!” Kimura! have recently been a highlight in the grappling news, for their (obvious link to BJJ) debut single release, and they are a four-piece heavy metal BJJ-influenced comedy band from
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Name: Sam KayeAge: 29D.O.B: 07/11/91Nationality: BritishLocation: Lake District, EnglandGym: Lake District BJJ AcademyCoach: Ben PoppletonBJJ Rank: Black BeltHeight: 5’8Weight: 76kgBJJ Weight Class: Lightweight About Sam Kaye Sam Kaye is a BJJ black belt under Ben Poppleton and trains at Lake District BJJ Academy in England, or ‘Lakes BJJ’ as it
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Sam Kaye is the first and currently only disabled BJJ black belt in the whole of Europe. Kaye trains at Lakes BJJ Academy in the Lake District, England under Ben Poppleton. Sam Kaye was awarded his black belt promotion back in May 2019 and has been training BJJ since 2009.
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Kimura! – DO IT AGAIN (Official Music Video) is from their debut EP ‘Flying Triangle’ which is now available to stream on all platforms. UK BJJ inspired metalcore band ‘Kimura!’ have released the music video of their new track ‘DO IT AGAIN!’ on 6 February 2021 which features martial arts
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The first ever Polaris Squads took place at Central Hall, Southampton, England on Sept 27, at 8 p.m. streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. Polaris Squads consisted of two teams of eight – Team UK & Ireland and Team Europe. There’ was also a super fight at half time between
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The Polaris UK Grand Prix has finished and crowned a champion who can claim through hard-earned results to be the presumptive king of British grappling. It was an interesting night and certainly packed with action, a lot more than the results might indicate given how many of the tournament matches
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Almost six months after the event was first announced, the Polaris Grand Prix is finally right around the corner and the bracket has just been released. The event started out with elite grapplers from all around the world, before the Coronavirus outbreak forced a delay, the removal of the crowd
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Grapplefest 9 was the first professional grappling event to be held on UK soil since the Coronavirus outbreak caused the cancellation of every event and it quickly became apparent that the athletes taking part were eager to get back to action, full results can be found at the end of
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Grapplefest 9 is fast approaching and this marks the promotion’s first event in over four months due to the Coronavirus pandemic. That also makes this the first UK event to take place in the same timeframe, so local fans will no doubt be excited by the prospect of the return
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The thirteenth Polaris event was originally scheduled for the 4th of April and was set to be an Absolute Grand Prix featuring entrants from across the world like Nicky Rodriguez, Nathan Orchard, Adam Wardzinski and Kaynan Duarte. Sadly, the recent Coronavirus pandemic put the entire event in jeopardy and not
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