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New Will-Machado Black Belt in Geraldton

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Geoff Grant

Last night I had the privilege of awarding Braden Sweeney his Black Belt. He started training with me at the Geraldton PCYC as a 16 year over 11 years ago.

Early in 2020 Braden moved to Perth and continued his training under Leigh Burger as well as regularly seeking out and grappling with many of Perth brown and black belts.

As well as being a solid grappler with a well-rounded gi and no gi game he is an experienced coach with many years of assisting the planning and coaching in Geraldton as well as coaching in Perth. 

Congratulations Braden

Oliver Murray - Will-Machado Geraldton

Picture from L to R

Michael Jones, Braden Sweeney, Oliver Murray & Jasmyn Fairclough

NEW BLACK BELT

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Geoff Grant

I had the privilege and pleasure of being able to present Wayne Ardley with his BJJ Black Belt on Friday night. 
Wayne runs Invictus MMA and BJJ in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. He has been training for a very long time and brings both a broad and deep history of martial arts training to his students. Congratulations on this milestone (one of many) in your martial arts journey Wayne.

Best respect,
John Will

Wayne Ardley - John Will - BJJ Black Belt

John Mee - new Albury/Wodonga BJJ Black Belt

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Geoff Grant

After almost 12 years of training, AWBJJ head instructor Tony Morris, with the endorsement of John Will awarded John his well earned BJJ Black Belt.

John is a central part of our club and sets the standard both on and off the mat with his attention to detail, high work ethic and ability to lead and teach. He is a pleasure to be around and summed up the BJJ journey well when he said "I guess now I've got to start all over again".

It was great to see 26 on the mat for the occasion and our club will now have 4 Black Belts regularly on the mat.

Congratulations John enjoy your new rank.


Queensland Black Belt:

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Geoff Grant

One of Australia’s newest Black belts - Queensland’s Matthew Cugola, has been training for many years under the guidance of the excellent Vincent Perry from Burleigh Heads.
Congratulations Matthew, I admire your dedication, commitment to excellence and passion for what you do.

May this milestone prove to be the first of many more to come.

- JBW

Clay Shaw BJJ Black Belt

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Geoff Grant

This weekend just past I had the privilege of being able to present Clay Shaw with his Black Belt.
Clay first stepped onto the BJJ mat 20 years ago and his dedication, perseverance and dogged commitment have earned him membership to a much-respected and closely-knit fraternity –
congratulations Clay!
Clay brings warmth and positivity to any mat he graces, he is all about contribution and guidance, a true teacher at heart.

Once again – a huge congratulations Clay – you are an inspiration.

JBW