New Yellow Belts and a Very Special Brown Belt

It has been a big start to the year for belts at SJC!

🟫 First, a very special belt upgrade: Lee has been promoted to 1st Kyu brown belt! Lee has been training continuously for 21 years and is one of the club's longest-serving members, which makes this promotion all the more significant for both him and the club. Congratulations, Sensei Lee!

🟨 Then, at the March grading, the club gained 4 new yellow belts, a key step in the Jiu Jitsu journey. Well done to all four!

Plenty of hard work went in beforehand, too. In January, Senseis Suraj, Sam and Dan taught a fantastic syllabus session, giving our senior grades some focused training and helping our instructors shape their key teaching themes. In February we had a great weekend of events, with the South Coast pre-grading on the Saturday and a syllabus course in Bristol on the Sunday.