Contact Me

[For more on my background, see here]

If you're looking to get in touch, then either stick up a comment on the relevant post in my blog, or email me here.

If you're a BJJ club owner/instructor looking to be added to the map, all I need is an address, contact details and a website. Students feel free to contact me with corrections and additions too: I won't realise a club has moved, closed down or opened up unless somebody tells me or I happen to see it on the web.

If you're selling a BJJ product, then I'd also be interested in hearing from you. Send it to me, and I guarantee an objective and thorough review: if you're looking for an example, see my piece on Blue Belt Requirements.

Finally, if you're looking to advertise on here, you can contact me to discuss the options. First come, first served.

Alternatively, there are a bunch of other ways to get in touch with me. I'm all over the web on forums, especially Bullshido, and also places like Twitter and Last.fm (I enjoy sharing musical taste, so if you read this blog and are also on Last.fm, let me know.)

I initially used this blog as a way to review schools, way back when I headed down to my first MMA class in Bristol. I became a regular blogger once I began training Brazilian jiu jitsu at the Roger Gracie Academy in 2006, writing up every class in order to remember technique, track my progress and plan my goals for sparring.

I received my blue belt from Jude Samuel in February 2008, and my purple belt from Roger Gracie and Kev Capel in March 2011. In writing this blog, I'm also hoping to get feedback from other BJJers - constructive comments on my training are always appreciated!

I then started adding BJJ resources, like the BJJ glossary and technique summary in 2007, followed by the UK BJJ map, product reviews and an extensive BJJ Beginner FAQ in 2008. More recently, I've been trying my hand at articles, covering a variety of BJJ topics, along with interviews. You can also see my work in Jiu Jitsu Style magazine.

I've also been using the blog to explore my interest in BJJ history. Please feel free to drop me a line if you've got any further sources (as long as it is something reputable I can reference and preferably link).

Outside of BJJ, I study English Lit at university, where I'm currently working on my PhD. If you want to hear me babble about poetry, here's one of the seminars I've taught in the past (handouts here), and here is a video of a paper I gave at a Poetry and Medicine conference in 2010. I've also written for the Warwick Review, an academic periodical.

Hospital Geography: Incarnations of the Poet-Patient from Can S on Vimeo.