Straight Blast Australia

Whoa Judo fees are higher than BJJ in Australia? I feel Judo is the much cheaper one everywhere else source, 2025 ↗

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I believe you should come to the major cities, either Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. I’m in the Northern Beaches of Sydney and there are so many expatriates children who are living the dream. They pick up English very quickly and there is so much to do extra curricular eg BJJ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is great for confidence and making friends. Plenty of girls doing BJJ and loving the inter-action. It’s expensive in Australia as you’re aware however I don’t think you’ll regret it. source, 2025 ↗

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Izzy saw Volk at an expo in Sydney and they both did some training with Volk's jiu jitsu trainer. I think Izzy and Volk also did some sparring and striking training. Volk had a vlog about it on his youtube and I think izzy posted it too. All the stuff we saw on the internet about Fury saying "i'm no cage fighter!" and pictures of him standing next to Alex were from Australia, all of them were there for that expo. source, 2023 ↗

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It would have been 2010, I was once a purple belt with a dream. We managed to have Gui Mendes come to our humble little gym in Sydney Australia for a seminar. After the seminar when I had a chance to talk to him, I asked him what tips he has for up and coming competitors with big dreams. He gave me the usual spiel about training hard, 3 times a day, 6 days a week. That's what he and Rafa do and his competition team. I wasn't aware that everyone was juicing back then. Honestly at that point I sort of knew I didn't have what it took to be good at the sport, 3 times a day regularly wasn't so source, 2023 ↗

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Farewell Anthony Lange. So tonight Anthony Lange (he’s the small guy, I’m the tall one) one of Australia’s pioneers of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA conducted his last grading at his academy headquarters in Manly on Sydney’s northern beaches Australia. Anthony is a 4th degree Bjj black belt under John Will via the Machado brothers lineage. John is one of Bjj’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ or the first 12 non Brazilians to achieve Faixa Preta (black belt). Anthony is multiple masters world Bjj champion and cornered the first Australian to ever fight in the UFC, Elvis Sinosic, when Elvis fought and bested source, 2022 ↗

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>Moody was arrested by the Australian Federal Police on February 22, 2014, in Sydney, charged with drunkenly assaulting a female flight attendant on his Qantas flight from Brisbane. >On April 21, 2015, Moody was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with domestic battery by strangulation. The police were called to Moody's hotel room on a report of domestic abuse towards Holly Smith, Moody's partner of 17 years. According to the police report, Moody strangled Smith with a jiu-jitsu hold and said, "I’m going to fucking kill you!" before repeatedly punching her. Smith was found with visible in source, 2022 ↗

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From his Wikipedia page: Moody was arrested by the Australian Federal Police on February 22, 2014, in Sydney, charged with drunkenly assaulting a female flight attendant on his Qantas flight from Brisbane. The band performed without him in Sydney and Melbourne. On April 21, 2015, Moody was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with domestic battery by strangulation. The police were called to Moody's hotel room on a report of domestic abuse towards Holly Smith, Moody's partner of 17 years. According to the police report, Moody strangled Smith with a jiu-jitsu hold and said, "I’m going to fuckin source, 2022 ↗

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Festivals almost every weekend, the large number of theatres (plays / musicals). Huge Craft beer scene, large range of good restaurants serving all types of cuisines, good Jiu Jitsu gym. I've travelled a lot of Australia and regional towns are wonderful to visit but I need variety where I live and I have no interest living North, South or West Sydney and travelling in to enjoy these things, I want them on my doorstep and happy to pay for that. source, 2022 ↗

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