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Today I met the most inspirational person.

I was finishing off a private lesson about 12pm and the door opens. A man asks “Is the Factory BJJ, I’ve got a guy outside who is looking for you?”.

So I say yeah, send him in. The man tells me that the chap in question is totally blind and had been trying to find us without much look.

It turns out this 17-year-old, who was blind, had taken two buses, walked around for a while trying to find us, then had got a lift off two helpful passers by – just to enquire about training!

The funny thing is, we’re not open all day and 15 mins later and I would have been back at home!

Anyway, so we sit down and have a chat and he tells me that he wants to do BJJ, as he loves the fact that so much is based on touch, sensitivity and feel.

Now I speak to a lot of people who end up joining my club, but this guy just had so much passion about joining and was so driven to make this work – it was truly inspiring.

So he’s going to do some private sessions first, then jump in the main classes and go from there!

It just goes to show if you want something badly enough, anything is possible.

This also serves as a reminder to those who might not always have the motivation or can’t be bothered to go to training. Maybe you had a tough day at work, it’s too cold, you feel tired etc etc….

If you ever get that feeling, maybe have a quick think about this guy and what lengths he will have to go to just to get to training and back each class. That’s without the training itself!

Great BJJ Basics seminar today at Factory BJJ in Manchester!

We looked at building a simple, yet well rounded game plan for white belts to use whilst rolling!

We covered strategy, conceptual ideas for each position and specific techniques which you can use for each area.

Building on a solid guard game, we added in some sweeps and submissions. This was followed by a couple of high percentage guard passes and some attacking options from the top and escapes from underneath.

These seminars run every few months and are ideal for those who are new to BJJ and act as a nice refresher or those who have had breaks from training.

Thanks again guys, especially to Paulo and Melissa for the Brazilian flag! Obrigado meus amigos!!