Carlson Gracie Redlands

12/06/2026

The chalkboard goes up Sunday.
Your name needs to be on it. 📋
Winter Warrior 2026 is coming and it is going to separate the Warriors from everyone else.

5 weeks.
17 sessions.
One hoodie that cannot be bought only earned.
🥋 One custom Gi.
One Bonfire Night.
One Winter Warrior. 🏆🔥

Adults and teens same board. Same standard. Same prize. 😤

📲 Three days to register.
👉 Link in bio, below or scan the QR code at the gym.
💰 $50 entry. Closes Monday 15th June.

https://carlsongracieredlandsaus.clubm.mobi/Member/Joining.mvc?mtid=221017&showLogo=True&reset=True

The cold doesn't tap. Neither do Warriors. ❄️⚔️

12/06/2026

Massive thanks to Professor Matheus Franklin for the great triangle seminar! Lots of techniques and good vibe! It was an absolutely pleasure to have you here!

11/06/2026

Professor Thiago breaking down a back take from turtle that finishes with a rear naked choke and the sequence is methodical from the very first contact point all the way through to the finish.

The knee drives in to create the space and keeps driving until it touches the ground, the seatbelt goes on, the right foot goes between the legs and from there it is sitting back, kicking the bottom leg out to free the left leg, getting the first hook, a small hip escape to get the second hook, controlling the hand, a small hip skate to bring the arm around and then the hand goes to the forehead or the chin to pull the head up and expose the neck.

From there the hand reaches the shoulder and makes the grip first before anything else because the opponent is going to be fighting for that space, then open the hand, grab the bicep, the other hand goes to the opposite shoulder, squeeze and finish.

The grip on the shoulder before opening to the bicep is the detail most people skip and it is the one that makes the rear naked choke land cleanly rather than giving the opponent the space to tuck their chin and survive.

Save this and bring the full sequence to your next session.

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Part 2 of Bizzy's interview picks up before she ever walked through our doors and the context she gives about where she was at that point is something a lot of people will recognise even if they have never said it out loud.

Bizzy was living on the Gold Coast, working fully remotely from home and feeling genuinely isolated from family and friends, and at the same time she had just achieved a significant goal she had been working toward for a long time, which sounds like it should feel good and often does not because the thing that was giving you direction and momentum is suddenly no longer there and you are left looking for what comes next.

She had been training at a group fitness gym for three and a half years and had done real and meaningful work on her body image and self image through that experience, but she had reached a point where she knew she needed something completely different, something that would challenge her mentally and not just physically, and she was open to whatever that turned out to be when her sister in law brought her through our doors.

What made Carlson Gracie Redlands feel right was the culture and Bizzy is specific and deliberate about why, saying it is the kind of culture you simply cannot fake and that it felt like the right fit for her from the very beginning in a way that is difficult to explain but impossible to miss when you experience it.

Twelve months later Jiu Jitsu has created a sense of community and connection that directly addressed the isolation she was feeling, built a special shared bond between her, her sister in law and her niece that they carry together, and given her a constant source of learning and growth that has shown her there is so much more to her than she had previously allowed herself to believe.

Her advice to the version of herself 12 months ago is the most honest and open thing she could have said.

You have no idea what is going to happen over the next 12 months. You are going to learn so much about yourself. Just keep going.

08/06/2026

Professor Thiago breaks down a throw by to back take that begins with a principle that separates effective wrestling entries from ones that stall before they start, which is creating a reaction from the opponent first rather than committing to the movement without any setup and hoping the opponent cooperates with what comes next.

The push creates the initial reaction and from there the right leg steps out with the hand going to the elbow, the elbow bumps up as the hip connects to the opponent's hip simultaneously, and when the opponent walks forward in response to that combination of pressure the back is right there in front of you before they have processed what the reaction they just gave away has opened up. Keeping the hand on the neck, going around and connecting to the arm completes the back take cleanly and with full control of the position.

The detail that makes this entry work consistently is the elbow bump and the hip to hip connection happening at the same time because it is that combination of upper and lower body pressure that causes the opponent to walk forward and give up the back rather than defending the entry and shutting it down before it develops.

Save this and bring the full sequence to your next training session.

07/06/2026

Winter Warrior 2026 is here. ⚔️

Five weeks. 17 sessions.
One hoodie.
One Gi.
One Bonfire Night. 🔥

Here's how it works:
📲 Scan the QR code to register before Monday 15th June
🥋 Train 17 sessions over 5 weeks
✅ Hit 17 sessions → earn your custom Winter Warrior hoodie
🏆 Train the most sessions in the gym → win a custom Gi with your own patch sewn on, presented at our Bonfire Night

The chalkboard goes up Monday 15th June. Your name needs to be on it. 📋

Registration closes Monday 15th June. No late entries. No exceptions. ❌

The cold doesn't tap. Neither do Warriors. 🥶

📲 Scan the QR code in our bio / on the poster at the gym to register.

https://carlsongracieredlandsaus.clubm.mobi/Member/Joining.mvc?mtid=221017&showLogo=True&reset=True

07/06/2026

We want to introduce you to Bizzy, 29 years old, working in business development and mindset and a member of Carlson Gracie Redlands for the past 12 months after her sister in law essentially made the decision for her, which she will tell you herself was one of the better decisions that has been made on her behalf.

Bizzy had never done any combat sports before she walked through our doors, had no idea what Jiu Jitsu actually was and was genuinely unsure whether it was right for her or whether she would fit into an environment she had never experienced before, and she is straightforward about the fact that every one of those hesitations disappeared very quickly once she started training.

Twelve months later she describes Jiu Jitsu as a genuinely meaningful part of her life and talks about two changes that stand out above everything else, a level of resilience she has noticed in herself that was not there before and a confidence in her own capabilities that has grown steadily through the experience of constantly making mistakes, learning from them and showing up again anyway.

Her advice to anyone sitting on the fence is the most honest and practical thing you will hear from anyone who has been through the experience of starting something completely new and unfamiliar, which is that nobody feels truly ready when they begin, that you do not need to be fit or experienced or naturally athletic to walk through the door and that if you find the right gym culture you will be supported through every part of the journey.

She found that culture here and it has made all the difference.

06/06/2026

BJJ teaches you to lose properly and that is one of the most underrated things it does for a man.

You tap, you reset, you go again. No sulking, no excuses, no blaming the other person, no replaying it for the rest of the day. You just figure out what went wrong and try again, and you do that over and over until the losing stops feeling like something that happens to you and starts feeling like information you can use.

Most men have not had a place to practice that in years and it shows, at work, at home and in how they handle anything that does not go their way.

The mats fix that quietly and without any fanfare and the men who train here will tell you it is one of the most significant things that changes when you commit to showing up consistently.
DM us the word TAP and we will send you the start plan.

03/06/2026

This is the final part of Tim's interview and across four videos he has given us some of the most honest and relatable member content we have ever put out, and this one closes the series with the best line of the lot, delivered not by Tim but by his wife.

When Tim is not in a great mood she tells him to get on the mats and go cuddle some men, and we would argue that is the most accurate and efficient description of what Jiu Jitsu does for a man's mental state that has ever been delivered by someone who has never trained a day in their life.

Eight months in Tim is more confident, healthier and has what he describes as a new lease on life, and the impact on his family has been just as significant as the impact on himself. Because he and his kids are at the gym four afternoons a week together they are spending more time as a family than they ever did before, building a stronger connection through shared time and a shared experience rather than coming home and disappearing into their own separate corners of the house.

The biggest surprise after joining was something Tim did not see coming, which was realising how genuinely capable he is as a person, because before he started he was going through the motions of life without a clear sense of purpose or direction and Jiu Jitsu gave him both in a way that nothing else had managed to do in the years before he walked through our doors.

His advice to the version of himself before he joined is the same thing he has said across every part of this series. Why did you stop 12 years ago and why did you not start sooner.
If that lands with you, DM us the word START and we will book in your first session.