Rio Grappling Club England

04/05/2026

6th Degree Blackbelt Roberto Atalla taught Kimura last year at / Rio Grappling Club Burnley. This year he added to the game with some techniques and concepts he picked up from Renzo Gracie.

This included good variations and details we can add straight into our games

04/05/2026

6th Degree Blackbelt and head of world wide Roberto Atalla took us through his half guard sweeps and reversals system at

This perfectly started out month on sweeps and reversals after a great April covering the variations of front headlock and guillotines and how to combine the atttacks

03/05/2026

2 New black belts added to the team Matthew Brooks first trained with Ian Butlin nearly 20 years ago
Oliver Sykes hasn’t missed a week for over 7 years
Consistency, dedication and assets to the team
4 very experienced black belts on our mats to work with the rest of the team

18/09/2025

A wealth of competition, teaching and mat experience at Rio Grappling Club Burnley/

17/09/2025

MMA and BJJ veteran and long time training partner Scott McClellan from got their black belts tonight from head of Roberto Atalla

17/09/2025

1st Degree Blackbelt
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16/08/2025

Coby Francis representing on the 30th August

05/08/2025

Another quality seminar from adding some very valuable details to the work on tripod passing we have been doing. We always take plenty away from Ash's seminars and highly recommend him.

17/07/2025

07/04/2025

*moving time*
we pack up and say goodbye to the infamous Green Hut of Death, it truly feels like the end of an era. So many memories, so many laughs, and friendships that will last a lifetime.
Farewell green hut you will always be part of our story see you all at the new digs 🙏