A strong foundation sets you up for lasting progress.
STEP 2 - WHITE BELT
FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAMME
After completing the 5-week beginners course, students join our Fundamentals Programme, the main training phase for white belts. This stage helps reinforce essential techniques, build fitness for grappling, and develop confidence through controlled sparring in a supportive environment.
You'll train in Gi, No Gi, or both, depending on your goals. Our coaches will guide your progress all the way to blue belt, ensuring you're well-prepared for the intermediate-advanced programme.
CLASS SCHEDULE
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What’s included
✔ Unlimited access to daily classes
✔ Access to HD recordings of the core techniques
✔ Access to MGA’s gym area
✔ Regular 1-1 check-ins with our black belt coaches
✔ Zero-cost evaluations and promotions
Class types
GI
Gi is the traditional style of Jiu Jitsu, practised in a uniform that includes a jacket, trousers and belt. Opponents are allowed to grip both their own and their partner’s uniform to take down, pass, sweep and submit. Certain submissions — like twisting leg locks that apply pressure to the knee — are not allowed.
It’s typically a slower, more technical form of grappling. Mistakes are punished more readily in the gi due to the friction of the uniform and the ability to grip and hold positions. For this reason, students who start in the gi often develop exceptionally strong, hard-to-pass guards.
core ADVANTAGES of our beginners programme
GRAPHIC OUTLINING OUR KEY BENEFITS OVER OTHER GYMS
COACHES WHO ARE THERE TO SERVE THE STUDENTS (NOT TRAIN)
CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY OF BEGINNERS ALL WORKING AND GRADUATING TOGETHER
TECHNIQUES AND SPARRING SPECIFIC TO YOUR EXPERIENCE - YOU AREN’T THROWN IN WITH ALL OF THE OTHER BELTS
PROGRESS TRACKING AND FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR STRUCTURED CURRICULUM
course instructors
Tom Everett
NO GI
No-Gi is the more modern style of Jiu Jitsu. It’s practiced in a rash guard and shorts or leggings, with no gripping of clothing allowed. Twisting leg locks that apply pressure to the knee — such as heel hooks and Aoki locks — are permitted and have revolutionised the sport in the last decade.
No-Gi is faster, more free-flowing, and places a greater emphasis on athleticism, body control, and traditional wrestling positions. It makes up 50% of the adult curriculum at MGA, and is taught from the beginner level all the way through to advanced competition training.
Tim Trevail
Sam Kanard
FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAMME
Most gyms throw beginners in the deep end. We don’t.
Join our structured, rolling-entry beginners programme designed to give new students and returning white belts the foundation they need to start BJJ properly.
What’s included
✔ 15 semi-private lessons structured for beginner’s
✔ A FREE MGA rash guard
✔ Access to an HD recording of the course curriculum + documents
✔ Access to MGA’s gym area
✔ A certificate of completion
✔ Regular 1-1 check-ins with our black belt coaches
class schedule
5-Week Beginner class times:
No Gi every Tuesday and Thursday - 6:00–7:00pm
Gi every Saturday - 10:00–11:00am
No need to wait for a start date. Our beginner course runs on a rolling-entry basis, so you can begin your journey whenever you're ready.
To graduate, you’ll need to attend two classes per week for five weeks. Most students choose Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with Saturday’s Gi class as a bonus.
COURSE CURRICULUM
Before the course: Zero-cost, Informative Orientation
Week 1: Safety Basics & Practical Self-Defense
Week 2: Dominant Positions, Concepts and Escapes
Week 3: The Basics of Guard, Sweeps and Submissions
Week 4: Transitions and Takedowns, Essential Submissions
Week 5: Final Drills & Assessment, More Sparring, Graduation & Progression
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Tom Everett
Sam Kanard
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