Coach Conrad is the founder and Head Coach at SGAIOM. Starting BJJ in 2015 he is a brown belt, and focusses on the competition programme.
Meet our Coaches
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Conrad Roberts
Coach Conrad is the founder and Head Coach at SGAIOM. Starting BJJ in 2015 he is a brown belt, and focusses on the competition programme.
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Kev Ayre
Professor Kev is one of our Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts. He is a long established and our most experienced coach and is owner of Beyond Black Belt in Burton on Trent
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Sean Coates
Professor Sean is one of our Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts. He is an accomplished Competitor, Coach and owner of Total Jiu-Jitsu Nottingham
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Vanessa English
Professor Vanessa is one of our Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts. She is a very accomplished Competitor and Coach.
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Hayley Curtis
Hayley is the Head Women’s Coach, started in 2019 and is a Purple Belt.
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Jamie Mayers
Coach Jamie began BJJ in 2019 and is a Blue belt, delivering Adult and Kids classes.
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Callum Perry
Coach Callum delivers adults Gi and Nogi classes, a purple belt who start BJJ in 2018.
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Rob Mathews
Coach Rob is one of the Isle of Man’s most experienced Judo Blackbelts and is the Head of our Judo program
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Sarah Redmond
Coach Sarah is a blue belt, and is our Academy Manager in addition to her coaching responsibilities.
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Pam Teare
Coach Pam is the Academy's Welfare Officer alongside delivering classes, a blue belt who began BJJ in 2019.
Our Programme
Our curriculum is designed not only to focus on skill and strength, but continued learning and development – both physically and mentally.
We follow a belt system, progressing from White Belt to Black Belt. Our classes are structured in a way to make them suitable for all abilities, ensuring that we cover the fundamentals, movement control and more complicated techniques.
This is the same for our Kid’s classes – with the addition of some sport games which complement the training they are doing, either through cardio, co-ordination or repetition of specific movements.
Each class begins with a group warm up, and then moves on to specific techniques covering takedowns, control positions, transitions, attacks and defences.
When we look at promotions, students are assessed on three main areas:
ATTITUDE: We assess how engaged our Students are. We look at how well they follow instructions, leading by example for the newer or younger students. We listen to the responses offered to class questions, and monitor how they treat their partners. All of our Students deserve to be treated with respect, kindness and consideration.
ABILITY: We are looking at how well each individual is picking up the techniques, everyone is assessed at their own pace. We’re looking for incremental but continual improvements in the application and consideration of techniques, building an understanding of the sport and their own ability.
ATTENDANCE: We do not expect our Students to attend classes every day, we are however looking for regular and dedicated attendance, arriving on time in the correct uniform.
Everyone’s journey with sport progresses at different speeds, and we cater for Students ranging from hobbyists to competitors. We teach our Students that we are team, and one person’s achievement does not detract from your own achievements.
Supporting the individual journey of each Student is our focus.
We pride ourselves on being a family friendly academy at Summit Grappling. Get healthy, have fun and learn a new skill.