One of us passend away

Black belt 1st degreeVerified

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Oli Geddes died yesterday.
He lost his last fight against the cancer.
It is so sad.
Oli was an OG of BJJ in GB.
I learned a lot from him and his JJ will live on in my halfguard-game as long as I will be on the mats.
Over and beyond we lost a great character, teacher, inspiration.
R.I.P.

R. David Gonzalez

Black belt 4th degreeVerified

4764 forum posts34325/1000

1 year(s) ago

🙏

Anthony Restuccia

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650 forum posts12595/1000

1 year(s) ago

I never had the privilege to meet him in person, but had many messaging conversations with him about Jiu Jitsu. It seemed that he was always happy to answer my questions. :(

Steve Langford

Brown beltVerified

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1 year(s) ago

Oli will be forever known as a UK BJJ legend. RIP Oli.

Brian Van Miltenburg

Black belt 2nd degreeVerified

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1 year(s) ago

Very sad loss. He contributed immensely to our community. Teaching, reffing, and had an extensive competitive carreer. Never heard any bad word about him. Had a few run ins with him, and was always amazed by how down to earth he was, and a genuinely good guy. He will be missed.

Tom

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2 forum posts1145/700

1 year(s) ago

Great guy! He taught a few classes for royal airforce team, straight footlocks I believe he has a instructional on this. It was either from him or I read it in jiu jitsu style mag but remember his diet was mainly subway’s😅, I’m just behind him on this photo