Dom Szikora - Dave Speedy Elliot - Marc Walder - Mauricio Gomes - Rolls Gracie - Helio Gracie - Carlos Gracie - Mitsuyo Maeda

Hi All, My name is Marc Partridge and I was recently promoted to Black belt at Christmas 2022 after roughly 15 years of training. I started in the mid 90's back in the day with the MMA/wrestling era as most of us OG's did. This then evolved into training BJJ from 2008 at a mixture of Gyms as I was still feeling young enough to train and spar MMA also. As age took hold I realised that I couldn't keep up with the youth of today and so jumped into just training BJJ from 2015 at Gyms in Darlington and the surrounding area. I feel proud to wear the belt but also a little daunted and excited. The growth of BJJ is rising rapidly and from this a new breed of technical practitioners the future looks awesome. My 3 children all train on the mat which humbles me more and keeps me enthusiastic and wanting to learn more. If you have time take a look at my profile and tell me what you think, any tips would be grateful as this OG isn't the most tech savvy with the online way of today. Anyway this is me, keep training, rolling and learning. The journey never stops.