Tom Barlow

The Crucifix Masterclass Part 1

The Crucifix is one of the best submission positions in Jiu Jitsu. The power of the position comes from your ability to isolate both your opponents arms and limit their movement, while still having one arm free to attack.

Check out this short sequence from one of Tom’s training sessions to see the level of control it gives :

The Crucifix is a bit of a cheat code for BJJ. You see very few people practice escaping the crucifix. As a result, once you trap them in the Crucifix, they struggle to get out and leave themselves open to many submission opportunities. Worst case scenario and they do wriggle free, you can either transition to the back or reenter the crucifx.

On Friday 3rd October, Escapology BJJ head instructor, Tom Barlow will be teaching the first part of his Crucifix Masterclass series. The focus of the first seminar will be on Crucifix control and simple submission opportunities. The masterclass will be taught in the Gi, but most of the content works just as well No Gi.

The masterclass will take place at 6 PM at Escapology BJJ in Cambridge, U.K. and is open to anyone of any level. The is cost £20 for Escapology BJJ students and affiliates and £30 for people from other gyms.

On top of the live seminar you will also get a recording of the masterclass and we’ll be going for a fireside chat after.

Escapology Students

Admission to The Crucifix Masterclass plus Masterclass recording

£20

Outside Students

Admission to The Crucifix Masterclass plus Masterclass recording

£30

(Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the seminar. Escapology BJJ operates a uniform policy of white Gi only policy and no outside team patches.)

Super Seminar Series vol.1

From Tuesday 29th November to Thursday 8th December 2022, we have five of the Europe’s best instructors coming to Escapology BJJ in Cambridge to teach seminars.

Here’s a brief rundown of the instructors and when they’ll be teaching.

Tommy Langaker Seminar at Escapology BJJ

Tommy Langaker, 29th November

Having won Europeans, Abu Dhabi Pro and countless other BJJ competitions, Tommy is Europe’s most successful and active competitors. However, unlike many successful athletes Tommy’s game is incredibly fast paced and always highly entertaining to watch.

Tommy will be covering the Matrix back attack system and key master guard.

Chelsea Leah, 1st December

Chelsea is one of the head coaches at Escapology BJJ. A black belt under Andre Galvao and medalist at at every major competition as a black belt, Chelsea has had an incredibly successful BJJ career and despite being a full-time coach and mum, still competes at the highest level.

Chelsea will be teaching part of her No Gi game

Dan Strauss, 5th December

Dan AKA the Raspberry Ape almost needs no introduction. Despite only just turning 30, Dan has been on the top of the UK grappling scene since the early 2000’s and has competed all over the globe in competitions like the ADCC, Polaris, and Quintet.

Dan will be teaching his patent guillotines.

Braulio Estima Seminar at Escapology BJJ

Braulio Estima, 7th December

Braulio is a legend in the BJJ community. He is a four time BJJ world champion, ADCC weight and absolute champion, and has countless other accolades to his name.

Braulio is also considered by many to be one of the top instructors in the world and his seminars always jam packed with amazing technique and good times. Braulio will be covering his devastating leg lock game.

Tom Barlow, 8th December

The final seminar in the series will be Tom Barlow. Along with Chelsea, Tom is one of the head instructors of Escapology BJJ. On top of that, Tom has won No Gi worlds 3 times, competed in the ADCC finals, represented the UK in the world grappling games and is one of the most successful competitors to come from the U.K.

Tom will be sharing part of his highly technical BJJ game.

All the seminar series will take place at Escapology BJJ in Cambridge, U.K. and each seminar is limited to 40 spaces. To secure your place, choose your option below:

1x

Seminar

Admission to one seminar of your choice.

£45

2x

Seminars

Admission to two seminars of your choice. (save £5)

£85

All

Seminars

Admission to all the seminars in the series. (save £100)

£125

(Send your seminar choice(s) to a team team@escapologybjj.com)

Leg Drags For Days Seminar

On Sunday 29th July 2018, Chelsea and Tom will be teaching an exclusive Leg Drag seminar at Rolling Dojo in Cambridge. The goal of the seminar is to teach you everything you know to add the Leg Drag to your game.

In case you don’t know what the leg drag is or why you would want to learn it, here’s a short promo video for the event.

The seminar will start at 2pm and there are only 30 spaces available. If you want to improve your passing and add the Leg Drag to your Jiu Jitsu, click the button below and secure your space now.