INSTRUCTORS

Wilson was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is the founder and Head coach of Carlson Gracie Team in the UK. He teaches regularly in London and always keeps the class as he was taught in Brazil.

Richard (Dickie) Martin

Dickie is one of the founder members of Carlson Gracie London and one of Wilson's first black belts (2008). He has won numerous championships, including double Gold medals at World Masters, European and Pan American Championships.

Simon Hayes

Simon is a founding member of Carlson Gracie London and an Oscar winning sound mixer. He holds a 4th degree black belt in BJJ and a 2nd Dan Black belt in Judo. Simon teaches our neginners programme and will ensure you enjoy starting out on your BJJ journey and meet your goals.

Jonathan Villada

Jon heads up our team of kids' coaches and will ensure your kids have fun and train hard in a safe environment. He also takes our induction classes and will be happy to introduce you to the club and answer any questions that you might have.

All our coaches are qualified, DBS checked and have first aid qualifications through the UKBJJA.

Grace Anderson

Grace heads up our K1 kickboxing programme and also teaches private clients onsite.

Glenn Spiers

Glenn is a 5th Dan in Judo and level 3 coach for the BJA and heads up our Judo programme on Mondays and Saturdays. We are proud to have created many Dan grades with Glenn teaching at our club.
Eric Ciake

Eric heads up our wrestling programme, and as well as being a former international competitor is also;

United World Wrestling Coach educator.

British Wrestling Association Lead Tutor/Assessor

UKAD Educator

Member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences

All our coaches are qualified, DBS checked and have first aid qualifications through the UKBJJA, British Judo Association or British Wrestling Association.