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Meet the Team

Start your BJJ journey with our highly qualified coaches

Simon Squires

Simon Squires

  • Head Coach and owner of Performance Jiu-Jitsu

  • Draig Coach of the Year 2023

  • 1st Degree Black Belt

  • Submission Grappling Black Belt

  • MMA Black Belt 

  • IBJJF Sliver London Open

  • British Championship Open Silver, Bronze

  • British Open Silver, Bronze

  • British NO-GI Open Sliver, Bronze

  • Bournemouth Open Gold

  • London BJJ Open Sliver

  • Represented England in BJJ 

  • Represented England in MMA

Ash Williams

Ash Williams

  • 3rd degree Black Belt 

  • IBJJF European Champion X 2  

  • Flograppling 145 ranked top 10

  • Polaris triple champ

  • ADCC European Trials winner 2022

  • ADCC Worlds competitor Kasai / Grapplefest / Raw / Pantheon / Finishers veteran 30 years old  

  • Coaching full time for 10 years

Luke Dalmedo

Luke Dalmedo

  • 1st degree Black Belt

  • Professional MMA Fighter

  • Professional MMA Featherweight Champion

  • All Stars Gi & Nogi Gold Middleweight

  • Welsh Open Gold Middleweight

  • Sub15 winner 

  • Professional MMA Fighter

  • Professional MMA Featherweight Champion

  • All Stars Gi & Nogi Gold Middleweight

  • Welsh Open Gold Middleweight

  • Sub15 winner

Chris Rees

Chris Rees

  • 3rd degree Black Belt

  • 1st Welsh BJJ Black Belt

  • Coached and cornered internationally at elite level competition in Grappling and MMA

  • Former Masters British  

  • Champion Gi and No Gi 

Eder Silveira Brito

Eder Silveira Brito

  • BJJ DRAIG Black Belt 

  • Copa Impacto De Jiu-Jitsu Brazil Gold and absolute Gold 

  • Allstars Gold 

  • British NO-GI Sliver 

  • Oxford open Double Gold 

  • English Open Gold 

  • Competed on pro Sub Only shows

  • 10 years experience in BJJ

Josh Williams

Josh Williams

  • 2nd degree Black Belt  

  • Black Belt nogi British champion  

  • Polaris winner  

  • Grapple kings winner  

  • Coached/cornered in the majority of pro grappling shows around the world 

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