SBG Manchester Coaches
Casey Jones
SBG UK Vice President
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Casey Jones is Vice President of SBG UK, Head Coach of SBG Shropshire and is a Third Degree BJJ Black Belt the first athlete to reach the rank under the legendary Karl Tanswell the founding father of SBG in Europe.
As a BJJ competitor, he was one of the first British athlete to have qualified for and competed in both the IBJJF World Championships and The Abu Dhabi World Pro as Black Belt. He has competed in many national and international tournaments and is multiple time medal winner at all belt levels having had nearly 200 BJJ matches as well as competing in Kickboxing, MMA and Submission Wrestling.
Casey Has been a full time BJJ and MMA coach for the past fifteen years coaching amongst others at SBG UK head quarters in Manchester. Teaching seminars and classes to many international gyms and having worked for the largest children’s Jiu Jitsu project on the planet Palmssports. This has allowed him to work with every level of athlete from part time hobbyist to elite athletes.
Casey has coached hundreds of children during his time working for Palmsports in Abu Dhabi for two years. During this time he worked in several high schools as a full time instructor. Taking Numerous children to the world championships and receiving an award for his contribution to Al Khazna and Rema High.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Wrestling
- Childrens BJJ
- Womens Self Defence
Qualifications
- Qualified SBG Coach
- BJJ Black Belt 3rd Degree
Chris Coltrane
Head of BJJ
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Chris coaches Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Submission Grappling at SBG Manchester. He is an experienced coach and competitor, having competed in numerous submission grappling and BJJ competitions, winning gold for SBG twelve times so far.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Submission Grappling
Qualifications
- Qualified SBG Coach
- BJJ Black Belt 3rd Degree
Josh Kelly
All Disciplines
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Josh joined SBG just after turning 16 in 2016 looking for something new to try out, after 10 years of gymnastics. Since then Josh has represented his country in MMA at IMMAF Championships, medalled at numerous Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitions and received his BJJ purple belt.
Josh coaches regular classes at SBG Manchester as well as 1-1 sessions where he takes a large interest in your technical development.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Submission Grappling
- MMA
- MMA Striking
- Boxing
- Wrestling
Qualifications
- Qualified SBG Coach
- BJJ Brown Belt
- Amateur MMA Fighter
Paddy Monaghan
BJJ, No-Gi, Kids BJJ
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Paddy started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at SBG Manchester in 2012 under Karl Tanswell. He has represented SBG BJJ team in multiple rulesets across the U.K, including IBJJF, Submission only and ADCC. He has won multiple gold medals in advanced divisions.
Paddy is passionate about teaching beginners, advanced students and kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Submission Grappling
Santos Manik
No-Gi
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Manik started training in BJJ at SBG in 2007 under Karl Tanswell, he has competed in both bjj and mma across the UK and in Brazil across multiple rulesets. He has a decade of coaching experience and is passionate about coaching all levels.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Submission Grappling
Qualifications
- Qualified SBG Coach
- BJJ Black Belt
Simon Kenny
All Disciplines
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Simon has been training martial arts for over 40 years, starting in Muay Thai in 1981, then training in multiple traditional martial arts, until settling on Jeet Kune Do in the early 90’s under Steve Powell.
It was whilst training with Steve that Simon first met SBG UK founder Karl Tanswell. Shortly thereafter, Karl opened his own gym, ‘Defence Unlimited’ and Simon began training exclusively with Karl.
In 1999 Karl founded SBG United Kingdom and Simon became a qualified coach in Karl’s DAT (Defence Awareness Tactics) program and also trained with Karl during the development of his STAB (Survival Tactics Against Blade) program.
Simon received his black belt from Chris Coltrane and is still an active competitor in BJJ and No Gi Grappling.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- No Gi Grappling
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Striking
- Self Defence
Qualifications
- Qualified SBG Coach
- DAT Program Instructor
- BJJ Black Belt
- IBJJF European Gold, Silver, Bronze Medalist
Ali Murphy
BJJ, No-Gi, Wrestling, Kids BJJ
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Ali joined SBG in 2016 and is a seasoned and active competitior, competing across IBJJF and submission only rule sets. Ali also has experience competing on invitational shows such as Grapplefest and Northern Submission Series.
Ali currently coaches our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu kids classes.
Specialist Areas
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Submission Grappling
Qualifications
- BJJ Brown Belt