A definitive milestone in our history: Head Coach Simon Farnsworth with his newly awarded BJJ Black Belt, before receiving his subsequent lineage degrees.
Academy Photos & Milestones
A visual history of our journey on the mats, capturing promotions, national campaigns, and training seminars over the years.
A proud presentation moment on the mats with Coach Simon and Andre Powell.
The highlight of the night on 28th December. Dave Ward, Rad Funiok, and Andre Powell all receiving their blue belts after completing a grueling 12-round wrestling test.
ISKA Results 14-03-2010: Jake Farnsworth dominates his first 2 matches to make the final, taking 2nd place. Well done to Kai Don jumping in for his first comp.
Academy students gathering on Saturday 27th March for an elite technical seminar with BJJ pioneer Master John Will.
Grading on 26-04-2010. Pictured: Frank Gehret, Shaun Galardi, Peter Sardelich, and Kris Nubla.
A packed mat house on Saturday August 28 2010 welcoming back Master John Will to UCA Castle Hill.
Team Castle Hill at the 2010 Nationals with Simon, Rob, Ara, Jake, and Andrew Fu celebrating their incredible division sweep.
Richard Norton BJJ / MMA Seminar on 16 October 2010, focusing on reality-based defense applications.
A major milestone as the academy hosts legend Master Rigan Machado for an elite Black Belt Seminar on the Castle Hill mats.
Coach Simon proudly presents foundational student Dave Ward with his MMA Black Belt on Monday, 19th December, joined on the mats by the entire team.
A highly successful two-day examination culminating on 7th May, where 19 hard-working junior practitioners successfully showcased their skills to advance to their next ranks.
Following a tough campaign competing at the BJJ World Championships in Los Angeles, Ara and Rob head to 10th Planet headquarters for a hard training block with grappling legend Eddie Bravo.
A legendary day hosting Master Jean Jacques Machado on the Castle Hill mats, refining advanced open guard concepts and elite technical setups.
Cements our direct lineage: Head Coach Simon receives his 1st-degree on his BJJ Black Belt from Master Rigan Machado, alongside coach Anthony Lange who was awarded his 3rd-degree.
A massive showing from our young juniors on Friday 2nd November, stepping up to showcase high technical standards during their belt rank testing.
The entire academy packed on the mats on 24/06/2013 to witness and support a heavy winter rank advancement session.
Pictured celebrating their hard-earned rank promotions: Kirk Sicard, Rhys Jack, and Daniel Mitchell wrapping on their new BJJ blue belts.
A landmark night. Luke Farnsworth is awarded his BJJ Black Belt, and Jake Farnsworth becomes our very first kid to earn a Junior Black Belt under the MMA syllabus.
Pictured: Andre, Andrew Fu, Luke, Simon, Rob, Jack, and Dave Ward celebrating heavy rank advancements. Dave Ward and Garry Jack earn brown belts, while Kirk and Leigh achieve purple belts.
A major milestone for the academy as the amazing Kristen Nolan battles through her ranking examination to be crowned our very first female BJJ blue belt recipient.
A monumental end-of-year grading. Pictured: Kris Nubla and Dave Ward receiving their BJJ Black Belts, Thomas Zarzecki (Brown), Rhys Jack and Guido Scholtz (Purple), alongside newly promoted Blue Belts Jason Kurusumuthu and Nidin Pillai.