1st, Best Academy
Singapore Grappling Championship: Gi & No-Gi
84.00 points 8 gold · 4 silver · 0 bronze · 22 wins
Ahead of FAMA 64, Fortitude BJJ 57, Evolve MMA 27
The academy
Singapore's first
BJJ academy
The academy opened in 2006 and has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the city ever since. It is independent, which means no franchise, no registration fee and no obligation to follow another gym's curriculum.
Since 2006
Twenty years, one coach
Twenty years is a long time for a martial arts gym anywhere. It is a very long time in a sport that barely existed here when the doors opened, and the same person is still taking the class.
Nothing about how it teaches has changed either. No syllabus, no set of moves everyone gets in the same order. You bring the position you cannot solve and it gets rebuilt around the way your body actually moves.
The record behind that claim Meet Jason QuekCompetition record
Nine first places as best academy
Starting in 2008, two years after the doors opened. Team placings add up every medal an academy's athletes win, so they measure the whole room rather than one standout. This is a record of what has been done, not a description of how it trains today.
1st, Best Academy
Singapore Grappling Championship: No-Gi Edition
47.00 points 4 gold · 3 silver · 2 bronze · 16 wins
Ahead of FAMA 22, Team Highlight Reel 19
1st, Best Academy
ADCC Singapore II
55.00 points 3 gold · 9 silver · 1 bronze · 16 wins
Ahead of Team Highlight Reel 53, Synergy BJJ 24
The early years, 2008 to 2009
Two years after opening, the academy was already finishing first on the overall medal tally at competitions in Singapore. Twelve of its fourteen medals in 2008 came in no-gi.
1st on overall medal tally
Singapore International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Competition2008
14 medals 5 gold · 2 silver · 7 bronze · 10 athletes
Fourteen medals from ten athletes across gi and no-gi, and five different athletes took gold. Two years after the doors opened.
1st on overall medal tally
Fightworks Asia Submission Grappling Tournament2009
7 medals 3 gold · 4 silver · 6 athletes
Seven medals on the no-gi day. The next three academies took one medal each: Fightworks Asia a gold, Kreation Jiu Jitsu a gold, Ultimate MMA a silver.
Results supplied by the academy from the event records.
South East Asian Grappling Challenge, 2014 to 2015
These are the placings Grapple Asia published. Across the events it recorded, the academy took first four times. The right hand column is medals divided by competitors entered, which is the fairer comparison when academies send very different squad sizes.
| Event | Placed | Medals | Entered | Per competitor | Next best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAGC 1Feb 2014 | 1st | 17 | not published | not published | Evolve 9, Fight G 7 |
| SEAGC 2Jun 2014 | 1st | 29 | 25 | 1.16 | Evolve 18 from 40 (0.45), Impact 11 from 13 (0.85) |
| SEAGC 3Oct 2014 | 1st | 37 | 24 | 1.54 | Evolve 19 from 18 (1.06), Impact 16 from 9 (1.78) |
| SEAGC 5Jun 2015 | 1st | 28 | 28 | 1.00 | Evolve 14 from 20 (0.70), Trifecta 13, Juggernaut 13 |
| SEAGC 6Oct 2015 | 2nd | 24 | 17 | 1.41 | Evolve 47 from 42 (1.12) |
Grapple Asia Results Summary, published by the organiser. Competitor numbers were only recorded from June 2014 onward, so the February event lists medals alone. Covers the events it recorded rather than every event entered.
You do not have to compete
The medals above are a record, not an expectation. The academy is not run as a competition team and nobody is pushed toward a tournament.
The focus now is refining technique. That means going back over positions you already know and making them cleaner, rather than adding more moves or training to peak for a date in the calendar. It is why the class ends in a question and answer session instead of a hard spar.
If you want to compete, the experience is in the room and you will be prepared properly. Most people here never do, and that is the normal way to train.
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As Singapore's first and longest-running academy, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Singapore knows a thing or two about producing world class athletes for the global stage. It was, after all founded by black belt Jason Quek, who pioneered the scene here in 2006 during a time when it was still a relatively obscure martial art form here.
Singaporean BJJ black belt Jason Quek is arguably Singapore's greatest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu pioneer. He launched Singapore's first and longest running Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in 2006 during a time when there was almost zero interest in the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
The first Singaporean BJJ black belt, Jason Quek, has spent years mastering his craft. Launching Singapore's first BJJ school, Quek has produced many medalists and competitors from the school since its establishment in 2006. This has made BJJ Singapore a well recognized and one of the top schools in Singapore.
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