Events

Join us this October for a quadruple bill with Ffion Davies as we celebrate Ronin Grappling’s 7th anniversary! Ffion was the very first athlete to teach a seminar at our current premises, and we’re thrilled to welcome her back to share her knowledge and raise funds for domestic abuse charity Refuge.

Trailblazer Ffion has been setting standards and is the first ever Welsh and British adult black belt world champion (both in Gi and No-Gi), the first European to win the Brazilian Nationals, and the first ever Welsh and British ADCC World Champion.

Over the course of three days, Ffion will teach three seminars and attend + curate the playlist for a charity open mat at our academy in Rutherglen in the Greater Glasgow area (G73 2HZ) between Friday 17th and Sunday 19th of October.

• Friday 17th evening will feature a NoGi seminar running between 18:00-21:00.
• Saturday 18th will feature a Gi seminar running between 14:00-17:00.
• Sunday 19th morning will feature a charity open mat running 10:30-12:00.
• Sunday 19th afternoon will see Ffion teach a women* & nb only (*trans inclusive) Gi seminar running between 14:00-17:00.

Each seminar will include 2 hours of technique and an hour of Q&A and rolling.
All seminars are open to all levels and affiliations, seminar tickets are £55 per session for visitors with 20% off for Ronin Grappling monthly members (use the code in the group chat!). The recommended donation for the charity open mat is £10+ you can book a space here but please bring cash for donations to minimise fees.

The infrared sauna at the gym will also be switched on and ready to use by 16:00 on Saturday and Sunday and will be open to seminar participants. We will also have the Sauna on for about 45min after the charity open mat but will clear the gym by 13:00 to get it clean and ready for the women*+ only seminar in the afternoon. If planning on using the sauna please bring a bathing suit, towel, flip flops and a change of clothes and make sure to shower before using the sauna.

*TRAVELLING INFO* Glasgow airport is the closest (maybe 20min by Uber / 45 min by public transport from the gym), Edinburgh airport is also pretty close and there is a direct bus from Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow city centre which takes 50 minutes and the gym is 10min by public transport from Glasgow city centre.

If traveling for the seminars we would recommend staying in or near the city centre as trains to Rutherglen (where the gym is located) run every 10min and only take about 10min. There is a hotel 10-15min walk from the gym but previous camp participants have said it’s quite noisy as they hold a lot of functions, if you don’t mind noise King’s Park Hotel is walking distance from the gym!