Mill Hill Combat & Conditioning Academy
 
 

Andrew has been in the fitness industry and personal training for almost 10 years and has been training with Kettlebells since 2001. He is dedicated to conditioning and functional strength training and helping people to understand and appreciate what their bodies are capable of.

He has competed in Rugby union and league, martial arts, athletics and Kettlebell Sport, achieving overall male honors at the 2009 London Kettlebell Open.

Andrew's background and experience in the Health and Fitness industry covers Health Clubs, 5 Star Hotels and Spas, Outdoor Training, Bootcamps and Sports Conditioning. He has trained all manner of clients including athletes, celebrities, personal trainers, martial artists and fitness fanatics. 

Andrew Trains his BJJ under Nick and competed for the first time in December 2009 winning gold at the Hereford Open. Then Gold again at the London Open in March 2010, submitting all four of his opponents, two week later he fought again at the British Open and got Bronze. He then fought at the Gracie Invitational in May 2010 submitted his first two opponents before losing out in points and taking another Bronze.

Andrew along with Nick Brooks opened Mill Hill Combat & Conditioning Academy, with Andrew specializing in strength and conditioning for combat sports, working with some of Britans top Brazilian Jiu Jitsu players, including World and European champions.

 

Strength & Conditioning Coach / Personal Trainer /

Nutritional Therapist


Name: Andrew Marshall

Weight: 94kg - Heavyweight

Height: 1.93m - 6’ 2”

Blue Belt Under Nick Brooks

Recent Achievements:

2009 London Kettlebell Open

Overall Male Champion

Gold medal at Hereford BJJ Open 2009

Gold Medal at London BJJ & Brighton Open in 2010

























Head BJJ Instructor


Name: Nick Brooks

Weight: 66kg - Featherweight

Height: 1.81 m - 5’ 11”

Black Belt Under Roger Gracie

Recent Achievements:

4 X European Champion Senior

1 X Pan American Champion Senior

2 X World Masters & Seniors Champion




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Nick Brooks joined the Roger Gracie academy on the day it opened on the 12th of February 2004,

And 7 months later fought his first BJJ competition the Londinium international BJJ championship

where nick won all his fights by submission to take GOLD and thus became hooked on competition,

Nick also won the London Open BJJ Championship this time in the featherweight division again

winning all his fights by submission, Nick then travelled to Abu Dhabi, Nick won his first 4 fights again all by submission before losing 3 - 2 to the eventual winner,

Nick then won gold in the European open BJJ championship, and was also chosen to represent the UK national lightweight team. There he met Ebe from GB Milton Keynes and began to supplement his training with Braulio Estima and younger brother Victor. Once again his game started to change into a more attacking style of guard. Nick then won GOLD at the Gracie invitational submitting all but 1 of his opponents. In the 2006 European open BJJ championship, Nick again won gold in the featherweight division, Nick then entered the Open weight division where he beat the HeavyWeight gold and Silver medalists

by submission before losing to the Super Heavy Weight

Gold medalist and eventual winner, and again was chosen to represent the UK National lightweight team.

Later that year while training for the Gracie Invitational Nick broke his finger so decided to switch from the GI event to the NoGi event. This being his first NoGi competition found the transition quite easy, going on to win the Urban Gorrilaz submission wrestling competition in the -66kg division, again beating all his opponents by submission winning the final in a very quick 33 seconds. Nick then travelled to brazil to fight the world masters & Seniors where he again won gold submitting all but 1 opponent, There he began training with Master De La Riva and 1 month of intensive training really changed his defensive strategy and began to fine tune his guard game. In 2007 nick again won gold at the european open BJJ Championships to make it 3 years in a row, and then took gold in the Pan-Americans, And reached the Q/Finals in the open weight before losing the eventual silver medalist by a single advantage, Nick then fought the HGFC submission wrestling competition and won the -65kg Division before going to take 4th in the Open weight division, Nick then won his pool submitting all but 1 of his opponents in the Irish National championships, 6 weeks after being promoted to Brown Belt travelled to LA to compete in the 1st World NoGi Championships and fought well to place 3rd in the FeatherWeight Division and then went 1 better to place 2nd in the Open Weight (Absolute) unfortunately in the process picked up a nasty elbow injury, In 2008 decided at the last minute to fight the Europeans this time at the Heavier weight of LightWeight due to the lack of training and injury but still did well to well to place 3rd in his Division and then went 1 better to place 2nd in the Open Weight (Absolute), At the Gracie Invitational in May Nick Closed out the Brown Belt FeatherWeight Division with team mate Cesar Lima, Before returning to Brazil To fight the World Masters once again returning to train with Master De La Riva and with the guidance of Roger Gracie’s father Mauricio Gomes went on to win GOLD, At the Beginning of 2009 decided to again fight the Europeans again at the Heavier weight of LightWeight and again managed to win GOLD, Nick then represented the UK Black Belt LightWeight team where the UK Finished 3rd behind winners Brazil & Poland.

BJJ Instructor


Name: Daniel Strauss

Weight: 74kg - Lightweight

Height: 5’ 9”

Brown Belt under Roger Gracie

Recent Achievements:

Rio state champion.

World nogi champion.

Gracie invitational champion.

BJJ Instructor /

Head of Kids BJJ


Name: Chris Hearn

Weight: 62.5Kg - Super FeatherWeight

Height: 1.65m 5'5"

Purple Belt Under Roger Gracie

Recent Achievements:

Purple Belt October 2008

Gold Medal at Kent BJJ Open 2009

Chris met Nick Brooks at a small traditional class in Mill Hill. Both enjoying ground fighting they discovered Brazilian jiu jitsu and was some what introduced to BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) by Joao Santos (brown belt under Robin Gracie) and  studied with him for a short amount of time, while he lived in London. But when Joao decided to move back to Portugal they were stuck without and instructor. That's when they heard of the new Roger Gracie Academy opening up in February 2004. They decided to make the trip there for the opening day. Chris became a Roger Gracie Student on that day.


Chris then decided he might like to try competing and entered the Londinium international BJJ championship and lost his first two fights to two very good fighter's, one going on to win the whole tournament. He then competed at the London Open BJJ tournament a few months later after submitting two fighters he won his first GOLD medal. "Bitten by the bug" as it were Chris travelled to Portugal to compete in the European open BJJ Tournament after receiving his blue belt from Roger Gracie. Losing in the second round. Later that year Chris competed in the Gracie Invitational European Championships Winning his first fight strategically on points and closing out the division with team mate Leo Aguilar after they decided they were not going to fight each other and decided to showcase there skill for the audience. Chris then went on to take SILVER in Hereford BJJ competition fighting out of his weight class in the lightweight division. He then took SILVER in the Stoke Submission Wrestling tournament Closing the whole division with Old Friend Joao Santos and Dan Strauss. Then went on to take SILVER in the Copa Betteti in London Later that year. 


Chris then Decided to take sometime off of competing and concentrate on his teaching skill's and was running his own BJJ club for about two and half years helping Nick bring up a few good students all competing themselves now. Shortly after was promoted to purple belt And is now back training and teaching at Mill Hill BJJ  with Nick Brooks..

Daniel Strauss starting training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Mill Hill with Nick Brooks in 2005. After a few months of training he began to also occasionally train with world champion Braulio Estima. After a year of training was graded to orange belt by Braulio, a junior grade due to being under 16. AT the age of 16 he was given his blue belt by Braulio Estima. His fight competition was the hereford ground fighting competition November 2005 where he fought in both the adults and under 19 year old division despite being only 14. He won silver in the under 19 division and 4th place in the adults division.  He returned to the hereford ground-fighting competition early in 2006 and again places 4th in the adults division. He next fought in the Ren Bu Kai submission grappling tournament where he won silver in the junior open weight and closed out the adults division with 2 of his team mates. His next tournament was the 3rd Copa Bitteti gi tournament where he won silver. He then fought the Urban Gorillaz tournament, he submitted his first 3 opponents before losing a tough fight in the finals to claim silver. Later that year he fought in the ADCC UK national tournament where he again submitted 2 opponents to reach the finals where he was to rematch the man who defeated him in the last competition, this time Daniel won the hard fought fight to win gold and become the youngest national champion at 16 years old. In his next competition Daniel fought in the FILA grappling UK trails where despite making it to the final two  competitors was unable to be put forward for the UK team as he was too young to compete in the FILA world championships. His next competition, taking place in december 2007 was the first nogi world championship where he was able to fight in the juvenile division, Daniel submitted his opponent to become nogi world champion. In January 2008 Daniel fought in the European championships where he fought to the quarter finals in his division before being put forward for the UK team where he won both his fights to help take the UK team to the semi finals. His next competition was the grapplers showdown, where he defeated all 4 opponents by submission to win the gold medal. He also claimed the fastest submission of the day with a 17 second gogplata, the record is yet to be broken in any grapplers showdown event.  His next tournament was the gracie invitational at the Seni show, this is the largest national competition in the UK and the second biggest tournament in Europe. Daniel defeated 3 opponents to claim the gold medal. He also fought in the battle of the brands, representing team Vangaard where he helped to bring Vangaard to 2nd place. At the Seni show Daniel was also awarded the european fight networks fighter of the year award. Daniel travelled to Brazil in July 2008 to train in the home of BJJ as well as compete in one of the biggest national competitions, the Rio state championship. Daniel defeated 5 opponents, 4 of which by submission to win the gold medal. He next competed in the 2009 European championships where, despite carrying a shoulder injury, submitted 4 opponents to win the bronze medal. He next competed in the essex open, defeating 3 opponents to win gold. Next he travelled to America to fight in the world gi championships where he submitted his first two opponents but came short of a world championship medal.  In August 2009 he fought the grapplers showdown gi challenge where he defeated all 3 opponents by submission to win the gold medal.

Other Instructors: Profiles coming soon.

Samuel Pavan

Corey Donoghue

Oliver Geddes

MMA Head Coach


Name: David 'Malandro' Onuma
Weight: 82kg
Height: 5ft 11 1/2 "
BJJ Black Belt under Ricardo Vieira
Authorised Instructor In CSW under Erik Paulson

Recent Achievements:
3 x IBJJF European Champion (2008/2009/2010) - Senior

David has been a martial artist since 1979 and is a true mixed martial artist in the fullest sense.
He currently holds the following qualifications:
BJJ Black Belt;
3rd degree Black belt & the only Full Instructor under Guro Bob Breen;
Combat Submission Wrestling Authorised Representative;
Wing Chun Instructor;
Guro level in Maphilindo Silat under Guro Dan Inosanto;
Guro level in Filipino Martial arts under Guro Dan Inosanto;
Sifu/Associate Instructor in JKD under Sifu Dan Inosanto;

As a fighter, David has tested his skills combatively and successfully in Kick Boxing, Amateur MMA, Stickfighting, submission grappling, Kung fu and BJJ.
As a teacher, he teaches nationally and internationally and has produced World, European and British Stick fighting champions as well as British and European BJJ Champions.
He is a passionate teacher who gets results.

He is the Founder of CFS - www.davidonuma.com ; www.combinedfightingsystems.blogspot.com

BJJ Instructor

Name: Rob Westney
Weight: 87kg – Middle Heavy
Height: 6’ 2’’
Purple Belt

Rob started martial arts at the age of 16, training mainly in muay thai and self defence. During university, whilst studying for a degree in Physiotherapy, Rob also began training in traditional Japanese ju-jitsu, where he also achieved the rank of purple belt. It was during the ground-fighting aspect of the Japanese art that he discovered his love for grappling and decided to begin BJJ in 2005.


Rob started BJJ under Brazilian Black Belt Eduardo Carriello in London Bridge, and fought his first competition as a white belt at the 2005 London Open, where he won a silver medal. In 2006, he decided to enter his first No-gi competition and managed to win bronze in a tough category at the British Submission Wrestling Championships. Since then, Rob has been a frequent competitor and supporter at many tournaments across the UK, winning several medals along the way including; Gold at weight and Silver at absolute at the Welsh Open 2008, Bronze at the British Gi Open 2009, and Silver at the 3rd Brighton Open 2009 and British No-Gi 2009.


Rob has always found teaching BJJ and helping others to progress very enjoyable, which is partly due to his work as a Physiotherapist. In late 2009, Rob started training under Nick Brooks at Mill Hill BJJ, and although he is yet to compete in 2010 due to injuries, he hopes to drive himself and others at the club to do well in forthcoming events.