{"id":17,"date":"2023-03-31T11:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T11:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-10-25T22:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T22:51:57","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea91025 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea91025\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fc60d7\" data-id=\"0fc60d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7ca13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f7ca13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Leigh Remedios, Coach<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>First professional fight in 1997<br \/>MMA British, International and World Champion<br \/>Black Belt Tae Kwon Do<br \/>Black Belt Jujitsu<br \/>Black Belt Judo<br \/>Black Belt Brazilian Jiujitsu\u00a0<br \/>European NoGi Champion<br \/>Masters International Champion<br \/>UFC Veteran<br \/>Polaris Veteran<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11d00cc\" data-id=\"11d00cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae9366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ae9366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/images\/leigh_naga.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cefe5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cefe5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9bca371\" data-id=\"9bca371\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0f0846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0f0846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Shane Mansfield, Coach, BJJ Black Belt<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I joined the gym in 2006, out of shape and with no combat experience. I now have a winning professional MMA record, various gold medals in BJJ at national events and coach at the gym. Getting into this sport has changed my lifestyle and I now look forward to teaching others and passing this knowledge\/experience on whilst continuing to compete for as long as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43844ad\" data-id=\"43844ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82f425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d82f425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/images\/shane_mansfield2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"290\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb862ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb862ee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5be0ce\" data-id=\"b5be0ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6d66c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e6d66c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Tammi Willis, Coach, BJJ Black Belt<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Tammi started training in 2012 in London, before moving to Asia and starting a &#8220;garage&#8221; gym with friends in Myanmar in 2014. Tammi then moved to train at Bangkok Fight Lab in Thailand in 2016, receiving her brown belt in March 2021. Tammi is an experienced competitor, winning gold at the Copa de Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aaab18\" data-id=\"1aaab18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd70877 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd70877\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/images\/tammi.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f5231b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f5231b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c031976\" data-id=\"c031976\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb64b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eb64b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Billy Gibbs, Coach VT Jiujitsu Somerset<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Billy started training MMA in 2011 and is undefeated in 7 amateur fights. Billy increased his focus on BJJ in 2017, medalling regularly, and built a private studio in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c79158\" data-id=\"6c79158\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55490e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55490e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/images\/billy_purple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"439\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a091759 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a091759\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e02440e\" data-id=\"e02440e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c577670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c577670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Phil Else, Coach VT Jiujitsu Buckinghamshire, BJJ Black Belt<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Phil is a lifeling martial artist, competing in various styles of martial arts competition, including kickboxing, BJJ and MMA. As a professional MMA competitor, Phil held two domestic titles. Phil started coaching in 2002 and has coached a number of competitors. Phil started training with VT Jiujitsu in 2007 and runs the Gods of War Martial Arts, with an affiliated VT Jijitsu BJJ program.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fe0521\" data-id=\"2fe0521\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f54c8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f54c8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/images\/phil_else2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"305\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 16px;\"><br><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leigh Remedios, Coach First professional fight in 1997MMA British, International and World ChampionBlack Belt Tae Kwon DoBlack Belt JujitsuBlack Belt JudoBlack Belt Brazilian Jiujitsu\u00a0European NoGi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjj.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}