Instructor

Jolie gained her black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on 21st April 2023 from Cesar Lima under the guidance of St Albans Submission Grappling coach and owner Danny Lewis who she has trained with for many year and is a good friend. 
Jolie has an enhanced DBS check to allow her to teach children. She is also insured as well as the Southend BJJ club being registered under the UK Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association (UKBJJA). Jolie has completed Safeguarding in Sport and is trained in Paediatric first aid. 
As well as teaching BJJ, Jolie is also a 4th dan black belt in kickboxing under Frank Bowen of BIKMA. 

Jolie is insured under Martial Guard to teach adults and children, both kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. 

Jolie is passionate about teaching martial arts to children to help build their confidence and has strong stance on bullying. As a young girl, Jolie was bullied, purely for being small and softly spoken as this came across as an easy target. Thankfully her parents taught her to always stand up for herself and to not accept negative behaviour. It wasn't until Jolie was an adult that she started to learn Kickboxing first, and then BJJ after gaining her Kickboxing black belt.

Passing her knowledge of martial arts on to children to help prevent bullying, is her "Why" for teaching, and wants to bring fun element and great technique to the kids classes. 

Jolie has had an extensive competition career and her achievements include:

Black Belt

2025 - British Open Gold Medalist

2025 - Europeans Silver Medalist

2024 - London Fall No Gi Absolute Gold Medalist

2024 - Oxfordshire Open - Gold Medalist

2023 - Enyo Grappling - UK Vs Ireland Teams

2023 Masters Europe Silver absolute medalist
Brown belt
2021 English silver medalist 
2020 European silver medalist
2019 Pan American absolute champion 
2018 Dublin No Gi Champion
2018 World master bronze medalist
2018 British National No Gi champion
Purple belt
2017 European master champion & absolute champion 
2017 European silver medalist 
2016 World master bronze medalist
2016 NAGA champion London
2016 Rome absolute champion
Blue belt
2014 World master champion
2014 European No Gi Champion & silver absolute
2014 Rome champion & Absolute champion
2013 world master silver medalist 
2013 British champion