29 Jun 2014


Summary
Super soft, comfortable and snug fitting hooded top loaded with cool little details and an eye-catching design. One or two small little areas could see an improvement in my opinion, but overall, the Legal hoodie is an excellent leisure/casual wear item.

Information
Available from the Scramble website.
Price - normally £44.99, currently on sale (as of 29-June-2014) for £24.99

Disclosures
I have had numerous business and design collaborative projects with Scramble in the past. I have had no involvement with this product.


Review - Scramble 'Legal' Hooded Top

Summary Super soft, comfortable and snug fitting hooded top loaded with cool little details and an eye-catching design. One or two small...

21 Jun 2014


Summary
Generous sized and long lasting soap marketed at people who train sports. This bar was very pleasant smelling, long lasting and surprisingly foamy compared with many soaps I have tried before. The embedded 'seeds' didn't do much for me except feel a bit annoyingly scratchy but apart from that, a fantastic cleansing item with neat ziplock carry case.

Disclosures
I have no personal or business connections with this company. All views expressed in this report are my own opinion.


Review - Idee Pure, Athlete SAS soap

Summary Generous sized and long lasting soap marketed at people who train sports. This bar was very pleasant smelling, long lasting and ...

18 Jun 2014


I met the owner of Progress Jiu Jitsu, a new UK based fightwear brand, at the Chelmsford Open and we got on really well. I asked James Tighe if he would be kind enough to spare some time for an interview. Here it is:-


New Brand - Progress Jiu Jitsu

I met the owner of Progress Jiu Jitsu , a new UK based fightwear brand, at the Chelmsford Open and we got on really well. I asked James T...

16 Jun 2014


Summary
Super comfortable, soft and well fitting rashguard featuring artwork by one of the icons of manga-style comic art, Terada.

Information
Available to buy here - Gawakoto store
Price - £34.99
Made in - China
Made from - 92% polyester, 8% ammonia-inn (not sure what the 'inn' means)

Disclosures
I have had previous business (design collaborative) relations with Gawakoto, I am good friends with the owner, this review is based on my own personal opinions of the product.

Review - Terada Dragon Rashguard by Gawakoto

Summary Super comfortable, soft and well fitting rashguard featuring artwork by one of the icons of manga-style comic art, Terada. Inf...

13 Jun 2014

I am very sad to witness almost on a daily basis, many of my designs and products that have been faked and bootlegged. The photos here are from a particularly poor example and were sent to me by a friend who was contacted by a Pakistan based factory touting for business. The factory claimed to be official makers of my products. THIS IS NOT TRUE!
My suppliers would NEVER announce this, they don't need to because they are up to the eyeballs with orders from some of the biggest fightwear companies in the world. the companies that make my gear are in high demand and would never tout for business because they don't need to. If a company is aggressively touting for trade and showing samples that look dodgy...chances are that they ARE dodgy.

On a personal note, seeing my designs ripped off is heart breaking. I could write a very long rant about what it means to me but suffice to say it's a kick in the stomach and a mockery for all the long long hours I spend late into each and every night working my designs, running my brand and trying to produce original and authentic content.

These bogus t-shirts are printed so shoddily. Worse still, I designed the original as a charity fundraiser for survivors of rape and sexual violence. This is simply heartless.

It appears most of these rip off products base their printing on low resolution scans and direct prints from pictures featured in this very blog. In response to this, I will be removing a lot of previously unwatermarked content and re-uploading them fully watermarked. I am also considering closing down my RedBubble poster site as it too may be a source of clean artwork for scamsters to copy from.

My partners and I work incredibly hard trying to eke out a small living from fightwear designs. We're not big by any stretch of the imagination and you would be surprised just how little profit is generated. Bootleg products don't help. If you see something that might be dodgy, email me and I can usually confirm on sight. This does not apply to the many many retailers and vendors who represent my products on a legitimate basis.

I could rant on for hours! But I think I've written enough here to get things off my chest. Down with the scumbag pirates. SUPPORT ORIGINAL ARTISTS!

Thank you.


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Counterfeit, fake, bootlegged and fraudulent Meerkatsu products

I am very sad to witness almost on a daily basis, many of my designs and products that have been faked and bootlegged. The photos here are...

10 Jun 2014

Following from the trailer I posted about earlier, I'm very pleased to finally present the full length version of the Meerkatsu short film made for me by film maker Hannah Jell.

 

It's not too long but I hope in four minutes it reveals a snippet of my thought processes behind the things I draw and why I draw them in connection to BJJ.

My thanks to Hannah for all her hard work, able assistant Thanos for sound recording, plus those who took part in the film, including Tanya Tansiri, Kat Gibson, Casey Lee, Jack Burrell, Sophie Walters, Chris Hearn and everyone else in the film.

Enjoy!


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Meerkatsu - A Short Film

Following from the trailer I posted about earlier, I'm very pleased to finally present the full length version of the Meerkatsu short fi...

4 Jun 2014



Summary
An ambitious debut effort from new brand Combat Skin, featuring artwork created by me. This gi is super ornate and blingy on the inside with more sedate graphic touches on the outside. There were one or two aspects I personally was not comfortable with, but overall, a solid gi.

Information
Website: http://combatskin.com/shop/gi/combat-warrior-gi-detail
Facebook
Price: $180

Disclosures
I was commissioned to provide artwork for this gi model. I was paid a fixed fee so I do not gain or benefit from sales. I had no contribution or say with production or materials. All the views in this report are my own opinion.

Gi Review - Combat Skin, Warrior Gi

Summary An ambitious debut effort from new brand Combat Skin, featuring artwork created by me. This gi is super ornate and blingy on th...

 

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