Silviu Nastasa

Silviu Nastasa is both BJJ and Judo black belt and also has a pedigree in wrestling. He is an active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and has ranked #5 u90 kg Judo at black belt. As co-founder and co-head coach of SGC, he brings over 20 years of grappling experience and knowledge to share with his students.

Silviu is known for his crushing pressure over time, triangle submissions and front headlock attacks, as well as his wrestling and conditioning.

His first experience in grappling started at the age of 6 when his father (also a wrestler) introduced him to wrestling, and he’s been training in it for many years onward.

Upon his arrival in the UK, life put him on a  different path, where he discovered a different world of grappling and traditional martial arts. At first, it was BJJ & Judo followed soon after.

As Silviu has always been passionate about acquiring new skills, so when he began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo, he decided to put aside years of wrestling knowledge and focus on learning new techniques with a beginner's mind. 

Each discipline comes with its own set of skills, rules and principles, so Silviu started cross-training and combined the wealth of knowledge from all three to master his game.

BJJ achievements:

2015: NAGA  GI / NO GI  Gold 

2015: Gold Medal in the  CBJJO Rio de Janeiro World Championship Blue Belt, Adult Heavy

2016: Silver Medal, Lisbon  IBJJF European Championship, Blue Belt, Adult Heavy

2017: Silver Medal, UAJJF Abu Dhabi National Pro Trials in London, Purple Belt, Adult Heavy

2017: Gold Medal  BJJ British Open, Purple Belt, Adult Heavy 

2018: Milano challenge GI / Gold, GI open weight  / Gold, NO GI middle heavy /Gold, NO GI open weight/  Gold 

2018 ADCC Eastern European Qualifiers Veteran 

2019 ADCC Eastern European Qualifiers Veteran

2019 Winner of the first Polaris Professional qualifiers 

2019  Polaris Professional Veteran

2020  Polaris Professional 12 Winner

2020  Polaris Grand Prix Veteran

Judo achievements:

  • National Judo Championship Teams Gold 

  • London Open Gold 

  • International Newaza Donderslag Belgium Gold 

  • France Rouen Teams Gold 

  • Eastern Area Gold 

  • West of England Gold 

  • Easter Area Gold U 100kg 

  • Kent International Gold