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