SHANE POPPLETON
3rd Degree Black Belt
Shane Poppleton started martial arts late in life at 28, initially with Tae Kwon Do for a short time before trying Boxing and then finally settling on Sakura Ryu JuJitsu. He studied in this art for close to a year, but found his passion laid in the lesser taught aspects of the art – ground-fighting. It was in the pursuit of this specialisation that he found Fight Club Jiu Jitsu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2007.
Shane is a very detail-oriented instructor, is constantly honing his skills, and is still an active competitor. He has participated in over 40 competitions, winning more than 20 titles. His highest achievement was 3 golds and a silver at the 2013 Pan Pacific Championships in the brown belt senior division.
Shane is currently a first degree black belt in BJJ under Professor Daniel Lima.
Shane also is very active in the competition scene by performing referee duties at most local competitions. He also is helping competitors and instructors stay up to date with the current rules by running an information service where people can ask BJJ rules related questions called “Ask The Referee” (https://www.facebook.com/AskTheReferee/).
His competition record is available online at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Codemonkey76
ALLAN POPPLETON
Black Belt
Allan has developed a passion for the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and since starting his training in December 2009 has rarely missed a class. He has trained under the guidance of Professor Shane Poppleton and Fight Club Head Instructor, 4th degree black belt Professor Daniel Lima. Allan currently holds the rank of black belt and competes regularly at local and state competitions. Some of his competition achievements include: 2015 purple belt gi Pan Pacific champion, 2015 no gi purple belt State champion, 2016 brown belt gi State champion, and 2016 open weight masters State champion. Allan is also one of our senior Muay Thai and MMA students, holding the rank of purple white armband in Muay Thai and black belt under our current MMA curriculum. He is currently 1-0 in MMA as an amateur.
Even with a vast striking knowledge, Harley’s main focus for the past few years has been grappling. He is currently a black belt in BJJ, an orange belt in Submission Arts Wrestling, and also regularly practices and trains in both Freestyle Wrestling and Judo.
At Fight Club Jiu Jitsu Beenleigh, Harley is both the Muay Thai and the MMA Coach, passing on his knowledge in these styles using the Black Dragon Kai systems. His passion in teaching lies not only in bettering himself and achieving goals, but helping others reach their goals.
