Sunday 14 November 2010

So you want to become a Luchador???


London School of Lucha Libre
So you want to become a Luchador???

Welcome to the UK's only dedicated Lucha Libre Wrestling School right in the heart of London.

Enrolment class starts Weds 17th Nov 7.30pm at Resistance Gallery, Bethnal Green. E29RF. Then every Wednesday eve at 7.30pm. Cost: £10 per class.

See Facebook group

The 'London School of Lucha Libre' is a comprehensive and safe way of learning all about the art of Lucha Libre Wrestling.
Sponsored by the award winning Cabaret Siniestro wrestling show, 'Lucha Britannia' and coached by the UK's most experienced wrestlers & trainers.

The extensive syllabus covers every aspect of professional wrestling with a focus on the more flamboyant style of the Mexican masked art form called Lucha Libre.



Lucha Libre, literally translated means 'Free Fight', which flamboyantly uses every possible fighting methodology, gymnastics, psychology and techniques available in the world to forge you into a real life superhero or villain in pro wrestling.(Tecnico or Rudo)

There will be a strict syllabus with gradings at the end of each module to denote the progression from beginner through to fully fledged Luchador or Luchadora!
The course will mix the acrobatic style from Mexico with the traditional British style, covering both countries rich heritage of wrestling and splendour while also giving sufficient module time to the North American style and Japanese strong style of working.

The warm ups and fitness training circuits will be tough!
Studies not only show that circuit training is the most time efficient way to enhance cardiovascular fitness and muscle endurance but also that circuit training helps men and women to achieve their goals and maintain them longer than other forms of exercise or diet.

Metallico hurls El Parano by Tom Medwell

Head trainer, Darren 'Baxter' Burridge, (Lucha Britannia's brutal, part man-part machine, Metallico!) is one of UK wrestling's most experienced and well respected proponents.
Burridge Flies over the ropes into opponent

 Darren 'Baxter' Burridge one of Europe's top wrestlers and trainers

Burridge has wrestled all over the world and fought with WWE & TNA superstars such as Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Scott Steiner, Abyss, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe & many more, but more importantly he was one of the main people who trained two time WWE champion & one time Lucha Britannia regular, Sheamus, before he went onto mega stardom in the States!
 Sheamus chokes Shiro Yoshida at Lucha Britannia by Angel

The school is co-run by Lucha Britannia creator & London's Lucha Libre expert, Garry Vanderhorne, and is open to all girls & Boys over 18 who want to learn the art of Lucha Libre wrestling.
Vanderhorne, whose background includes fitness instruction, Mauy Thai, Taekwondo & 7 years as a pro wrestler, insists that all trainees must have at least some viewing knowledge of what sports entertainment wrestling is before coming to train!

"Watching wrestling, being a fan and understanding the nature of it, is essential to start with.
Even before you've taken your first break fall, lock up or chop, you have to know what is is you're getting into!
It's not easy, It hurts and it takes years to perfect!"

 Lucha Britannia's Shiro Yoshida by Patrick Siboni


Next insane Lucha Britannia show Friday 19th Nov: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/98959

The Lucha Britannia roster boasts the very best sports entertainment wrestlers in the country and have provided thrills, spills and 'OMG' chills for thousands of new wrestling fans and thousands of old ones too!

Lucha Britannia are continually breaking new ground and new audiences, and are the only UK wrestling company to have been aired live on UK TV for 25 years!.. Headlined major UK festivals, guest appeared for book & magazine launches, given talks for Central School for Speech & Drama, provided after party entertainment for the Brit awards and featured recently on MTV!!

The Future is Lucha!!!

Remember: Pro wrestling is a dangerous art form and hurts!!!

Our 'LSLL' instructors and Lucha Britannia wrestlers are of the very highest standards with years of training and performance experience. 

LSLL is fully insured as a wrestling school and operates in a building which has full public liability insurance. All trainers are also personally insured.

Don’t try this at home, in the street or in the work place!!!

Please email:
londonschoolofluchalibre@yahoo.co.uk 
with any queries or join the facebook group.

Monday 8 November 2010

Lucha Britannia Underground November to Remember!


It's upon us...That time of year when we have one last night of battles...we call it:
November to Remember!

The super hot limited tickets are on sale now for the last Lucha Britannia of 2010!!
Its gonna be explosive!!!
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/98959

 Marnie Scarlet by Steve Osborne

When?: Friday 19th November 2010.

Where?: Resistance Gallery.

The wrestling cabaret siniestro climax of the year is here!!

Join us on Facebook, Twitter & Myspace.




  

Find out more at www.luchabritannia.com

Tuesday 12 October 2010

The October Madness takes a hold of Lucha Britannia!

Its Happening again!!! On Friday 15th October 9pm. Resistance Gallery. London E2!


All the planets have aligned, all the 10's have passed without fear!
Lucha Britannia is back, fighting hard for your right to go crazy and enjoy the best underground entertainment currently available!


Fiday 15th October see's the well oiled machine back to Resistance HQ with another lurid and bone crunching extravaganza!


This months host, Mr Meredith will guide us through the dark psyches and introduce us to the wonderous delights of Amanda Mae Gonzo Steele, the woman of weirdness and the vampishly delicious delights of Ms Vaudy Ruin, Kate Lomax!!!



Last months event was almost career ending for Shiro Yoshida as he faced Bradford W Bush in a Tokyo street brawl and was so badly beaten he had to be rushed to hospital!
Will he get his revenge this time or will other factions within the RetroFutureVerse take over the running of things???

Featuring all your Favourite Freedom Fighters and Glamazon Luchadoras!!
Single competition!
Tag Team Action!
Sexo Y Violencia!!!
Tickets available here:http://www.wegottickets.com/event/96305

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http://www.luchabritannia.com/
 Break the Silence!!!

Thursday 19 August 2010

Lydia Darling, Marnie Scarlet and Benjamin Louche to guest on Lucha Britannia

Yes it's true!!
Your favourite starlets and harlots are back to thrill and amaze in unparalleled measure!

The awe-inspiring Lucha fighting machine and the cast of the United Resistance Movement are back, bigger bolder and brassier than ever for the next monthly excursion into Lucha Underground.

This Friday 20th August!! Doors 9pm!

Tickets on sale here!http://www.wegottickets.com/event/89968ONSALE

Benjamin Louche from the Lynchian inspired Double R Club!

Marnie Scarlet the Scarlet Diva of Neo-Burlesque!

Lydia Darling, the sensational, sensual siren of the RetroFutreVerse!
Plus all the rest of our Lucha Britannia superstars!!!

Monday 9 August 2010

Masked wrestling daredevils of old London town: Lucha Britannia, Lucha Underground!


The masked marvels of the hard hitting, high flying, award winning, lucha libre cabaret siniestro show return with an evening of amazing wrestling spectacle!
Necrosis putting the hurt on Bengal Tiger while Yoshida ask's: "Whadaya say?" by Compulsive Behaviour


Last month saw an intense stand-off between Bradford W Bush and Lucha's refereeing wrestler, Shiro Yoshida.
Rumour has it that they will be ending their feud this month with a hardcore, no holds barred, Tokyo street brawl!


Tickets are limited but are on sale now!!!  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/89968
Friday 20th August.  Resistance Gallery.  265 Poyser St.  Bethnal Green .  London. E2 9RF.  Opens 9pm
Fabulous Luna Rosa! by Jane Caley

Featuring an all star cast of wonder and blunder:
Leon Britannico, Bradford W Bush, Transexico, Metallico, Shiro Yoshida, Necrosis, Bengal Tiger, El Parano, Ultimo Perversio, El Diablo Rojo, Estupido the human torpedo, Mamzelle Maz, Miss Miranda, Tammy Torture, Ana Agony, Dr Rupert G Hooper, Plus neo burlesque starlets and comedy freaks to make your eyes water!

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Break the Silence!

Sunday 18 July 2010

Lucha Britannia presents: The London School of Lucha Libre Wrestling!

Lucha Britannia star Leon Britannico get hit with a massive clothes line from Metallico, king of the scrap heap at Lucha Underground last week!
Pic by Izaskun Gonzalez

Due to popular demand, London's subversive masked wrestling entertainment giant, 'Lucha Britannia', opens it's doors for 'The London School of Lucha Libre'!

With years of professional wrestling experience and 'British Wrestling Council'  approved teachers, Lucha Britannia is proud to present the UK's only dedicated Lucha Libre training school.
 Glamazon Luchadoras Mamzelle Maz & Miss Miranda have a little disagreement over a match at Download Festival. Pic By Tom Medwell


The classes are set to start next month for over boys and girls over 18 years of age, and will cover all aspects of pro wrestling in the world today with a firm emphasis on the Mexican masked art of Lucha Libre.

Lucha Libre, literally translated means 'Free Fight', which flamboyantly uses every possible fighting methodology, gymnastics, psychology and techniques available in the world to forge you into a real life superhero or villain in pro wrestling.(Tecnico or Rudo)
 Lucha Britannia's creator, Garry Vanderhorne with Mexico's legendary Luchador, Blue Demon Jr 

There will be a strict syllabus with gradings at the end of each module to denote the progression from beginner through to fully fledged Luchador or Luchadora!
 The course will mix the acrobatic style from Mexico with the traditional British style, covering both countries rich heritage of wrestling and splendour while also giving sufficient module time to the north American style and Japanese strong style of working.
 Upon graduation you will be bestowed a mask and your first Lucha name!

Lucha Britannia secretly & not so secretly feature the UK's wrestling scenes finest performers, some going on to fame over seas or become WWE world champions! (as was the case with Sheamus!)
Our 'LSLL' instructors are of the very highest standards with years of training and performance experience, all of them consistently featuring at the top in the UKFF top 50 wrestlers within the last 4 years.
Warm ups and circuit training are strenuous and essential!
Studies not only show that circuit training is the most time efficient way to enhance cardiovascular fitness and muscle endurance but also that circuit training helps men and women to achieve their goals and maintain them longer than other forms of exercise or diet.
Sheamus, now WWE Raw Champion, chokes Lucha Britannia Star Shiro Yoshida. Pic by Manolo

Although in close association with Lucha Britannia and the British Wrestling Council, The London School of Lucha Libre is an independent entity, is fully insured and can offer its students a solid, safe and rewarding learning ground to becoming a professional wrestler...masked or un-masked!

Whether it's for the fitness and agility, the fun and the costumes or whether you are serious about becoming a real life Luchador and professional wrestler, then the LSLL could be for you!


 Lucha Britannia: Lucha Underground! El Pirano missile drop-kicks El Diablo Rojo while referee Shiro Yoshida officiates!
Pic by Izaskun Gonzalez
London School of Lucha Libre will be every Wednesday evening, starting Nov 17th from 7.30 till 10pm at Resistance Gallery, the home of Lucha Britannia's Lucha Underground!
Keep up to date on what's happening by joining the 'LSLL' Facebook group here!

And remember...pro wrestling is dangerous!!! Dont try this at home!!!
(Not without your mask on anyway!!!)


Glamazon Luchadora Miss Miranda! Lucha Britannia at Download Festival 2010. Pic by Tom Medwell

The real Mexican Superstars Cassandro, Magno and the legendary Solar, visit Resistance Gallery 

Sneak preview from one of the Lucha Britannia shows, in front of thousands of fans at Download Festival


Join the Lucha network on all our platforms: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace

The Future is Lucha !!!


Thursday 24 June 2010

New Lucha Britannia Lucha Underground tickets onsale now

Lucha Underground is back!
 Tom Medwell Photography

Triumphantly returning from Download festival our Lucha heroes are ready for the next death defying chapter in the RetroFutureVerse.
Friday 16th July. Resistance Gallery opens it's doors once again to the violent, sexy, hillarity & danger of Lucha Britannia.
Tickets on-sale here now!

Wednesday 16 June 2010

London's Lucha Libre experts, Lucha Britannia, take over Download festival 2010

 Here's the first sneaky peak of what happens behind the glitz and glamor of the Lucha Arena in the press and VIP area of this years Download Festival at Donington!!!.
Live Nation's Lowdown takes a look around with a little help from some of the Lucha Britannia team.


Check out our other Lucha sites here:
 Lucha Britannia.co.uk  Facebook! Twitter! Myspace! Lucha HQ.

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Lucha Underground 1 kicks ass and takes uk masked wrestling to new heights!

The first of the new run of Lucha Underground events was incredible!
A fantastic night out with more high flying thrills than should be legal in one night.

We totally fought the punk wars so we could have a band like 'Raw Chimp' to open the show with a couple of top notch electro-punk-sleaze-core-dance-rock tunes.

Lydia Darling set the venue on fire with her amazing flaming hoop performance.
Marnie Scarlet showed us room101 with her medical latex horror dance!


El Pirano faced off against Metallico and nearly got the victory after spitting water on the half robots circuitry, causing a malfunction akin to an epileptic fit.
Transexico & Bengal Tiger teamed up against Bush & Necrosis in a closely fought battle.
Sir Ashley Huntingdon took Billy Britannico to a no contest after Bush distracted referee Shiro Yoshida .
The eight man tag team action was fast and furious with high spot after high spot.

Check out a full review from of the show from Livemusic.FM

Pics from the show here!! http://www.foto-image.com/Lucha/index.html


The next Lucha Underground show is on Fri 16th July
Join the Lucha Britannia Facebook group
Stay Tuned, Break the Silence!!!

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Lucha Underground begins here!


LUCHA BRITANNIA are starting their season of monthly Lucha Underground shows at their secret base, RESISTANCE GALLERY, this coming May Sat 22nd.

Entrance to these special shows will be strictly limited and tickets will be issued only through WEGOTTICKETS.COM
These Lucha Underground shows are the full on, up close & personal, Cabaret Sinistro experience!


The usual Lucha show is in front of many hundreds, sometimes many thousands, but with Lucha Underground, you get the original, old school vibe which is now almost extinct from most world class wrestling shows.
Plus you get the opportunity to really get close to the Lucha Britannia stars and performers!


The Lucha Underground shows will once again lead the way in alternative entertainment, pushing British Lucha Libre wrestling to new glorious heights before storming on and conquering DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL again in June and of course being omnipresent at the Summer BIZARRE BALL


The gang at Lucha Underground will also be at next Friday's inaugural Bizarre club night, BITCHSLAP!

Our Cabaret Siniestro Lucha Britannia personnel for the events, from our illustrious 'Roll Call of Valor', could include:
Dona Peligroso: Don Ominoso: Don Siniestro: Dr Rupert G Hooper: Dr DopplePumptshaft: Mamzelle Maz: Miss Miranda: Byzy Bizarre: Mark McCarthy: Haans: Brunhilde: Ana Agony: Tammy Torture: Stuart Vern: Noko440: Dane: Bengal Tiger: Shiro Yoshida: Leon Britannico: Bradford W Bush: Estupido: El Pirano: Metallico: Ultimo Perversio: Sheamus O'Shaugnessy: El Hombre De Mundo: Jetta: Sexo Viva: Necrosis: The Human Fly: Thoth: Andrew O'Neil: Ophelia Bitz: Vivid Angel: The Furies: Suppositori Spelling: Lady Ane Angel: Norma Guntz: Fire Tusk Pain Proof Circus: Lucifire: Boxing Booga: Tusk: Gawkagogo: Fancy Chance: Elephant Man Elvis: Miss LaLa Lovette: Stand Not Amazed: Geoff Boyz: Dusty Limits: Syban V Manticore: Mamzelle Fifi: Pia: xxx Mouse xxx: 'Shadow' The Human Marionette: Invisible Man: Nawashi Murakawa: Fetish Diva Valeria: Dangerous Dolly: Dr Blackthorn: Pariah Circus: Crazy White Sean: The Limehouse Cutthroat: Ms Vinci: Bruno: Matty Mitford: Santa Gasolina: Samppa Von Cyborg: Lydia Darling, Lois of the Lane: Ritzy Crackers: Vanilla Lush: Pretty Pervy: Bunny Bam Bam: Samantha Stone: Veronika Valentine: The Baron & Missy: Foxo Sinestro: Morrigan Hel: Sophia Landi: El Vis: El Freddie: Mamzelle Fifi: Chilli Boom: Des O'Connor: Sir Ashly Huntingdon: Billy Britannico: Stixx: El Narcalepcico: El TranSexico:


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Lucha Twitter here!


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Break the Silence!!

Saturday 10 April 2010

Download festival calls Lucha Britannia to arms for British Lucha Wrestling headline


Its getting closer to the time where the new improved Lucha Libre warriors of Lucha Britannia raise up their collective forces and return to this years superb 'DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL!'

Starting on Thursday 10th June 2010 till Sunday 13th, When the mighty headline acts of ACDC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AEROSMITH as well as THEM CROOKED VULTURES, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and of course STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have finished, LUCHA BRITANNIA will be there to carry the entertainment into the night with their unique, high flying, death defying, ultra octane, freakshow, Cabaret Siniestro And Gorelesque wonderment!!


For the special missions, the team at Lucha's HQ, 'Resistance Gallery', smuggle in outlaw performers, wanted by the state for horrific crimes of entertainment.
They have again managed to traffic the contraband illegal high of the mighty one, CRAZY WHITE SEAN!

Photo by Tom Medwell
This unique freak set Donnington on fire last year with his insane one-man-jackass antics!
Notorious for having challenged the whole of the jackass team to go one on one against him, insane act after insane act, but of course the team couldn't compete with our one man secret weapon of mass self immolation!Photo by Tom Medwell