If you are interested in starting training or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. My details are:
Lead Instructor: Andreas Lerch, 3rd Dan
Phone: +43 69912278633
E-Mail: [email protected]
About the Instructor
I started Jiu Jitsu in 2005 when I was 21 while a student at Edinburgh University. I just wanted to see what doing a martial art would be like and before I knew it I was training several times a week, learned some incredible new stuff and formed an entire new circle of friends that I am close with to this day. People who know me now find it unbelievable that I used to be shy before starting Jitsu but it has massively helped in boosting my confidence, self-awareness, drive and fitness in ways I couldn't have imagined. I think if I have learned anything from my martial arts journey is that you never know what something may be like until you give it a try...it may end up being the thing you enjoy most in life.
I have also had been fortunate enough to have some individual success on the way, earning a Gold Medal at the Nationals Competition as a dark blue belt in 2009, and getting my brown belt and teaching certificate in 2010. I co-founded and taught the Heriot-Watt University Jiu Jitsu Club in 2011 and, following my move to Vienna in 2012, I set up the Vienna International Jitsu Club in autumn 2014. Since then, I have also taught at several national and international events, including UK nationals, 2019 and 2026 Scottish Nationals, 2019, 2023 and 2026 Jitsu Internationals in South Africa, Austria and Argentina, respectively and the 2025 Jitsu Summer Ball in Edinburgh. I currently hold the rank of third-degree black belt (3rd Dan), which I achieved in 2023. Along the way, I have also dabbled in other martial arts, including Karate, Judo, Thai Boxing and BJJ.
Lead Instructor: Andreas Lerch, 3rd Dan
Phone: +43 69912278633
E-Mail: [email protected]
About the Instructor
I started Jiu Jitsu in 2005 when I was 21 while a student at Edinburgh University. I just wanted to see what doing a martial art would be like and before I knew it I was training several times a week, learned some incredible new stuff and formed an entire new circle of friends that I am close with to this day. People who know me now find it unbelievable that I used to be shy before starting Jitsu but it has massively helped in boosting my confidence, self-awareness, drive and fitness in ways I couldn't have imagined. I think if I have learned anything from my martial arts journey is that you never know what something may be like until you give it a try...it may end up being the thing you enjoy most in life.
I have also had been fortunate enough to have some individual success on the way, earning a Gold Medal at the Nationals Competition as a dark blue belt in 2009, and getting my brown belt and teaching certificate in 2010. I co-founded and taught the Heriot-Watt University Jiu Jitsu Club in 2011 and, following my move to Vienna in 2012, I set up the Vienna International Jitsu Club in autumn 2014. Since then, I have also taught at several national and international events, including UK nationals, 2019 and 2026 Scottish Nationals, 2019, 2023 and 2026 Jitsu Internationals in South Africa, Austria and Argentina, respectively and the 2025 Jitsu Summer Ball in Edinburgh. I currently hold the rank of third-degree black belt (3rd Dan), which I achieved in 2023. Along the way, I have also dabbled in other martial arts, including Karate, Judo, Thai Boxing and BJJ.
