FUNDAMENTALS.

This class is for beginners! You will learn the basic positions of control on the ground. You will also learn how to escape these positions. There will be some takedowns involved because getting the fight to the floor is an integral part of ground fighting. You will learn some submissions in this class also, however the emphasis in the beginning of your grappling journey should start with being able to get the fight down and control someone safely.

If you see more experienced grapplers in this class that's because EVERYONE needs to brush up on their fundamentals.

Each class there will be a small warm up, then we will practice a few techniques and finish with a short amount of live drilling or sparring.

COMPETITION.

This class is for the grappler above beginner level. What we do in this class will change based on which students have competitions coming up, what type of competition is it etc.

Any techniques taught will be more advanced than what you will get in the fundamentals class as by the time your doing this class you will have already developed a good base of knowledge to work from.

There will be a higher emphasis placed on sparring rounds and harder live drilling.

Please do not come to these classes unless invited by an instructor or fellow student.

KIDS.

Much the same as the fundamentals class there is a heavy emphasis on learning and perfecting the basics of takedowns and ground control. While having a fun element to it, training will always have to have some realism to make sure your child doesn't develop a false sense of their abilities. There is nothing worse than them assuming that just by rocking up that they are going to a future ufc star. "You get what you EARN" reins true in all martial arts.

We ask that as a parent, you use your discretion when signing up your children to train. If they are too young and cant comprehend what's going on then it will pay for them to wait until they are a little older before re-joining the group. If they are a bigger teenager then it may pay for them to be in the fundamentals class with the adults.

We recommend kids starting no younger than 7 years old.

Classes will consist of a warm up with various movements to help your child develop general movement on the ground. Most of these are fun little drills they will enjoy. Then there will be some technic taught and some live drills or live grappling to finish the class off.

Open Mat.

Open mat has an element of freedom to it that the other classes don't. Most people will want to just set the round timer going and do rounds of grappling swapping partners each round... some may just want to do an endurance roll(no time limit) with one specific partner, others may want to come in and try out a new technic they just saw on youtube. The world is your oyster at open mat. If you just want to train lightly its advisable that your organize this with a friend\training partner ahead of time so you can get a spot on the edge of the mat away from the scrambling nature of hard grappling rounds, if not you may come to training and not have anyone else who wants to do technic work and not accomplish what you set out to do... so plan your open mat session accordingly ahead of time.There will be nothing specific taught in this class how ever a coach will be there if you have any questions.