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.

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.