How to choose a Gi for BJJ
A Cut Above Lets start out. The main thing you want from a Gi is for it to fit. Just like with any other clothing […]
Author: Antony Griffiths
BJJ Purple Belt Requirements
With great pride we have now been able to take several people from being complete beginners, right the way up to receiving their Purple […]
Gym Rules
On the whole we aim to keep things as light and informal as possible but it’s good to have well laid out boundaries and expectations. […]
BJJ Blue Belt Requirements
The blue belt is the first belt awarded in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. There are many different criteria for being awarded a blue belt – this […]
So you’re an MMA Black Belt
You may have opened this, thinking “but there aren’t any belts in MMA”, and if you have this post probably isn’t for you, (although it […]
Combat Sports & Dyslexia
This might be a long post, I don’t mean to tell you my life story, just to share my experiences particularly through school in a […]
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Lineage
Lineage is important up to a point. Having a traceable lineage is good in that you can verify your instructor’s links and origins in the […]
Combat Base Tameside
We’re proud to be a Combat Base affiliate Club, it’s an affiliation that adds great value to all our classes especially our BJJ & Grappling […]
Our techniques are too deadly for competition
I had a conversation with someone how they train “techniques too dangerous to spar” the biggest irony was these were techniques we do spar regularly […]