Combat Base Team Training Day

11th September 2011 saw us back at Combat Base Bolton for the next installment of the Training Day saga, ever since we started planning it I knew it was going to be a special day. On our last trip to Redondo Beach we spoke to Chris Haueter about how everything was going and the promotions we were going to make and he couldn't have agreed more.

So before we actually started we gave out the big promotions.

The first was an absolute pleasure for me and I genuinely felt emotional to see Steve Muckle receive his black belt. Steve has been the epitome of BJJ since I met him all those years ago, his dedication to training and his ever enquiring mind made him an excellent fighter and coach. When life dealt him some bad luck (and there was plenty of it) he didn't submit, he dug in and got through.

I always thought that if he had remained injury free he would have been the first male Combat Base black belt in the UK but nevertheless he is there now anyway. I'm so proud that he got there, lesser people wouldn't have.

Then we had 3 brown belt promotions, Antony Griffiths, James Nardone and Carl Fisher all received new belts. All 3 guys are doing great work as coaches and competitors, racking up a nice haul of medals between them.

Simon Ball was promoted to purple belt

Catriona Barkley, Josh Dilcock, Ty Harrison, Tony Riley, Andrew Whitelam, Jody Clark, Andrew Morris, Lee Gilmore, Will Aston and Adam Lowes were all promoted to blue belt.

Final promotion was Lewis Shaw to yellow belt, despite being only 13 he has already competed in the adults division where he has given people a run for their money. If guys like this keep training, then God knows what they will be like in a few more years.....

To make things even better and thanks to everyone's generosity, we raised £319.73 for the nominated charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, so all in all a very good day for all involved.

A big thank you to all concerned.

Check out Fish's blog post here

Takedown MMA BJJ 2 Gi and No Gi Grappling Tournament Sunday 2nd October

Results

Brown Belt Super fight

Antony Griffiths - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK Vs Rob Lawler Combat Base Pontefract

Winner - Antony Griffith via submission


Adults Under 99kg Gi
1. Phil Ounsley - Allegiance MMA/Combat Base UK
2. Neil Audsley - Combat Base UK
3. Ian Stesel - Combat Base UK

Adults Under 87kg Gi
1. Daniel Mason - Combat Base UK
2. Alex Etchells - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK
3. Rick Lawanson - Predators MMA

Adults Under 80kg Gi
1. Jamie Lester - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK
2. Łukasz Gradeckiz - The BJJ Labs @ Fighting Fit Martial Arts Centre
3. Jakub Alchimowicz - Manchester Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Stealth bjj

Adults Under 73kg Gi
1. Roberto Barbiero - Combat Base Dewsbury
2. Neil Blanshard - Combat Base UK
3. Mat Leigh - Factory BJJ / Combat Base Stockport

Adults Under 68kg Gi
1. Emiel Malczewski - Manchester Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Stealth bjj
2. Daniel Jones - Gracie Barra Essex

Juniors Over 50kg Gi
1. Leighton Massey - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK
2. Gary Massey - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK
3. Dylan Ellis - Combat Base UK

Juniors Under 30kg Gi
1. Taylor Martin - Combat Base UK
2. Blade Massey - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK
3. Riley Stesel - Combat Base UK

Ladies Under 65kg No Gi
1. Jenny Sjodin - The BJJ Labs @ Fighting Fit Martial Arts Centre
2. Gemma C - Preston Reps Mma

Adults Under 99kg No Gi
1. Neil Bailey - Fightbase
2. Matt Condon - Manchester Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Stealth bjj
3. John Nezzi - 12 Gauge MMA

Adults Under 87kg No Gi
1. Rick Lawanson - Predators MMA
2. Stuart Meschia - MARKSMAN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS GYM
3. Alex Etchells - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK

Adults Under 80kg No Gi
1. Will Burke - Predators MMA
2. Alex McLoughlin - Fightbase
3. Jamie Lester - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK

Adults Under 73kg No Gi
1. Tim Jones - 12 Gauge MMA
2. Mark O'neill - Preston Reps Mma
3. Ben Blease - Lowe MMA

Adults Under 68kg No Gi
1. Gaz Pilot - Predators MMA
2. Stuart Berry - Fightbase
3. Emiel Malczewski - Manchester Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Stealth bjj

Adults Under 62kg No Gi
1. Jordan Chester - Preston Reps Mma
2. Jake Mclellen - 12 Gauge MMA
3. Jenny Sjodin - The BJJ Labs @ Fighting Fit Martial Arts Centre

Juniors Over 50kg No Gi
1. Nathan Lambert - The Pound MMA
2. Leighton Massey - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK
3. Dylan Ellis - Combat Base UK

Juniors Under 50kg No Gi
1. Alex Swales - Preston Reps Mma
2. Gary Massey - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK

Juniors Under 30kg No Gi
1. Kian Makinson - Preston Reps Mma
2. Riley Stesel - Combat Base UK
3. Blade Massey & Kane Kelly - Evade Martial Arts/Combat Base UK

Massive well done to everyone.

Combat Base North East blog

If you are not reading the blog above already then you should be, there are some excellent posts in it. Steve is a great coach and the homework he sets is excellent.

http://combatbasene.blogspot.com/2011/10/well-done-brett-and-dan.html

http://combatbasene.blogspot.com/2011/10/well-done-adam-and-drew.html


If you take the 2 latest posts as above then consider the excellent work that is being done up there. They are a relatively small club that have been an integral part of Combat Base from the start, they are kind of isolated from the rest of us geographically but goes to show what you can do with limited resources if you have a real team set up and a real work ethic.

The club so far stands at 1 black belt, 3 quality brown belts, about 8 tough purple belts and a bunch of blues too. Even the white belts are beasts, as one of their brown belts, Graeme, posted on their Facebook page recently "there are no easy matches at Combat Base"

Considering guys at the club have competed in and won BJJ and no gi tournaments plus being undefeated in MMA says something about the versatility too. Guys that always give 100% and bring home the medals.

Don't know where I'm going with this but I just thought it was worth mentioning that from nothing they now have a solid team that is just going to get better and better.

Glad they are on my side.