A huge congratulations to Ash Amos on his Silver medal in the White Belt Super Heavy Category at the IBJJF European Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.
We are delighted to announce the first of our 2014 Seminars.
On Saturday 1st February 2014 (2:00 - 5:00) we will welcome BJJ Black Belt Chiu Kwong Man to The Combat Academy.
Chiu has been training BJJ for over 10 years, he was the first person to be awarded a black belt by Braulio Estima.
Competition achievements:
1st London Open – 01/04/2003 Male Master 76kg Blue Gi – Gold
2003 Gracie Invitational – 26/10/2003 Male master 76kg Blue Gi – Gold
2004 Gracie Invitational – 01/01/2004 Male master 76kg Blue Gi – Bronze
2nd London Open 06/08/2004 Male Master 76kg Blue Gi – Gold
2006 Gracie Invitational 06/05/2006 Male Adult 76kg Gi – Gold
2008 Gracie Invitational 01/04/2008 Male Master 76kg Gi – Silver
North of England Grappling 31/05/2008 Championship Male Adult 73kg – Gold
FILA UK Grappling Trials 01/10/2008 Male Adult Advanced No Gi – Gold
Fila grappling world championship 2008 rank 11th in 70kg
Cost: Adults £10, Juniors £5 (juniors must arrange a partner).
Two Medals for Alex at UMA BJJ Championships
Congratulations to Combat Academy fighter Alex Quinn for taking the gold medal (gi) and a bronze medal (no gi) at The UMA BJJ Championships today held in Burton (February 1st 2014).
Hereford BJJ Open: February 16th 2014
Congratulations to The Combat Academy fighters who took part in the recent Hereford BJJ Open. The team took a total of 6 Gold, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.
Women Purple -64kg
3 Emma Baker Combat Academy
White -70 kg Feather Adult
3 Tom Karpinski Combat Academy
White -82.3 kg Middle Senior
1 Barry Hopkins Combat Academy
White -88.3 kg Medium Heavy Adult
1 Neil Gardiner Combat Academy
2 Dane Morgan Combat Academy
White -94.3 kg Heavy Adult
3 Karl Renshaw Combat Academy
White -100.5 kg Super Heavy Adult
1 Ash Amos Combat Academy
White +100.5 kg Ultra Heavy Adult
3 Lewis Cooper Combat Academy
Blue -70 kg Feather Senior
2 Ian Glasper Combat Academy
Blue -76 kg Light Adult
2 Chris Tetley Combat Academy
Blue -82.3 kg Middle Adult
1 Owain Parry Combat Academy
Blue -82.3 kg Middle Senior
2 Ty Husbands Combat Academy
Blue -94.3 kg Heavy Adult
1 Jamey Law Combat Academy
Purple -94.3 kg Heavy Adult
1 Dean Bradbury Combat Academy
White Adult Absolute
3 Ash Amos Combat Academy
Blue Senior Absolute
2. Ty Husbands Combat Academy
Purple Absolute
2 Dean Bradbury Combat Academy
The Bristol Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships.
A huge congratulations to The Combat Academy team who took part in The Bristol Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships (01st March 2014).
We took a team of 11 fighters and all returned with a medal.
Our total was:
6 Gold
4 Silver
1 Bronze
Central Roofing sponsored fighter, Alex Quinn defeated both of his opponents to take the gold medal in the -24 kg category
Josh McMillan and Jedd Quinn both competed in the -27 kg category with Josh taking silver and Jedd the bronze.
In a combined boys and girls category Skye McMillan took a very hard earned silver medal.
Jackson Quinn put in a solid performance to take the gold medal in the -34 kg category.
With no one to fight in her category, Dali Hopkins moved up a weight and into a boys category. Dali put in an excellent performance to take the gold medal.
Ryan Hill took silver in the boys under 55 kg category, defeating a green belt in his first fight and narrowly losing the final by an advantage.
Ben Beddard took silver in the boys under 60 kg category.
Emma Baker had three fights to take the silver medal in the ladies purple belt category, submitting her opponent to secure the silver medal.
Ash Amos defeated two opponents by submission to take the gold medal in the white belt -100.5 kg category.
Performance of the day came from Baz Hopkins in the Masters white belt -82.3 kg category. Baz defeated two opponents who he has previously lost to, to secure a place in the final. In the final Baz had a very tough fight and with the scores level he swept to mount to secure the win in the dying seconds of the fight.
New Purple Belt
Following his 2014 BJJ British Open Champion title, Jamie Law became only the 11th student in the 12-year history of The Combat Academy to be awarded a purple belt.
The award was made by Braulio Estima on the podium as Jamie collected his Gold medal from the Blue Belt Masters Heavy category.
Jamie trains 3-4 times a week at our affiliate club Tillery Combat, under Richard Shore. Since his promotion to Blue Belt, Jamie has achieved the following:
2012
Hereford BJJ Open Silver
Welsh BJJ Open Silver
Welsh BJJ No Gi Open Silver
Hereford BJJ Open Gold in Weight & Bronze Absolute
2013
Welsh BJJ Open Silver
Hereford BJJ Open Silver
Welsh BJJ No Gi Open Gold in Weight & Silver Absolute
Hereford BJJ Open Gold in Weight & Gold Absolute
2014
Welsh BJJ Open Bronze
BJJ British Open Blue Belt Heavy-weight Champion.
Jamie also has a Unified Amateur MMA record of 1-0.
A massive congratulations to Jackson Quinn on his promotion to Yellow/White Belt. Described by several of the coaching team as one of the most disciplined and dedicated students, combined with his competition record, this is a well deserved promotion.
Welsh BJJ Open: Results
A huge congratulations to The Combat Academy team members who competed at The Welsh BJJ Open Championships held in Newport on Sunday 13th April 2014.
We took a total of 5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. We took third place in the adult team placings and second place in the juvenile team placings.
Gold Medals
Barry Hopkins White belt masters -82.3 kg
Danny Dyer White belt -64 kg
Joel Clark Juvenile -58 kg
Neil Gardiner White belt -88.3 kg
Owain Parry Blue belt -82.3 kg
Silver Medals
Ash Amos White belt -100.5 kg
Dean Bradbury Purple belt -94.3 kg
Ryan Hill Juvenile -58 kg
Bronze Medals
Ben Phillips White belt -82.3 kg
Jamey Law Blue belt -94.3 kg
Patrick Baker Brown belt -88.3 kg
Combat Academy Newsletter
Please click >here for a copy of The Combat Academy April Newsletter.
BJJ British Open
A huge congratulations to The Combat Academy team who competed in The 2014 BJJ British Open. We returned with a total of:
7 British Champions
6 Silver medals
3 Bronze medals.
(and a very proud coaching team).
British Champions
White Senior I Middle Baz Hopkins
Boys -24 kg (7-9 years) Alex Quinn
Girls -34 kg (10-12 years) Skye Mcmillan
Girls -60 kg Bethany Draper
Boys -65 kg (13-15 years) White - Yellow/White Belt Ben Beddard
Blue Master Heavy Jamey Law
Purple Senior I Medium Heavy Darrell James
Silver
Boys -38 kg (10-12 years) Jackson Quinn
Girls -46 kg (10-12 years) Dali Hopkins
Boys -60 kg (13-15 years) Ben Oliver
Juvenile -65 kg White Belt Ben Oliver
Blue Belt Absolute Marcin Grzeszczuk
Brown SRI Middle Richard Shore
Bronze Medals
Blue Adult Middle Owain Parry
Brown SRII Medium Heavy Patrick Baker
Blue Master Heavy Mark 'Nytol' Thomas
Outdoor Activities Course
Junior members of The Combat Academy are invited to take part in our second outdoor activities course.
Following the immense success of the course last year, we have extended it with an extra day and night.
The three days (two nights) course will include:
Team-building challenges
Climbing Tower
Zip-wire
Ropes course
Shelter build and Campfire
Caving
Gorge Walk
Mountain walk
Orienteering
Also included:
All meals.
Two evenings accommodation.
The course will take place Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th August 2014
The cost will be £100 pp
A non-refundable deposit of £50 is required by Tuesday 6th May to secure your place.
Places are limited and will be allocated to those who pay their deposits first.
Please see Dave or Simon if you are interested.
Photos from last years course can be seen below.
August Newsletter
Please click >here for a copy of our latest newsletter.
Congratulations to Ty Husbands and Baz Hopkins on their performance at the Newquay BJJ Open.
Ty took silver in the Gi and Bronze in the NoGi, Baz took Gold in the Gi and Bronze in the NoGi.
Hereford BJJ Open
September 14th 2014
A huge congratulations to the team, we took a total of:
6 Gold
4 Silver
3 Bronze
Girls -46 kg
1. Dali Hopkins Combat Academy
Boys -46 kg (10-12 years)
2. Ethan Broderick Combat Academy
Boys -55 kg (13-15 years)
3. Shea Evans Combat Academy
Boys -60 kg (13-15 years)
1. Ryan Hill Combat Academy
Women -58.5 kg
2. Kelly Hopkins Combat Academy
-70 kg Feather Adult (16-35 years)
3. Tom Karpinski Combat Academy
-76 kg Light Master 2 (36+ years)
1. Leigh Bull Combat Academy
-82.3 kg Middle Adult (16-35 years)
1. Matthew Duggan Combat Academy
2. James Dickson Combat Academy
-82.3 kg Middle Master 2 (36+ years)
2. Baz Hopkins Combat Academy
-88.3 kg Medium Heavy Adult (16-35 years)
1. Neil Gardner Combat Academy
-100.5 kg Super Heavy Adult (16-35 years)
1. Ashley Amos Combat Academy
3. Phil Whittall Combat Academy
British Open NoGi Championships
September 21st 2014
Representing Braulio Estima’s team, Gracie Barra Birmingham we took a team of 16 fighters and returned with 8 British Champions, 4 Silver Medals and 4 Bronze Medals.
An awesome performance from the team, and a reflection of the hard work and dedication our students put in, and the support our fighters receive from their families.
It is a reflection of our team spirit that several fighters and parents, stayed on long after their fights had finished in order to support their teammates.
Well done to every single one of you who represented the team today, myself, Emma and Simon are very proud coaches.
British Champions
Richard Shore Brown All Senior Medium Heavy
Ash Amos Blue Adult -100.5 kg
Baz Hopkins White All Senior Middle
Jamey Law Purple Master Super Heavy
Marcin Grzeszczuk Blue Adult Middle Heavy
Matthew Duggan White Master Middle
Neil Gardiner White Master Middle Heavy
Ty Husbands Blue All Senior Middle
Silver Medals
Ryan Hill Boys -55 kg (13 - 15 years)
Ryan Hill Juvenile White Belt -55 kg
Ben Beddard Boys -65 kg (13 - 15 years)
Alex Quinn Boys -27 kg (7 - 9 years)
Bronze Medals
Josh Mcmillan Boys -27 kg (7 - 9 years)
Jedd Quinn Boys -30 kg (7 - 9 years)
Jackson Quinn Boys -38 kg (9 - 12 years)
Marcin Grzeszczuk Blue Adult Absolute
MK ECKA Open Championships
September 27th 2014
Congratulations to The Combat Academy Karate Team on their performance at The MK ECKA Open.
Aiden Huttel, Gold in semi contact with some great wins in his first competition, winning 5-0 in his first ever fight!
Lianna Masters, Gold in continuous, beating a much bigger opponent in the final, also a Bronze in semi contact.
Josh Mcmillan with some really good fights to take Silver in Continuous and Bronze in semi contact.
Ryan Hill good performances to win Bronze in semi contact and Bronze in freeform.
Craig Huttel winning his first semi contact fight 5-0, losing by a narrow margin in the semi final, and a close fight with team mate Josh to be pushed in to 4th.
Welsh Open NoGi Championships
Members of The Combat Academy / Tillery Combat competed at The Welsh Open NoGi this weekend and we returned with 7 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.
Stepping up a weight to the purple belt -67.5 kg category,
Kris Edwards collected the silver medal.
Stepping up a belt category to the purple belt -79.5 kg category, Ty Husbands put in a sterling performance losing his first fight by 2 – 1 on advantages after the points were level at 5 – 5. His second fight also ended level on points 4 – 4 but again Ty lost out by advantages and so had to settle for a hard earned bronze.
In the purple belt +97.5 kg category Jack Marshman put on a wrestling master class to defeat his two opponents and take the gold medal.
Marcin Grzeszczuk stepped up a belt level to compete in the purple belt absolute. After losing an epic battle with Cagewarriors veteran, Lew Long, Marcin fought through the repechage to take the bronze medal.
Sixteen year old white belt Ben Oliver, and 15 year old Ryan Hill stepped up to fight in the men’s blue belt -61.5 kg category. Ryan found himself several points down in his first fight, but then started a comeback, taking his opponents back and sinking in a tight RNC. Unfortunately time ran out before he managed to get his opponent to tap and so Ryan was left to fight for the bronze.
In his first fight, Ben Oliver hit his opponent with a massive double leg and dominated the rest of the fight to progress to the final.
In his bronze medal fight Ryan put in an awesome performance to take the win and the bronze medal.
In the final, Bet hit another good double but unfortunately got caught in a tight guillotine. Medals in an adult blue belt category is an awesome result for the two youngsters.
Competing in the blue belt -67.5 kg category,
Joe Orrey ended the year on a high taking the gold medal to add to the PainPit title he won earlier in the month.
In the stacked blue belt -73.5 kg category, Jack Shore Gold and Leon Rosser Bronze were on top form.
In the blue senior -73.5 kg Martin Evans took the gold medal.
Marcin Grzeszczuk was in top form in the blue belt -85.5 kg category, submitting all before him to take the gold medal.
Stepping up a weight and a belt category, Ash Amos defeated both of his opponents to take the gold medal in the blue belt +97.5 kg category.
Not satisfied with the gold and bronze medals he had already won, Marcin Grzeszczuk put his name down for the blue belt absolute. Marcin defeated three opponents to take his second gold medal of the day.
Competing in his first ever competition, Dan Hart took a silver medal in the white belt -91.5 kg category.
Competing in the Juvenile -60 kg category, Ben Oliver Gold, Shea Evans Silver and Ryan Hill Bronze made it a clean sweep for the Academy.
The Combat Academy 2014 Awards
The Combat Academy held their Christmas party and awards ceremony at Saxtys (14/12/14). The awards started with a review of our achievements for 2014.
We started in January with a huge result for Ash Amos who took a silver medal in the IBJJF European Championships. Other major achievements include 17 British Champions and a total of 201 medals won in striking and grappling arts. The breakdown can be seen below.
BJJ
Gold 71
Silver 50
Bonze 43
Karate
Gold 6
Silver 19
Bronze 12
Total
Gold 77
Silver 69
Bronze 55
In the UKBJJA rankings we had 9 juniors in the top 20, 2 adults in the top 15 and 1 master in the top 4.
In addition to this Alex Quinn, Dali Hopkins and Ryan Hill were selected to be part of the UK BJJ Elite Youth Squad. Alex and Dali were further selected to represent the UK team at The IBJJF Pan American Kids Championships being held in America next year.
The Combat Academy 2014 Awards were made as follows.
Most improved karate student: Hollie Hoult
The most improved BJJ student: Dali Hopkins
Most promising karate newcomer: Chelle Banes
Most promising BJJ newcomer: Kelly Hopkins
BJJ Medal Hunter (Joint): Baz Hopkins & Alex Quinn
Karate Medal Hunter: Ryan Hill
Overall Medal Hunter Ash Amos
Adult BJJ Student of the year: Ash Amos
Junior BJJ Student of the year (Joint): Alex Quinn & Jackson Quinn
Karate Student of Year: Jamie Baker
Fighters Fighter Award: Baz Hopkins
Carl Keates Corner Award: Marcin
Overall Student of the Year: Ash Amos
Appreciation Award: Emma Baker
Christmas Opening Times
December
Monday 22nd Combined class Karate training 5:30 - 7:00, Open Mat 7.00 - 8.30
Tuesday 23rd all lessons on as normal.
Wednesday 24th Closed
Thursday 25th Closed.
Friday 26th Closed.
Saturday 27th Open Mat 11:00 – 1:00.
Monday 29th Combined class Karate training 5:30 - 7:00, Open Mat 7.00 - 8.30
