Combat Base Leicester

Great work at All Stars Leicester yesterday, team. Loads of matches, highlight reel finishes, racking up the points, and everyone digging deep when it counted. You also conducted yourselves with honour, heart and humility - exactly what we like to see. Thanks to everyone who came to support - we took this photo at the end after a few of you had left but you were seen and we appreciate you taking time out of your day to show up for the team. Big shout out to Q for having his first ever match today, too. Great work again. Proud of all of you - and more importantly, win or lose, you should all be proud of yourselves. ☠️

Wednesday. ☠️

New timetable for Spring 2026!

Lots of XP racked up at the inaugural Combat Base Open comp at Gorilla Grappling Academy in Huddersfield this weekend. A huge thanks to Costas for all his hard work in putting it together, and to Aries Aperture for these excellent photos.

CBL team total
1 Gold
1 Silver
2 Bronze

Massive congratulations to everyone who stepped up to compete (one of you for the first time!), and a big thanks to those who drove up to support the team - it was a long way, and your encouragement was seen and appreciated. ☠️❤️

Will share some more candid shots over the coming week.

*TIMETABLE CHANGE*

Active immediately.

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*Monday*
NoGi: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Open Mat: 8:30pm - 9pm

Wednesday
Fundamentals: 6pm - 7pm
NoGi: 7pm - 8pm
Gi: 8pm - 9pm

Friday
NoGi: 7pm - 8pm
Gi: 8pm - 9pm

Sunday
Leg Locks: 5pm - 6pm
Wrestling: 6pm - 7pm
Open Mat: 7pm - 8pm

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You'll see that we are now training MONDAYS instead of TUESDAYS.

Also, we have added a NEW leglock class every Sunday, at 5pm.

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Exciting news! One of BJJ’s ‘Dirty Dozen’, Australian Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, John B. Will, has released two landmark training Volumes:

* Dirty Dozen BJJ Vol. 1: Essential Tactics
* Dirty Dozen BJJ Vol. 2: Level Up Your Game

Originally produced as professional manuals sold to martial arts schools for £500 a set, they’ve been reworked and are now available to everyone as paperbacks on Amazon UK for under £18 each. With more than 30,000 classes taught worldwide and decades of curriculum design experience, Will offers a uniquely practical approach to BJJ training, and in addition to all of this, he's a friend to the club, and a good man. Highly recommended.

Congrats to coach Andy for competing at the Yorkshire Sub Only against black belt Costas Doru. Good performance in the bag, going the distance against a great opponent. XP added.

Excellent seminar with Ffion Davies this afternoon! Great, clear instructions, and insightful, world-class details. Thanks Ffion for your time, and to everyone who attended from various clubs (including a couple from Italy, who flew over especially!). It was great to meet you all! 🖤💀

We're so proud of everyone, today. Lots of heart, humilty and grit shown, on the mats and off. Was great seeing people supporting others (from ours and other teams) too - celebrating and/or commiserating respectfully. Some showed up to support in person, and others cheered us on from home - it all was noticed and appreciated.

People talk about 'Honour' in the martial arts as if it's an arbitrary/unattainable ideal, but we saw a lot of honour today, and it made us especially proud.

Well done, all. ☠️