Club Name: Bristol Goshin Jutsu Combat Academy/ Impact Gym
Address: Various sites in Bristol
Country: UK
Website: www.Bristolgoshinjutsu.com
Telephone Number: 0117 9525711
e-mail address: Kevino’hagansas@yahoo.co.uk

Introduction to the club:

The Bristol Goshin Jutsu Combat Academy’s Clubs have been running since the mid 80’s. Teaching Combat Jutsu, Close Quarter Combat/street self defence (which they still do). In 1995 what is now known as MMA developed and classes were arranged for this type of fighting. The club started competing in early pioneering events like the Jujutsu Kumite and knockdown sport Budo before moving into the amateur MMA scene and progressing into the semi and pro arena. Along the way the academy has been open – minded enough to participate in Brazilian Gi Competitions and also Submission Wrestling events with great success. The impact gym was devised for MMA training and it is MMA that is solely taught there today.


Chief Instructor/s

The chief instructor Kevin O’Hagan, a well known figure in the world of reality training and MMA. He has 30 years martial arts experience behind him and holds a 6^th Dan Masters grade in Combat Jujutsu, as well as other black belts. He was the first instructor in the Bristol area to establish an MMA Club. He has competed at semi and pro level in the ring and the cage. He has also captured Gold and Silver medals in the Jujutsu Kumite and silver in the European Brazilian Jujutsu Championships. He trained James ‘The Colossus’ Thompson and was part of the fight team that took him to ‘Pride Fighting Championships’ in Japan. Kevin’s assistant coach is Rob Canon. A veteran Jujutsu man and competitor. Rob is a renowned trainer and knows the MMA game inside out. Also at the club is Muay Thai instructors Martin Hurd and John Munden. Both highly respected and regarded men in their field.


Top Students:

James Thompson honed his raw fighting skills first at Kevin’s classes. Early MMA fighters like Matt Sperring and Ross Mackenzie trained there as well. Now top students like Steve Devine, Tom Mayes, Nick Orchard and many new comers are now coming through the ranks.


Up and coming students

Tom Mayes former ML Sports former Amateur Middleweight Champion has just won his first pro fight and is certainly a force for the future in the cage. Nick Orchard, Albie Breeze and Paul Croft are all poised to make a name in the MMA game also.


Typical Session/ Class Structure

Tuesday evenings consists of conditioning, padwork and lots of drilling. It caters for novice and more advanced fighters. Thursday evening is an open mat format where you are free to train anything from the MMA format. Sunday mornings are usually for more experienced fighters the emphasis being on heavy conditioning, sparring and grappling.


Facilities

Full matted area, mirrored walls, all impact equipment and safety gear, training dummies, and bags. Heavy rock music and free sick buckets! Fully equipped gym above the impact gym training area. This is a separate facility.

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