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Last weekend we had the privilege and joy of having John Will visit again for another seminar. John did an amazing seminar on headarm chokes and everyone in the class from beginners to advanced was able to grasp it all. On behalf of everyone at the gym we would like to thank John for his …

John Will held a BJJ seminar on Sunday and ran an excellent session on X-guard entries and sweeps. However, at the start of the session he awarded Mark Christie and Michael Belos with their BJJ Black Belts. Both students have been training under Luke Pezzutti for quite some time now all the way back to …

Adam Sarkis represented the team last Friday the 14th of Sep at PWP 5. Adam was first up on the card and left a huge statement dominating his opponent with great striking and vicious knees and good top control with some damaging ground and pound. Congratulations to Adam on the win, which is a testament …

Young Luke Shakespeare had his second MMA fight as an amateur on the JNI show and won via rear naked choke in less than a minute. Luke dominated the fight after taking his opponent to the ground after the initial bell and continued to ground and pound his opponent until he finished with a rear naked choke. …

Congratulations to Adrian, Kian and Mal for receiving their brown belts. All three all well deserved of their new ranks for the countless hours they have put on the mat both learning and improving themselves as well as helping all the other students’ learning as well.

A big congratulations to Astein Grant who received his well deserved purple belt yesterday. All the hard work and constant hours at training has paid off for Astein who is a great role model for dedication. A special mention also to Anthony Chiu who also received his Blue belt earlier in the month.

Four of the guys fought last Friday night at CFC 18 in front of a packed venue. Adam Sarkis was laying some brutal ground and pound on his opponent before a small mistake caused him to get swept into a bad position where his opponent’s strikes caused the ref to stop the fight. Unfortunate result …

Luke Shakespeare made his Kickboxing fighting debut at War on the North Shore 16 today held at North Sydney League’s club. Despite this being only his second fight (his first being an amateur MMA fight), Luke showed a very dominant performance in every round to take the fight in the end via a unanimous decision. …

Four of the guys will be fighting on the next CFC show which will be in Sydney on August 26th. The matchups will be: Kian ‘Karnage’ Pham vs. Mike Lim (u57kg) Josh ‘Major’ Payne vs. Michael Morcombe (u70kg) Mo Kandeel vs. Regan Wilson (u77kg) Adam Sarkis vs. Jamie Rae (u84kg) All the boys have been …

Added a new video showing one of the circuits done during the kickboxing class. Multiple stations working on different areas of strength, fitness and endurance with each person spending 1 minute at each station before moving onto the next.