Club Grades

GRADE INFORMATION:

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Close Combat follows the traditional colour grading system.  Our grade colours are as follows;

White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Brown (Black Stripe) and Black.

Each grade gets more complex with more advanced lessons to learn while mastering previous skills from lower grades. The syllabus has 2 separate halves, the Striking side (stand up fighting) and the grappling side (ground fighting) with MMA style crossovers between them.

The striking side of the syllabus includes structured lessons from boxing, kickboxing and MMA that build upon previous lessons as students work towards each grade.

The Grappling Syllabus has 36 lesson divided between each grade, each grappling lesson is broken down into manageable slices that build upon previous slices to build up a dynamic skillset over time.

The striking lessons are taught in the first hour of our 2-hour training sessions and the broken down grappling lesson slices are taught in the second hour, the Striking and Grappling lessons together, form a complete fighters skillset.

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Dedicated students can achieve Black Belt within a minimum of 156 weeks (3 years 1/3) of training once a week.

We go for a more modern approach when it comes to students displaying their grade, with our logo design containing a built-in colour grade bar on our club t-shirts. Although we do give out belts at each grading and students can wear a Gi for grappling lessons, as groundwork sparring can become quite competitive and may put clothing at risk, although this isn’t required at lower grades.