Time for another of the hugely successful SFUK Open Mats to kick off the New Year. Previous events have had over 70 people on the mats, from total beginners who have never grappled before to Pro MMA fighters and Commonwealth Judo and Wrestling champions! Attendees in the past have travelled from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France! ------------------ Submission Fighting UK presents... SFUK Open Mat 6: Manchester 2003 When? Sunday 26th January 2003, 12pm till 4pm Where? Sugden Sports Centre Grosvenor Street Manchester, M1 7HL. Tel: 0161 200 3777 (same venue as SFUK Open Mats 2 & 4) Price? £3 for training £1 for spectators Instructors, students, fighters, promoters and fans all welcome. Contact? Nathan Leverton - nleverton@netscape.net Format? 1 hour - sparring 2 hours - technique workshops 1 hour - sparring However, the format is flexible and the atmosphere relaxed so people are free to spend the day how they please. ------------------ This is not a competition. It's a chance to meet, spar with, and learn from the people you speak to and read about on the internet. ------------------ Please contact me in advance if: a) You have products to sell on the day b) You would like to teach a technique workshop c) You can offer any help in promoting the day ------------------ Open Mat Reports: SFUK Open Mat 1: Leicester, SFUK report - http://sfuk.tripod.com/events_01/om.html SFUK Open Mat 2: Manchester, SFUK report - http://sfuk.tripod.com/events_01/om2.html SFUK Open Mat 3: Leicester, ADCC report - http://news.adcombat.com/article.shtml?id=290 ------------------ Previous SFUK Open Mat Comments: "It was well worth the trip up from London. I don't think that i have ever gained so much from a single session." - Nick "Great day, cant wait for the next one!" - AndrewTC "The 230 mile round trip was well worth it" - Dave Coles "It was my first open mat and i had a really good time sparring with different people from various backgrounds" - Paul Ramsdale "It was a superb day, I really enjoyed it, conrats to levo for putting the day together and it was nice to meet some of you sfukers" - Widge "It was great to meet so many people all dedicated to pursuing their respective systems all on one mat" - Wayne (Fireball) "Open Mat was fantastic, well worth the trip over and great to meet all you guys." - Simon "Brilliant event, I got loads of good pointers and had a blast rollin' with previously faceless forum members. Hat off to you Levo, events like these are gonna do a lot for mma in the uk." - Dave Ives "Everyone was really friendly and helpful. It's a long time since I've had so much fun AND learnt so much in one afternoon." - John RH ------------------ These events are made so successful by YOU, please spread the word as much as possible. ------------------ Regards Nathan http://www.SFUK.net
TTT SFUK Open Mat 6 is this coming weekend. This event is gonna be HUGE. I hope some of you off here can make it. Nathan
Up to now it looks like there will be 9 or 10 of us from Combative Edge Academy coming. I've been rubbing my palms down with alcohol to toughen them in preparation for all the tapping out
I'll be there with my Training Partner OddJob from The Combative Edge Academy - Torbay (Under Dave 'Yoda' Green). We're really new to grappling so it's going to be a great learning experience for us I'm gonna wear sponge gloves, that way I wont wear my hands away tapping Paul
What a day it was! About 150 people turned up at the Sugden Sports Centre in Manchester for our sixth Open Mat, with about 100 actually on the mats. That's twice the number we had at our last OM there! Thank you so much to everyone who came down and made it such a landmark event. Special thanks to Rosi for her help in organising the day. Here are a couple of very quickly done stills: Nathan