Issue 007
September 2005
Straight Blast Gym Manchester
If you’re looking for a city centre location to train at in Manchester, you need look no further than the city’s leading Mixed Martial Arts training facility, the Straight Blast Gym (SBG). The Straight Blast Gym international network stretches far and wide with representatives across the world, and counts such fighters as Ultimate Fighter winner Forrest Griffin among its members. The Straight Blast Gym is considered among the leaders in promoting modern training methods and is credited with developing many innovative approaches to both MMA and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.
The UK headquarters for this well-known international organisation
is situated only a few minutes walk from the heart of the city. Located in a prime space in the trendy Northern Quarter, the facility is open 6 days a week for group classes, private tuition, workshops and seminars. With affiliated gyms across the UK, SBG Manchester is a hub of activity in an area renowned for its creativity and dynamic inhabitants.
SBG Manchester boasts a large custom-fitted matted area, a boxing ring, an on-site sports therapy clinic and a fully fitted strength and conditioning facility designed specifically for performance enhancement in combat sports. Group classes are run weekday evenings and on Saturdays and are based around the three areas of MMA combat- Stand-up fighting, the clinch and ground fighting.
Emphasis on boxing with techniques taken from Muay Thai is the core of the stand-up fighting classes, along with elements of Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling for the clinch range. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is the preferred system for solving the ground-fighting problem, with No-Gi submission wrestling classes also available.
Introductory classes are available four days a week and are suitable for all levels. Regardless of age, gender or fitness level, anyone can train in this forward-thinking environment, a fact reflected by the diversity of the practitioners of the mat. From young to not-so-young, SBG operates an open-door policy and welcomes new students regardless of their background.
The gym is open all day for private lessons (available by appointment), which are taken by our qualified and highly experienced instructors. If you choose to take this option, you will benefit from receiving intensive one-on-one tuition and personal attention, and your development will reflect this.
Sports massage and injury rehabilitation is provided by qualified therapists and is handily located on-site, which proves highly
useful in a full-contact sport such as MMA. If you are unable to train due to injury you will be given treatment and advice, along with a plan for recovery.
The strength and conditioning facility is unlike a typical fitness gym. Based around the latest concepts in sports-specific functional fitness, training is provided on a one-to-one basis and programs are closely monitored and tailored in line with your development and proposed competition requirements. A custom-built Olympic-lifting platform along with numerous other pieces of equipment is used to target every area of your physical fitness, and though training may seem unorthodox at first, results are surprising.
With regular opportunities available for those wishing to compete, Straight Blast Gym Manchester is about developing the individual as an athlete in a supportive and friendly environment. For more information, pop in for a chat or see the contact details below.
