Personal Training in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Many personal goals can be achieved though a personal martial arts and fitness program for yourself or family member.

* Fitness
* Confidence
* Discipline
* The ability to protect yourself and your loved ones

Personalised martial arts and fitness training
Personal training is a method of employing a professional to work with you to help you reach the fitness or martial arts goals you may have.

You may be put of by joining a gym or martial arts club by training with people you don’t know and the impersonal approach of the class or gym environment.

By training when it suits you and having your own personalised martial arts training and fitness program you can get the results you want to see. May be you are a gym member but are often mystified about the lack of improvement to your stamina or physic.

Having some one to guide you and encourage you to drive forward and learn martial arts skills will not only change this but also build you into a positive and more confident person.

A personal training program can involve numerous forms of exercise and martial arts techniques that can be tailored to improve aerobic capacity, general fitness and martial arts skills.

At Combat Athlete we offer great value personal training in martial arts. We have many clients from Telford, Shropshire and the West Midlands who come and train one to one or in small groups. If you have personal training with us, we tailor a training program specific to your needs that evolves as you do. If you want to focus on a specific discipline or goal, then we can do that for you. And personal martial arts training with us is more affordable than you may think. Please call us for details on 01952 259 200 or email us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Not able to come to us? We now offer personal martial arts training in your home - call for details..

Testimonials:

"The private lessons are geared towards the individual's need, in my case this was more about developing my own self confidence to handle everyday situations rather then any particular fitness plan or fight technique. I have found that simply standing up for myself in a financial situation more than paid for the cost of my sessions and has given me the self reliance to try new things and open myself up to new experiences in my life."

Christopher John Edge B.A (Hons)

"I was about sixty years of age when I first met Gavin Smith about three years ago when I needed to buy some gloves for a punch bag that I had bought off the net. I went to Gavin’s and found out that he did personal martial arts training and I signed up. Best thing I ever did.

When we started I was overweight, unfit, slow and didn’t have a clue how to address any situation that required opposition to force.  With Gavin’s patience and his lessons tailored to my physical and psychological strengths and weaknesses I started to improve. In my case it was slow and hard work to start with as it is difficult to adapt an old body with an established mind set but then it gathered pace...

But he did it.

With his structured guidance my fitness increased dramatically, my body became more supple, I had much quicker responses, my confidence increased and of course I acquired a martial arts repertoire built around my abilities.
If you want to add fitness and confidence to your life - go to Gavin Smith."

David Jaundrell

"I started personal MMA training with Gavin in late 2009, at the age of 29, for a couple of reasons.  Firstly because I travel a lot and wanted to learn how to effectively defend myself and my family when we are abroad should any confrontational circumstances arise (as they sometimes do).  Secondly, I've always wanted to learn martial arts but was never keen on the traditional kata based martial arts disciplines taught in large classes.  I was keen to get a more tailored training program so that I could progress at my speed rather than everyone else's and so that I'd be able to focus on learning and applying the practical aspects of fighting rather than learning primarily coreographed sequences of moves as when I'd briefly tried Karate previously.

In my first 9 months of training I've made far more progress than I ever could have reasonably expected.  From having virtually no prior experience; my fitness, technique, balance, co-ordination and confidence have improved more than I imagined possible in such a short time and I now feel confident in all aspects of fighting - both standing up and on the ground.  The classes evolve as I do, so as I progress, the degree of difficulty is increased which means the training doesnt get dull or stale, and its always challenging.  Originally I was only interested in the standup aspects of the training but the more I've trained, the more I've enjoyed doing the groundwork (jiu jitsu) as well. I also find that training one on one makes it far easier to learn the techniques correctly, particularly in the jiu jitsu, compared to group learning.

I would highly recommend private classes at Combat Athlete either on their own or in addition to the group classes."

James Bridges