As part of the opening weekend at The Forge Martial Arts Centre we will be holding a seminar with the UFC fighter Michael 'The Count' Bisping.

For anyone who doesn't know, Michael Bisping is an English professional mixed martial arts fighter from Lancashire. Holding a professional record of 14 wins and 1 loss, he currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after winning the third season of The Ultimate Fighter tv show, and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, and former Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.

The 3hr seminar will be held on 4th May starting at 11am and will conclude with Q & A. The price is £35 and numbers limited.

If you would like to attend please contact me on 07738588925.

Thanks
John

how many places are available???

Hi John, I'll be definately intrested in this. What is the forge martial arts centre? is it a new gym opening in sheffield??

Thanks

Hi John, I'll be definately intrested in this. What is the forge martial arts centre? is it a new gym opening in sheffield??
As part of the opening weekend at The Forge Martial Arts Centre

One would assume so :hihi:
I'm definitely going to this!

As part of the opening weekend at The Forge Martial Arts Centre we will be holding a seminar with the UFC fighter Michael 'The Count' Bisping.

For anyone who doesn't know, Michael Bisping is an English professional mixed martial arts fighter from Lancashire. Holding a professional record of 14 wins and 1 loss, he currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after winning the third season of The Ultimate Fighter tv show, and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, and former Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.

The 3hr seminar will be held on 4th May starting at 11am and will conclude with Q & A. The price is £35 and numbers limited.

If you would like to attend please contact me on 07738588925.

Thanks
John

Funny you mention Bisping
Mike Bisping's stand up coach always referees all the AFK kickboxing nights.
Dave Jackson is a good mate of mine.

Theres about 30 places.

But with the 3 clubs moving in the places are been take quickly.

John

Sounds good to me John, I'll be there & good luck with your new MA center! :thumbsup:

Really looking forward to this, hope this is the start of big things for martial arts in sheffield

Hi pal im just wanting some info on this seminar and bjj classes at gracie barra if you could please. First of all im a complete beginner when it comes to bjj, I've done kickboxing before but not for a year or so. I've always wanted to start but with work commitments have found it very hard to, but with the opening of The Forge and this seminar it was the kick up the arse i needed. First question about gracie classes is that sunday is the only one i will be able to make for the time being but notice that this is a gi class, would a begineer be able to attend this class and also how soon would i need to buy a gi, also will the class times be changing much when you move to the new venue. Second question, im really interested in attending the seminar depending on places left but wondered if my lack of bjj experience would be a problem. Thank you in advance and sorry for all the questions.


As part of the opening weekend at The Forge Martial Arts Centre we will be holding a seminar with the UFC fighter Michael 'The Count' Bisping.

For anyone who doesn't know, Michael Bisping is an English professional mixed martial arts fighter from Lancashire. Holding a professional record of 14 wins and 1 loss, he currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after winning the third season of The Ultimate Fighter tv show, and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, and former Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.

The 3hr seminar will be held on 4th May starting at 11am and will conclude with Q & A. The price is £35 and numbers limited.

If you would like to attend please contact me on 07738588925.

Thanks
John

Sounds like its going to be a great venue, good luck with it , hope all goes well.

Craig.

kapapsheffield.co.uk

Hi pal im just wanting some info on this seminar and bjj classes at gracie barra if you could please. First of all im a complete beginner when it comes to bjj, I've done kickboxing before but not for a year or so. I've always wanted to start but with work commitments have found it very hard to, but with the opening of The Forge and this seminar it was the kick up the arse i needed. First question about gracie classes is that sunday is the only one i will be able to make for the time being but notice that this is a gi class, would a begineer be able to attend this class and also how soon would i need to buy a gi, also will the class times be changing much when you move to the new venue. Second question, im really interested in attending the seminar depending on places left but wondered if my lack of bjj experience would be a problem. Thank you in advance and sorry for all the questions.

Hi Richard Mayo
Nice to see you on the forum once again
Keep up the training.
P.S hope to see you in the ring again sometime.

Cheers for that Farhad.
Training has been very slow for the last year due to work also with claude not doing a class on saturday's anymore. Hoping to get back into training this year, stand up and ground and maybe sometime in the future i'll get back in the ring.
Good luck with your next show.


Hi Richard Mayo
Nice to see you on the forum once again
Keep up the training.
P.S hope to see you in the ring again sometime.

Cheers for that Fahad.
Training has been very slow for the last year due to work also with claude not doing a class on saturday's anymore. Hoping to get back into training this year, stand up and ground and maybe sometime in the future i'll get back in the ring.
Good luck with your next show.

Hi saladcream do you train at claudes blackdragon gym? did you ever fight on farhads show and who did u fight against?

I used to train with blackdragons a couple of years ago, I fought on farhad's show again a couple of years ago, against a welsh guy k-1 rules.

Hi saladcream do you train at claudes blackdragon gym? did you ever fight on farhads show and who did u fight against?

only two weeks left get your names in and train with a ufc veteran

only two weeks left get your names in and train with a ufc veteran
Are we allowed to talk about his last fight yet? Just...wow!!! :cool::o:D

no i've just seen it but others may not have

is the forge at the same place as martial arts centre run by a guy called mark?

same building complex, different room

1 week to go

Just wondering if anyone on here can confirm the rumour that the UFC are to hold their next UK event in Sheffield later in the year.

Just wondering if anyone on here can confirm the rumour that the UFC are to hold their next UK event in Sheffield later in the year.
UFC 85 is in London...

I know about UFC 85 in London, but i noticed a thread on another mma website stating that Sheffield is rumoured to be a venue for a future UFC event.

Link? First I've heard of it but I wouldn't be surprised. Hallam FM is just the right size.

thanks to everyone who turned up, it was a great seminar...... even with mr bispings car trouble.

thanks to everyone who turned up, it was a great seminar...... even with mr bispings car trouble.

Was Dave jackson with him as well?
Barragergus, if you come to our show 1st june youll see Dave Jackson refereeing.
Dave is Bispings coach by the way

Was Dave jackson with him as well?
Barragergus, if you come to our show 1st june youll see Dave Jackson refereeing.
Dave is Bispings coach by the way
How many times have you said that on this thread?:roll:

Thanks to John for organising this, it was an excellent seminar - learned a fair bit and had loads of fun!!

Yes Thanks for arranging it John, it was a great seminar, really enjoyed it, & Mike Bisping was great, really humble, down to earth & really knew his stuff. I knew he had a good ground game but surprised to see just how good he was. If your planning on anything else like this let us know m8, i'll certainly be there :D

How many times have you said that on this thread?:roll:

Thanks to John for organising this, it was an excellent seminar - learned a fair bit and had loads of fun!!

Loads of times Carcass, why dont you pop along and see what a REAL kickboxing show is for yourself ? :D
By real i mean a show where you will actually see proper fights with KO's!!!

Sorry Farhad, your obnoxious spamming and thread-hijacking has guaranteed that I WON'T be attending an AFK show, "proper fights" or no.

No problem guys it was my pleasure:D

Was one of the best seminars I've been on or arranged. He was a true gent and showed some great stuff.

Enjoyed the roll with him too, even if I did wait till he was knacked!!!!:hihi:

Looking forward to seeing who I can get next.

Just out of interest Farad are you saying that what Mike does or what I do and teach isnt real fighting??

No problem guys it was my pleasure:D

Was one of the best seminars I've been on or arranged. He was a true gent and showed some great stuff.

Enjoyed the roll with him too, even if I did wait till he was knacked!!!!:hihi:

Looking forward to seeing who I can get next.

Just out of interest Farad are you saying that what Mike does or what I do and teach isnt real fighting??

Total misunderstanding Truebjj what mike does (MMA etc) is F***ing brutal!
I meant proper kickboxing as opposed to semi contact. Come to think of it, this has been posted on the wrong thread. LOL

Sorry Farhad, your obnoxious spamming and thread-hijacking has guaranteed that I WON'T be attending an AFK show, "proper fights" or no.

Right ok , im really going to lose sleep over this :hihi:.
AFK shows are always full and this next one will be with or without you.
No one ever complained when you slated castle BBA and made obnoxious comments about them so i guess people living in glasshouses should not throw stones?

anyone who doesn't have something to say about the Bisping seminar should say it in another thread. All the b!tching is making this one look cheap and it shouldn't. :rant: I know its cliche to say we're all martial artists so should get along but come on guys, stop being childish. Kickboxing isn't BJJ and BJJ isn't MMA. We should all agree that MMA is the most complete MA and the reason is because it encompasses areas of both styles! We're all just cogs in the machine!

It was a great seminar and everyone who attended enjoyed it. Thanks again to John for sorting it. I can't remember having as much fun at a seminar. Mike was a top bloke and id recommend other clubs booking him for one. This imaginary stigma between clubs shouldn't stop guys training with the best. Im sure he's available to anyone who wants to book him.

Incidentally this stigma seems to be created by mostly students of clubs and not instructors. If we all wanna revert to the old days and run around doing challenge matches then crack on but thats never gonna really happen so everyone should just carry on enjoying whatever training they wanna do and leave it at that.

I urge everyone to have fun at their next class and just get on the mats and in the ring and have fun. Sitting behind a computer saying how great you are is taking time away from you being in the one place thats actually gonna make you better - the gym!!

So shut up and have fun training!!:)

anyone who doesn't have something to say about the Bisping seminar should say it in another thread. All the b!tching is making this one look cheap and it shouldn't. :rant: I know its cliche to say we're all martial artists so should get along but come on guys, stop being childish. Kickboxing isn't BJJ and BJJ isn't MMA. We should all agree that MMA is the most complete MA and the reason is because it encompasses areas of both styles! We're all just cogs in the machine!

It was a great seminar and everyone who attended enjoyed it. Thanks again to John for sorting it. I can't remember having as much fun at a seminar. Mike was a top bloke and id recommend other clubs booking him for one. This imaginary stigma between clubs shouldn't stop guys training with the best. Im sure he's available to anyone who wants to book him.

Incidentally this stigma seems to be created by mostly students of clubs and not instructors. If we all wanna revert to the old days and run around doing challenge matches then crack on but thats never gonna really happen so everyone should just carry on enjoying whatever training they wanna do and leave it at that.

I urge everyone to have fun at their next class and just get on the mats and in the ring and have fun. Sitting behind a computer saying how great you are is taking time away from you being in the one place thats actually gonna make you better - the gym!!

So shut up and have fun training!!:)

Bisping is a rated fighter who says anyione were dissing him? who sed anything about stigma between clubs too? you talk about not wanting to do challenge matches but you have the cheek to tell my instructor to shut up and you expect me to sit by and watch? Uh uh don think so bisping is englands best fighter in mma and yea to be a good mma fighter u gotta be open minded and lern more from every1 next time think b4 you speak

LOL. It was actually telling everyone to shut up, not just your instructor. One of my team mates included!

It was a sarcastic "shut up" and you pretty much said everything i did so cheers for agreeing! I was pretty much saying that no one would offer a challenge match (pretty much because they're a waste of time)

The argument of whats the best has been had a million times, lets not add to it anymore.

LOL. It was actually telling everyone to shut up, not just your instructor. One of my team mates included!

It was a sarcastic "shut up" and you pretty much said everything i did so cheers for agreeing! I was pretty much saying that no one would offer a challenge match (pretty much because they're a waste of time)

The argument of whats the best has been had a million times, lets not add to it anymore.

yea ok np mate most of these challenge matches are a load of bull**** anyway most neve ever happen anyways

I sent Chefkicker a pm, its all sorted out. No-one is calling anyone out, denigrating other clubs etc.

The seminar was awesome, everyone learned a lot and had much fun! :D

I sent Chefkicker a pm, its all sorted out. No-one is calling anyone out, denigrating other clubs etc.

The seminar was awesome, everyone learned a lot and had much fun! :D

cool when im next in town ill chekc it out

Yes Thanks for arranging it John, it was a great seminar, really enjoyed it, & Mike Bisping was great, really humble, down to earth & really knew his stuff. I knew he had a good ground game but surprised to see just how good he was. If your planning on anything else like this let us know m8, i'll certainly be there :D

Yep, sorry for the late posting but I strongly agree with everyone's comments that attended, especially 'Hilary Bris'. :thumbsup:

Even for someone who has no BJJ experience like myself it was an eye opener & a very rewarding day- showing me how damn hard grappling really is!!! (I've still got a bloody stiff neck to prove it! :blush: )

Saying that I believe, as we are taught in our academy, that to be a complete Martial Artist that you have to be open minded & embrace other styles, and I've certainly learnt first hand that BJJ is physically demanding using a hell of a lot of energy. (Or is me being pants at it? :help:)

Finally I'd too like wish John all the best for the future & cheers for a an excellent seminar, held in a fantastic place with a great bunch of guys. :clap:

PS: I just wish I'd put a face to the names IE for 'Carcass' & 'BJJMAN' etc :sad:

BTW Farhad I asked Micheal if he knew 'Dave Jackson' & he said "he's never heard of him!?" :confused:



'Only joking Chef!!!' lol :hihi:

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Personally, I'd rather see challenge matches than constant petty sniping!

Seminar sounds great. With luck (unless something unfortunate and accidental happens like me getting incredibly drunk) I'll be checking out the new place on Sunday. Even found a gi!

Then Chris you have your wish and i challenge you to a match on Sunday!! I will stay away from all things burger like so that my health stays up! LOL


Yorkie. I'm Paul. Im the little one who was bispings b!tch for pretty much the entire seminar LOL.

Hurray! I'd better get training then; 29 hours a day with a private coaching team of all the Gracies, Chuck Norris and Mr Miaggi and we might be on an equal footing!

Or I'll just break out my secret weapon... the triple decker cheesy beefburger choke...

Yorkie. I'm Paul. Im the little one who was bispings b!tch for pretty much the entire seminar LOL.

Cheers for that Paul, he did seem to take a shine to you which is a good thing & an honour mate, also you did a great job! :thumbsup:

PS: I haven't forgotten to mention you to Master J ;)