Core Combat Schedule Update
The Core Combat HQ is based in Mawdesley, Lancashire, England for directions click here.
Training at the HQ will now run from 7:45pm to 9:00pm on Monday nights and we will have one session per month on a Saturday.
The Saturday session will be for Black Belts from other clubs to start learning at adapting Core Combat Principles to the Core Art they currently train in.
Please look at the Training system for what is covered.
The Cost for the Saturday and Monday sessions is free to CC Monthly members and £15 for non members.
GrandMaster Sken Seminar; 5th February 2011 in Lancashire

The BCA and Core-Combat are pleased to announce a seminar with MuaY Thai Grandmaster Sken.
This is a great opportunity to train and learn with one of the worlds Muay Thai Greats
The seminar will cover creative aspects of Muay Thai and Muay Boran and its implications to self defence and self protection.
For further details on GM Sken please click here
The cost of the seminar is £35.00, all payments via Paypal Please click here.
The Seminar location will be;
The Main Sports Hall
Bishop Rawstorne Language
Highfield Road
Croston
Lancashire
PR26 9HH
The Seminar will run from 12 noon till 3pm and the location will be open from 11:30, and we will have time at the end for pictures.
For further details contact Jon Ryley at jon@core-combat.com or on 07831 879882.
Core Combat Welcomes; Grand Master Sken in 2011
After Great Seminars this year with the Legendary Peter Consterdine, the Awesome Rick Young and the relentless Herol Bomber Graham, next up for Core Combat is Grandmaster Sken. Date to be announced ASAP. Watch this space.
Herol Bomber Graham Seminar on Friday 11/11/11
On November 11th We will be welcoming back the Legendary Herol “Bomber” Graham to teach a Boxing Seminar.
Main Concentration points will be Boxing Fitness, movement and flow, combined with pad work and body Boxing,
The Seminar will be help at Bishop Rawstorne Academy in Croston, Lancashire, please contact us for further details
BCA Rick young Master Class
We are please to announce a Martial Arts Seminar with Rick Young on the 25th June 2011 at Bishop Rawstorne CE Language College in Croston, Lancashire.
Rick will be teaching is X-Training approach to Martial arts with a strong linkage to the various disciplines contained in the Filipino art of Kali.
The the cost is £30 pp and numbers are strictly limited.
The Paypal link is; https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GJNAPRKP724R8
For further details contact; jon@core-combat.com
Ricks Bio is as follows;
Rick Young has been studying martial arts since 1975. Beginning his training under Shaun Shanley Rick then began to study Wado Ryu Karate along with Western boxing and grappling. In 1979, when he was seventeen, Rick first met and became a student of the legendry Dan Inosanto.
In 1984 Rick travelled to Los Angeles California to train with Guro Inosanto and other prominent martial artists. Since then Rick has travelled to the Inosanto Academy at least once but usually twice a year. In 1995 (The certificates were backdated to 1993) Rick was awarded his full instructorship By Sifu Inosanto in Jeet Kune Do and the Filipino martial arts. This made him the first person outside of the USA to be given this honour.
Some of the countries Rick has trained and taught at include Australia, the USA, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and all over the United Kingdom. He has been featured in numerous martial arts publications including Martial arts illustrated, Combat, Grappling, Fighters and fighting arts international. Rick trains and teaches in Edinburgh Scotland at the world renowned Rick Young Black Belt Academy.
His credentials include:
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Professor Mauricio Gomes- Full instructor Jun Fan Gung Fu (Jeet Kune Do) under Sifu Dan Inosanto- Full instructor Filipino martial arts under Guru Dan Inosanto- Level IV instructor Majapahit martial arts under Sifu Dan Inosanto- Senior instructor Jun Fan Gung Fu (Jeet Kune Do) under Sifu Larry Hartsell- Full instructor Progressive Fighting Systems under Sifu Paul Vunak- Full instructor JKD/Kali/Muay Thai/Wing Chun under Sifu Rick Faye- Associate instructor Combat Submission Wrestling under Sensei Erik Paulson- British, European, 3 x Pan-Am & 3 x Masters & Seniors World Jiu Jitsu champion- Instructor credentials in Muay Thai- L3 Coach with the British Combat Association- 2nd degree black belt in Wado Ryu Karate- Black belt Judoka
Peter Consterdine Open Course; 15th January 2011 in Mawdesley, Lancashire
Core-Combat is please to announce a chance to train with the legendary Peter Consterdine on 15th January 2011 in Mawdesley, Lancashire. For Full Details of the course please see below or to pay please click here!
BCA Impact Autumn 2010
Latest copy of the BCA newsletter Impact
The BCA is run by Martial Arts Legends and Self Protection Experts Peter Consterdine and Geoff Thompson
You can see Peter Constedine Live at the seminar below
Peter Consterdine Open Course
Core-Combat and the BCA are proud to announce
a Seminar with The Legendary
Peter Consterdine
on Saturday 11th December!
Peter will be discussing Self Protection and the law and showing techniques and drills from his famous training days!
This will be very much hands on so bring plenty of water, gloves and pads!
The course will run from 1 – 4 and will be located in the village of Mawdesley in Lancashire
The price will be £25 for BCA members and £30 for none members

Welcome to Core Combat
Welcome to Core Combat, since our formation in 1994, we have been dedicated to the coaching of
- Self Defence &
- Self Protection
drills and techniques which were derived from core arts, such as
- Karate
- Western Boxing
- Kick Boxing
- Jeet Kun Do
- Kali
- Torite Jutsu
- Dim Mak
- and Jun Fan Gung Fu.
Our Goal is to deliver effective useful SD/SP Training for all our students and staff, we do this whilst continuing to enhance and develop our Training Methods and Techniques for this purpose we are closely linked with the highly acclaimed British Combat Association.
Core Combat is the self protection arm of the Karate Jutsu Association, the only control over its member clubs is via knowledge transfer and best practices.
We do however ensure our instructors are graded via Dan Ranks and are certified as Instructors with both Core Combat and the British Combat Association.
Our constitution is such that we dont profit from our activity and all contributions are invested back into the association to grow its member base and skill set.


