Judo Japanese pronunciation “gentle way” is generally categorised as a modern Japanese martial art, which has since evolved into a combat and Olympic sport. The sport was created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano as a physical, mental, and moral pedagogy in Japan.

The practice of judo techniques helps people develop basic and fundamental physical fitness in a number of ways, such as the development of strength, flexibility, agility, speed, dynamic and static balance, explosive power, and endurance.

The goal of judo is to either throw or takedown one’s opponent to the ground and immobilise or subdue them with a grappling manoeuvre, joint lock, strangle hold, or choke.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) sometimes referred to as cage fighting, is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting.

Mixed martial arts (MMA), hybrid combat sport incorporating techniques from boxing, wrestling, judo, jujitsu, karate, Muay Thai (Thai boxing), and other disciplines

Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in history, dating back to the first Olympic Games. Wrestling is a combat art based on leverage, strong balance, explosive power, and intricate finesse with the intention of taking down and controlling an opponent. In MMA, it is often viewed as a critical part of the transition game between stand-up striking and grappling on the ground. Without a doubt, wrestling is a critical skill for any aspiring mixed martial artist.

The benefits of wrestling are endless. It develops a physically strong base for all martial arts by improving balance, reflexes, agility, and endurance. All of these qualities are essential not only for athletes, but for anyone who wants to improve their fitness level.

Submission Wrestling, also known as Submission Fighting, Submission grappling, Sport grappling, or Combat wrestling is a form of competition and a general term for martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission through the use of submission holds.

The sport of submission wrestling brings together techniques from many disciplines. Submission fighting as an element of a larger sport setting is very common in mixed martial arts, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, and others. Submission wrestlers or grapplers usually wear shorts, singlets, wrestling trunks, skin-sticky clothing such as rash guards, and mixed short clothes so they do not rip off in combat. They are also known for using submission techniques normally banned in other arts or competitions such as heel hooks, toe holds, and wrist locks.

Muay Thai sometimes referred to as “Thai boxing”, is a martial art and combat sport that use stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.

This discipline is known as the “art of eight limbs” as it is characterised by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees and shins. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the late- 20th to 21st century, when Westernised practitioners from Thailand began competing in kickboxing and mixed rules matches as well as matches under Muay Thai rules around the world.

At Team Torres Derry we have unique approach to learning the striking arts. We use lots of pad and partner drills. Our aim is to provide our attendees with the skills of boxing without contact. There is also sparring which is totally optional. All protective equipment is required to participate.

The sparring used is to test the drills against controlled resistance. We assure you that outside of fight training, our training methods at Team Torres Derry are to maximise learning and not a case of sparring hard for the sake of it.