• Hard Labour Combat Club

Hard labour combat club

Here at hard labour combat club we specialize in small private group training within a relaxed friendly atmosphere. You can book your training session so it fits around your busy schedule and tailor it to suit you. So please feel free to contact us for more details.

Hard labour combat club

Your instructor John Harrison has had 38 years experience within the fitness & martial arts world he holds 3 black belts and a brown belt in judo. A bodybuilding champion and ex gym owner he started training at the age of 15 in shotokan karate . In 1985 while training in karate he seen a article in a karate magazine by Dave Lea on weight training to improve your martial arts so he went out and bought himself a set of weights and from that day he was hooked. After the club disbanded he spent all his time weight training & power lifting, after training at the old YMCA gym he thought he would take it a step further so he joined Tom's Gym and it was here he started competing in bodybuilding, he has competed for various gyms within the North West area, he also trained at the Dutch national champions gym in Roosendaal whilst living in Holland. A few years after he returned to the UK he resumed training in karate in the mid 90's after training for about a year he decided he wanted something more realistic so he started training in muay thai and still trains in thai boxing to this day. In 2002 he started to look the art of grappling and settled in judo but has also trained in bjj, vale tudo, wrestling and combat ju jitsu and is still active in live sparring & ne-waza. He also worked in door security for about 23 years starting in the mid 80's when doorman were doorman and was involved in personal protection of celebrities he finished in 2010.