Open now! Straight Blast Gym (South West) provides a centre of excellence in Plymouth for all types of combat fighting, including MMA, BJJ, Wrestling, Thai Kickboxing, Boxing, strength and conditioning (fitness).

We want to help you become the best you can be and achieve whatever goal you set, whether it may be for Fitness, Self Defense or Sport.

Mission: Our coaches set a positive example by constantly improving themselves, by learning from others regardless of ability or experience level.

The Straight Blast Gym was created as a non political organisation where freedom to use, and discover what actually works in what "is" hand to hand combat could be expressed. It was meant as a place where athletes could gather and actually spar against uncooperative partners in all ranges, without worry of "style" or making what "is" combat into what we think it should be. The training we are speaking of is not an exchange of techniques as such, but actual physical training, sweating, moving, "ALIVE", training. Hence the term Gym, not academy, institute, or school, but Gym. 

A well structured class for everyone, where there is NO ego, politics, traditional martial art myths like titles, bowing, being taught techniques only to what your belt ranking allows you to be taught and having to respect me because I wear a higher coloured belt etc, (respect is earned through knowing a character and developing friendly relationships, while no one should say that you should limited the amount of techniques you learn until you gain your next colour belt). This is all rubbish, designed to maintain an instructors feeling of superiority and keep everyone below them by keeping techniques secret. You will not find this happening in my class. This is why I am referred to as the coach because my job is to help, guide and encourage your growth as a athlete and to become better than me. That is my goal. The word instructor means ‘a teacher’. But what if you become better than the teacher?

A coach means, to me, someone who can help, guide and encourage no matter what level his or her students are at.
I also believe the most important thing you can do in life is have fun and my classes are exactly that, where everyone is relaxed and can speak freely and have a sense of humour with one another. This is a great way in which you can bond, make friends while at the same time creating a gym that is close and tight knit, like a traditional family.