Strike & Grapple Martial Arts
Self Defense - Fitness - Fun
About SGMA
SGMA is a hybrid Martial Arts - combining elements from many different styles.
Instructors
Richard Walker – 3rd Dan (SGMA) Black Belt
Richard has been involved in with Martial Arts for more than 30 years. He has studied various forms of Martial Arts including Judo, Karate, BJJ and Aikido. Richard has won a number of karate tournaments in NZ both National and Regional.
For many years Richard's main interest has been in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
and he believes it to be one of the most effective self defence martial arts in the world.
Glen McCracken – 1st Dan (SGMA) Black Belt
Glen began studying Martial Arts in 1988 studying Shotokan Karate (a traditional Japanese style of Karate). Glen enjoyed the two aspects of Shotokan, being Kata (set patterns of movements) and Kumite (fighting), and achieved 2nd place in the National Shotokan tournament (open class).
In recent years Glen has studied Goshin Ryu Karate, Ninjitsu, Ronin Martial Arts, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ).
Styles that Contribute to SGMA
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a rapidly growing, combat oriented style of martial art, recently popularised by the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships).
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has its roots in 1914, when a Japanese Jiu Jitsu champion by the name of Mitsuyo Maeda spent time in Brazil demonstrating and teaching the art. Maeda met an influential businessman named Gastão Gracie who helped him get established.
In 1917, his son Carlos Gracie, still a 14 year-old boy, watched a demonstration by Maeda at the Teatro da Paz and decided to learn jiu-jitsu. Maeda accepted Carlos as a student, and Carlos went on to become a great exponent of the art and ultimately, with his younger brother Hélio Gracie became the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu came to international prominence in the martial arts community in the 1990s, when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Royce Gracie won the first, second and fourth Ultimate Fighting Championships. Royce fought against often much-larger opponents who were practicing other styles, including boxing, shoot-fighting, karate, judo, tae kwon do and wrestling. It has since become a staple art for many MMA fighters and is largely credited for bringing wide-spread attention to the importance of ground fighting.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is widely recognised as one of the world’s most effective ground fighting (grappling) arts. SGMA utilises BJJ techniques, teaching students how to safely take down an opponent, and apply joint manipulations and chokes to gain control of the situation.
Karate
Karate is a martial art developed from Chinese kenpo (in particular, Southern Chinese kung fu) and indigenous fighting methods from the Ryukyu Islands. It is primarily a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques, but grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point striking are also taught, depending on the style.
Modern karate training is commonly divided into kihon (basics or fundamentals), kata (forms), and kumite (sparring). Another popular division is between art, sport, and self-defense training.
Aikido
Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury.
Aikido techniques are normally performed by "blending" with the motion of the attacker, rather than directly opposing the attack. The aikidoka (aikido practitioner) redirects the attacker's momentum, using minimum effort, with various types of throws or joint locks. Aikido can be categorized under the general umbrella of grappling arts.
Judo
Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budo) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or by applying a choke. Strikes and thrusts (by hands and feet) - as well as weapons defenses - are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).
Instructors
Richard Walker – 3rd Dan (SGMA) Black Belt
Richard has been involved in with Martial Arts for more than 30 years. He has studied various forms of Martial Arts including Judo, Karate, BJJ and Aikido. Richard has won a number of karate tournaments in NZ both National and Regional.For many years Richard's main interest has been in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
and he believes it to be one of the most effective self defence martial arts in the world.
Glen McCracken – 1st Dan (SGMA) Black Belt
Glen began studying Martial Arts in 1988 studying Shotokan Karate (a traditional Japanese style of Karate). Glen enjoyed the two aspects of Shotokan, being Kata (set patterns of movements) and Kumite (fighting), and achieved 2nd place in the National Shotokan tournament (open class).
In recent years Glen has studied Goshin Ryu Karate, Ninjitsu, Ronin Martial Arts, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ).
Styles that Contribute to SGMA
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a rapidly growing, combat oriented style of martial art, recently popularised by the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships).
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has its roots in 1914, when a Japanese Jiu Jitsu champion by the name of Mitsuyo Maeda spent time in Brazil demonstrating and teaching the art. Maeda met an influential businessman named Gastão Gracie who helped him get established.
In 1917, his son Carlos Gracie, still a 14 year-old boy, watched a demonstration by Maeda at the Teatro da Paz and decided to learn jiu-jitsu. Maeda accepted Carlos as a student, and Carlos went on to become a great exponent of the art and ultimately, with his younger brother Hélio Gracie became the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu came to international prominence in the martial arts community in the 1990s, when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Royce Gracie won the first, second and fourth Ultimate Fighting Championships. Royce fought against often much-larger opponents who were practicing other styles, including boxing, shoot-fighting, karate, judo, tae kwon do and wrestling. It has since become a staple art for many MMA fighters and is largely credited for bringing wide-spread attention to the importance of ground fighting.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is widely recognised as one of the world’s most effective ground fighting (grappling) arts. SGMA utilises BJJ techniques, teaching students how to safely take down an opponent, and apply joint manipulations and chokes to gain control of the situation.
Karate
Karate is a martial art developed from Chinese kenpo (in particular, Southern Chinese kung fu) and indigenous fighting methods from the Ryukyu Islands. It is primarily a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques, but grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point striking are also taught, depending on the style.
Modern karate training is commonly divided into kihon (basics or fundamentals), kata (forms), and kumite (sparring). Another popular division is between art, sport, and self-defense training.
Aikido
Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury.
Aikido techniques are normally performed by "blending" with the motion of the attacker, rather than directly opposing the attack. The aikidoka (aikido practitioner) redirects the attacker's momentum, using minimum effort, with various types of throws or joint locks. Aikido can be categorized under the general umbrella of grappling arts.
Judo
Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budo) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or by applying a choke. Strikes and thrusts (by hands and feet) - as well as weapons defenses - are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).
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