Coach Spen appointed Head of Kudo England

Coach Spen appointed Head of Kudo England
25 Jul

🥋Mark “Spen” Spencer is the new Head of Kudo England.🥋

I have a wealth of experience building a national martial arts federation (English Mixed Martial Arts Association) and has had international success leading English and UK teams.

Spen also assisted Mal @gkadojo as the UK Kudo vice president with his fantastic work to grow Kudo across England, Scotland and Ireland.

I will be reaching out to the English Kudo community over the next couple of weeks, I have the full support of Jukucho Osada @kenichi.osada.7 and @daidojukuhq, this is a great time to England Kudo as I will be looking towards building a national squad to compete international next year.

Our 2 year plan is to field a competitive English Team in Japan at the 2027 World Championship (ages 12 to 65 years old).

We will also be looking at inclusive programs to show not only the physical benefits but also the mental benefits for everyone.

We will be actively looking to partner English governing bodies and programs to find ways of helping all of the communities of England.

Feel free to DM @kudoenglandfed for more information or email join@kudoengland.co.uk

SBG Bradford gets reward of recognition

SBG Bradford gets reward of recognition
18 Jul

The SBG camp at @sbgmanchester is always a highlight of the year for our team.

Loads of high level coaches and rolling with the UK SBG guys. This year was the 25th year anniversary of SBG UK making it a little more special.

SBG Bradford/Team Fulinkazan was presented a lovely gift of recognition. We can’t wait to get this up in the gym.

The annual SBG Camp

The annual SBG Camp
11 Jul

This weekend was the annual SBG Camp held at SBG Manchester.  During this weekend we had a number of sessions with experienced SBG coaches with 2 afternoon sessions with the head of SBG worldwide Matt Thornton.  These weekends are open to all our students at SBG Bradford/Fulinkazan and its always packed full of knowledge.  It was also the 25th Anniversary for SBG which made it even more special. 

Head Coach Spen gets his 3rd stripe

Head Coach Spen gets his 3rd stripe
07 Jul

Well done to Head Coach of SBG Bradford/Fulinkazan, Spen, on beng awarded his 3rd stripe on his black belt by Head of SBG Matt Thornton at the Annual SBG camp this weekend.

More BJJ Promotions!

More BJJ Promotions!
16 May

Well done to all our students and those of Hybrid Combat who have recently been promoted.

  • Aamir – Blue belt 1 stripe
  • Kayne – Blue belt
  • Aamir – Blue Belt
  • Kev – White belt 3 stripes
  • Heshma – White belt 2 stripes
  • Haroon – White belt 2 stripes
  • Tahir – White belt 2 stripes
  • Ruqaiya – White belt 1 stripe

Fulinkazan Training Day!

Fulinkazan Training Day!
15 May

Thank you to everyone who came to the Fulinkazan training session this weekend and well done to everyone who was promoted.  It was brilliant to have other clubs come and train with us and a special shout out to Hybrid Combat who we are affiliated with for BJJ.

Next Weekend Training Session Booked…

Next Weekend Training Session Booked…
17 Apr

We have booked in the next weekend training session for 11th May.  See below for the full details:

Sunday the 11th May 2025

This is a training session open to all clubs and affiliations.

  • 13:00 – 15:00 – Striking technique and sparring
  • 15:00 – 16:00 – BJJ/grappling open mat

In the striking section we will be splitting the session in to 2 :-

  • 13:00 – 14:00 – Striking technique and Pad rounds (suitable for beginners)
  • 14:00 – 15:00 – Open Sparring (more suited to people with experience in a Martial Art)

If you just want to come down and try the first section you’re more than welcome, all sparring will be controlled.

Between 15:00 – 16:00 we will be running a BJJ open mat. This can be used to drill or get some rolling in with new people.

16:30 – Coffee and doughnuts at Dunkin Donuts

Cost is ÂŁ5 for one or all the sessions and it will held at our normal training place which is Planet Fitness, Bradford.