Clinch BJJ & MMA

you clearly on your BJJ journey

Clinch was founded by head coach & owner Karl Norton in 2011, originally as a few boys from South rolling on concrete floors to our purpose built facility we have today. Classes are designed from beginner level right through to advanced and members from all backgrounds, ages, and sporting backgrounds come to train with us - whether to get fit and healthier, learn self-defence, compete, or simply to gain confidence and resilence. Everything we do Clinch is built around our members and community through our values of;
- Manaaki (Strength & Dignity): We strive to enhance each others mana in all our training and with mutual respect
- Tiaki (Trust): Trust holds us all together and is only possible when we keep our promises and honour our commitments to ourselves and the club.
- Adventure: It is only through learning from our losses, can we truly succeed. Thats why just by "turning up giving it a go" is the best way to learn.
- Ambition: We rise to the occassion in every training and challenge ourselves by keeping an open coachable mind. I started martial arts in the early 90's achieving a black belt in Ninjutsu under the late Michael Gent and later a BJJ Black Belt under John Will. I have been coaching BJJ for over 15 years and have experience in competing and working with high performance athletes from various backgrounds. I have also had the priviledge of learning from martial arts legends such as John Will, Rigan Michado, Carlos Machado, Jean Jacque Machado, Carly & Clark Gracie, Michael Gent, John Danaher and Robert Drysdale. If you share the same passion for martial arts, a willingness to learn, and want to grow your community then it will be my privilege to be your coach