Official Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grades and profiles of Combat Base UK

Black Belts
Helen Currie - (Chris Haueter - 05/2007)
Darren Currie - (Chris Haueter - 07/2009)

Brown Belts
Ryan Hunter - (Helen Currie - 10/2007)
Steve Muckle - (Helen Currie - 12/2007)
Mark Spencer - (Helen Currie - 10/2008)
Rob Lawlor - (Helen Currie - 02/2008)
Ed Drysdale - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Graeme Allsopp - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Danny Mitchell - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)

Purple Belts
Pete Guest - (Matt Thornton - 02/2004)
Varqa Abyaneh - (Matt Thornton - 02/2004)
Andy Pyle - (Chris Haueter - 02/2006)
Adam Adshead - (Helen Currie - 07/2007
Ben Mallows - (Helen Currie - 12/2007
Carl Fisher – (Gracie Barra - 02/2007)
Chris Campbell – (Helen Currie - 12/2007)
Ian ‘Doug’ Mochen - (Helen Currie - 10/2008)
Luke Young - (Helen Currie - 05/2008)
Tomasz Winconek - (Helen Currie – 02/2010)
Ian Jones - (Helen Currie - 09/2009)
James Nardone - (Helen Currie - 10/2009)
John Sherwood - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Kam Patel - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Dave Hirst - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)

Blue Belts
Cheryl Williams - (Matt Thornton - 02/2003)
Chris Eastwood - (Matt Thornton - 02/2003)
Ian McGreavy - (Matt Thornton - 10/2003)
Jonathan Smith - (Matt Thornton - 02/2003)
Lee Smith - (Matt Thornton - 11/2003)
Paul Smith - (Matt Thornton - 10/2003)
Richard Fothergill - (Matt Thornton - 10/2003)
Kaeshi Maeda - (Helen Currie - 11/2005)
Vince Moran - (Chris Haueter - 01/2005)
Will Harrison - (Chris Haueter - 01/2005)
Allan Butler - (Helen Currie - 01/2006)
James Carrington - (Helen Currie - 01/2006)
Anthony Doyle - (Chris Haueter - 01/2006)
Ian 'Pud' Barnfather - (Chris Haueter - ??)
Steve Paynter – (Helen Currie - ??)
Brendan Chaplin - (Helen Currie - ??)
Drew Hopkinson - (Helen Currie - ??)
Pete Forster - (Helen Currie - ??)
Jim Burman - (Chris Haueter - 02/2006)
John Allen - (Helen Currie - 07/2006)
Saif Khan - (Helen Currie - 02/2006)
Adrian Quinn - (Helen Currie - ??)
Ian Lorentz - (Helen Currie - 02/2006)
Pete Hill – (Helen Currie - ??)
Andy Krlic - (Helen Currie - 06/2007)
James Orr - (Helen Currie - 03/2007)
Nam Phoang - (Helen Currie - ??/2007)
James Canavan - (Helen Currie - 10/2008)
James Parker - (Helen Currie - 10/2008)
Leroy Holcroft - (Helen Currie - 10/2008)
Shane Cartwright - (Helen Currie - 05/2008)
Tomasz Winconek - (Helen Currie - 10/2008)
Mark Richards - (Helen Currie - 05/2009)
Rogan Tonks - (Helen Currie - 05/2009)
Karl MacLean - (Helen Currie - 05/2009)
Wayne Murrie - (Helen Currie - 09/2009)
Gaz Vause -(Helen Currie - 09/2009)
James Hoye - (Helen Currie - 05/2009)
Paul Keegans - (Helen Currie - 09/2009)
Richard Lander - (Helen Currie - 18/01/2010)
Dan Boyle - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Craig Lawrence - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Gareth Price - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Joe Borek - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Nate Simpson - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Gary Hoyle - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
Max Ramsden - (Helen Currie - 03/2010)
John Harrison - (Helen Currie - 05/2010)
Adam ‘GSP’ Ross - (Helen Currie – 06/2010)
Adam Simpson - (Helen Currie – 06/2010)
Dane Mitchell – (Helen Currie – 07/2010)

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Team Profiles

Helen Currie

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Ranks
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, 1st female bb in UK
Judo top brown belt
Taekwondo black belt
Freestyle Jiu Jitsu black belt

Also qualified as a NJJKC team coach and referee.

Competitive Experience
WTF Taekwondo
Judo
Ju Jutsu Kumite
Amateur Vale Tudo
Jiu Jitsu

Other experiences

“Had some one-off matches too because there were very few women competing except in Judo. Finished off my competitive career with about 25 wins and 5 losses. Won a couple of titles too”

"I would say though that getting my brown belt at the Machado Academy in LA was harder than any competitive match I ever had, rolling with 2 black belts for an hour before going to the purples".

Darren Currie

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Ranks
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt
Taekwondo 3rd dan black belt
Combat Jiu Jitsu black belt
Judo top brown belt

Qualified as a NJJKC coach and referee.

Trained a little kickboxing, Kenpo Ju Jutsu, Hapkido (which was cool) and some other stuff but didn’t stick around long enough to get belts.

Competitive Experience
WTF Taekwondo
Judo
Ju Jutsu Kumite
Self Defence (lol)
Amateur Vale Tudo
Submission Wrestling
Jiu Jitsu

Won some stuff but nothing serious. Won more matches than I lost so that’s cool.

Novelty Value
“Have been able to teach and coach people to a higher grade than I was".