Official Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grades and profiles of Combat Base UK

 

Black Belt 1st degree 
Helen Currie - (Chris Haueter - 05/2010)

 

Black Belts
Darren Currie - (Chris Haueter - 07/2009)
Ryan Hunter - (Chris Haueter - 11/2010)
Steve Muckle - (09/2011)

 

Brown Belts
Mark Spencer - (10/2008)
Rob Lawlor - (02/2008)
Ed Drysdale - (03/2010)
Graeme Allsopp - (03/2010)
Danny Mitchell - (03/2010)
Adam Adshead - (09/2010)
Ian Jones – (05/2011)
Carl Fisher – (09/2011)
James Nardone - (09/2011)
Antony Griffiths - (09/2011)
Chris McIntyre - (Steve Muckle - 09/2011)
Pete Guest - (10/2011)

 

Purple Belts
Varqa Abyaneh - (Matt Thornton - 02/2004)
Andy Pyle - (Chris Haueter - 02/2006)
Ben Mallows - (12/2007)
Chris Campbell – (12/2007)
Ian ‘Doug’ Mochen - (10/2008)
Luke Young - (05/2008)
Brendan Chaplin - (?/2008)
Tomasz Winconek - (02/2010) 
John Sherwood - (03/2010)
Kam Patel - (03/2010)
Dave Hirst - (03/2010)
Steve Paynter – (10/2010)
Drew Christie – (10/2010)
Kris Brotherton – (10/2010)
John Goodliffe – (05/2011)
Nick Goodliffe - (05/2011)
Jay Furness - (05/2011)
Mark Richards - (05/2011)
Leroy Holcroft - (08/2011)
Simon Ball – (09/2011)
Dan Boyle - (Steve Muckle - 09/2011)
Dave Vincent – (Steve Muckle - 09/2011)
Laurie Major – (Steve Muckle - 10/2011)
Chris Eastwood - (10/2011)

 

Blue Belts
Cheryl Williams - (Matt Thornton - 02/2003)
Jonathan Smith - (Matt Thornton - 02/2003)
Ian McGreavy - (Matt Thornton - 10/2003)
Paul Smith - (Matt Thornton - 10/2003)
Richard Fothergill - (Matt Thornton - 10/2003)
Lee Smith - (Matt Thornton - 11/2003)
Vince Moran - (Chris Haueter - 01/2005)
Will Harrison - (Chris Haueter - 01/2005)
Kaeshi Maeda - (11/2005)
Allan Butler - (01/2006)
James Carrington - (01/2006)
Anthony Doyle - (Chris Haueter - 01/2006)
Ian 'Pud' Barnfather - (Chris Haueter - date?)
Drew Hopkinson - (date?)
Pete Forster - (date?)
Jim Burman - (Chris Haueter - 02/2006)
John Allen - (07/2006) 
Saif Khan - (02/2006)
Adrian Quinn - (date?)
Ian Lorentz - ( 02/2006)
Pete Hill – (date?)
Andy Krlic - (06/2007) 
James Orr - (03/2007) 
Nam Phoang - (??/2007) 
James Canavan - (10/2008)
James Parker - ( 10/2008) 
Shane Cartwright - (05/2008) 
Rogan Tonks - (05/2009)
Karl MacLean - (05/2009)
Gaz Vause -(09/2009)
James Hoye - (05/2009)
Paul Keegans - (09/2009)
Richard Lander - (18/01/2010)
Craig Lawrence - (03/2010)
Gareth Price - (03/2010)
Joe Borek - (03/2010)
Nate Simpson - (03/2010)
Gary Hoyle - (03/2010)
Max Ramsden - (03/2010)
John Harrison - (05/2010)
Adam ‘GSP’ Ross - (06/2010)
Adam Simpson - (06/2010)
Dane Mitchell – (07/2010)
Brett Smart – (10/2010)
Shaun Killelea – (10/2010)
Lee Whitehead – (10/2010)
Romin Partovnia – (10/2010)
Steve Handford – (10/2010)
Mike Ng – (01/2011)
Russ Gates – (01/2011)
Beau Maclean - (03/2011) 
Jack Waldron - (03/2011)
Mick Hardaker - (03/2011)
Craig Burke - (05/2011)
Michael Holling - (05/2011)
Graham Ponsonby - (05/2011)
Catriona Barkley - (09/2011)
Josh Dilcock - (09/2011)
Ty Harrison - (09/2011)
Tony Riley - (09/2011)
Andrew Whitelam - (09/2011)
Jody Clark - (09/2011)
Andrew Morris - (09/2011)
Lee Gilmore - (09/2011)
Will Aston - (09/2011)
Adam Lowes - (09/2011)
Steve Murgatroyd – (10/2011)
Linden Clark – (10/2011)
Barry Blackburn – (Steve Muckle - 10/2011)
Chris Lewis – (11/2011)
Lee James – (11/2011)

 

Juniors
Lewis Shaw - yellow belt - (09/2011)

 

 

All promoted by Helen and Darren Currie unless specified

Date of promotion in brackets

 

 

Profiles

Helen Currie

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Ranks
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 1st degree black belt, 1st and only female black belt 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

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 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".