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Initially our gym started in a garage and our teaching and practicing of Jeet Kune Do concepts, Kick boxing, and Jiu-Jitsu, were often rough and sometimes our clients suffered unnecessary

injuries. The classes were practical for their time and a lot of the philosophy and fundamentals still remain the same today, but we found that our students never committed to long term class attendance. Eventually we realised that we had to approach and do things differently.

So when Sergio, Paul, and myself started teaching out of a small room no bigger than a bedroom, we took a more practical approach to teaching and practicing that allowed people to train without worrying about walking through a gauntlet when class was about to start. Our student retention improved greatly and more and more people started to join our gym. By the time we made the decision to drive down to SBG Cape Town, to consider joining the SBG International Group, we knew were on the right path and that we were onto something special.

Now affiliated with SBG International, SBG Bedfordview has a solid practical curriculum and great training methods that are simple to practice and enjoyable to do without the stress of a possible unnecessary injury. However we got to a point where again we needed more space; we found a little barn and converted this into a small MMA/Jiu-Jitsu gym. This was home to SBG Bedfordview for 2 years and in that time even more people joined our tribe. However the success of our gym resulted in us running out of space yet again and resulted in us having to look for a new home again.

In May 2021 we proudly moved into our new premises with everything a small academy needs from great space to train and conduct classes to support facilities required for a world class gym, like enough, showers, change rooms, toilets even a kitchen.

The best thing about SBG Bedfordview is the vibe we create here, we are a family, a tribe with the sole purpose of learning skills that you can take with you anywhere you go. One tribe, one vibe.

It can be intimidating going into your first martial arts gym, the only knowledge you have on combat sports are the violent videos of street fights on YouTube or the bloody boxing or kickboxing events you see on TV. Perhaps you have experienced violence first hand at school by bullies or at a bar with friends when some drunk “roided” up dude decides that he has something to prove to you because you’re an “easy target”. Is this the sort of person you need to become in order to defend yourself?

The answer is no, you don’t have to be the biggest guy or have a great athletic background to defend yourself. There is no need to join a gym and go home with a black eye, broken nose, or cracked ribs. Any gym that sends you home with injuries like this is not a good gym at all. What is a good martial arts gym? A good martial arts gym will teach you how to fight through live training methods rather than dead patterns (wax on, wax off.) The coach will make you spar and test your strength and ability in order to show you how to do it without hurting yourself or someone else. There will be no unnecessary competing just to get a star competitor riled up for a fight. We will only promote you based on the level of training you are at and not to just get a grading income. At SBG Bedfordview we don’t call our coaches “master”, or bow.

At SBG Bedfordview we want to ensure you are equipped and trained even if you are just the average guy or girl. We want to ensure that you can stand up to a bully or a “bone-head.” We want you to always look forward to coming to class rather than feeling like you’re about to walk into an intimidating environment, and above all, we want to ensure you learn something valuable and practical that you can take into the real world.