A History of Excellence
The Combat Sports School is a division of the Todd group, formerly the Baldock Institute established 1927.
It is the oldest school of its kind in New Zealand, with a major focus on European combat sports and military close combat and self defence.
Combat Sports training over the decades has included boxing, wrestling, kickboxing grappling and mixed martial arts.
What makes the Combat Sports School different is it’s depth of knowledge and expertise in the training provision of European-based combat sports including freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling.
The Todd group HQ is the developments centre and source of tactics and skills including combat sports skills development.
The wrestling program under head coach Caleb Steven is not only about proven competitive wrestling techniques but also wrestling specific to MMA.
Athletes get their training from the headquarters development source including individual specific skills and modified skills to fit with their make-ups.
The Combat Sports School provides stand up, submission grappling and MMA specific wrestling.
Wrestling being such an important part of MMA success and our speciality being MMA wrestling provides our athletes with proven winning skills.
We have produced long lists of champions in multiple codes of combat sports.
While styles and fads have come and gone over the decades we have remained stead fast to our pursuit of excellence in our European competitive combat sports and self defence and close combat systems.
Blending multiple styles into one fighting system
Our comprehensive curriculum is designed to flow seamlessly from one art to the next without delays or faults, one system comprised of many arts
Wrestling
The art of control, how we take opponents down with leg shots, throws, sweep/trips, clinch control & pinning to keep them down.
Striking
The base of stand up striking blending arts like Boxing, Kickboxing/Muay Thai, and traditional striking arts.
Grappling
Ground control system, understanding positioning, sweeps and reversals, high percentage submission attacks & defence.
MMA
Where many styles become one system, learn how we flow from striking, to takedowns to grounded engagements.
Strength & Conditioning
Building a physical base, increase strength & speed, condition the body for the rigors of combat, build energy to sustain high output.
Private Training sessions
More personalised 1 on 1 or small group sessions to help accelerate your learning and refine your skills.
Your Coach
Meet Coach Caleb Steven
A professional coach for over 15 years, trained by Military Master Chief Instructor Geoff ‘Tank’ Todd not only how to fight and coach, but how to solve problems, refine existing skills and create new skills and building on skills taught by former coaches ranging from Olympians, NZ MMA pioneers, 4x All American wrestlers & international coaches. This has helped students and former students alike compete nationally and internationally at Asia-Pacific tournaments, Olympic trials, Commonwealth Games, Junior Olympics & Worlds Championships. His work carries on the legacy of producing champions that the former Baldock Institute and Todd Group has produced over the decades dating back to 1927.
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