Mission Statement

Our goal is to provide an environment where all people—of any background, experience & fitness level—can learn and train in the combat sports that comprise Mixed Martial Arts—the core of which are: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, wrestling and judo. We accomplish this in our new,4600 sq ft facility with showers, 2700 sq ft Tatmai mats!(complete with an assortment of heavy bags, focus mitts, kicking shields, Thai pads, etc.) where we provide training multiple times a day, seven days a week.

Our training caters to the full-spectrum needs of our student body: from those looking for realistic self-defense or effective competition training, to those who simply train for improved health, fitness, and FUN.

We take pride in our relaxed atmosphere—that while safe and welcoming to beginners and experienced athletes alike—has always proved rewarding time and time again

 

About us

Core Combat Sports is a Martial Arts Training Center located in Rockford Illinois.  Core Combat Sports is owned and operated by local Rockford residents just like you, that care about the community in which they live and work.  We’ve trained everyone from police officers to lawyers and doctors to mothers and fathers to professional Mixed Martial Arts fighters.  There are many reasons why individuals choose to train in Martial Arts.  What will yours be?

  • Learn About Yourself:  Discover how to shatter your own physical limitations and raise the mental and physical expectations that you’ve set for yourself.
  • Build Confidence: Develop confidence and necessary self-defense skills to be prepared when faced with adverse physical confrontation.
  • Stay in Shape: Train with some of the best Martial Arts practitioners in Northern Illinois.  Push yourself to the extreme to achieve peak physical conditioning.
  • Stay Local: All of Core Combat Sports’ instructors are from the Rockford area.  None of our training staff are recruited from other gyms or training centers.  They’ve trained her elike you and have worked their way to the top.
  • Forge Lifelong Friendships: Core Combat Sports is a tightly knit group of people, each with different goals and purposed for their training regimen.  Some even attend class just to meet and hang out with their gym mates.
  • Network: Core Combat Sports partners with Martial Arts practitioners from across the country and the region that travel to our facilities in Rockford to give seminars, clinics and demonstrations in their area of expertise.