SIMON MORRELL

Combat Day is Nearly Here! Not long until our annual Combat Day at Simon Morrell's Fight Fortress Combat Academy, when we look forward to welcoming new and existing friends. Regardless of your style, experience or affiliation, you will come away from Combat Day with something new to add to your current training.

Simon and the IRA. Some of you will know about Simon’s turbulent relationship with his father, Peter, and it largely stemmed from the man’s dishonesty and how he always seemed to put Simon in the firing line. In the early 2000s, Simon received a phone call that changed how he looked at his father, his life and his training.

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Combat Day With Simon Morrell. Self & Third-Party Protection Seminar, Sat 5th Sept 2026

Words From The Week are some of Simon's thoughts on subjects such as the mental health of our youth, the fear of embarrassment keeping us small and the levels of Combat Training.

When The Snow Started Coming Down. We all fail. We all lose courage, struggle, doubt ourselves and seemingly give up, but the last one on the list is not necessarily true.

Combat Day, Intensive Training With Simon Morrell. We are pleased to say we are now offering Combat Day Intensive Training Camps with Simon.

Grappling Drills at Fight Fortress. One of the toughest things I have done in my Martial Arts/Combat journey was, at the behest of Geoff Thompson, add Grappling to my toolbox.

What Is Complete Combatives? How did the system we teach at Fight Fortress come to be?

Simon Hits! Defending the Low Round Kick. In this short episode of Simon Hits!, Simon and Luka show two ways to defend a low round kick, or a kick to the thigh.

COMPLETE COMBATIVES SEMINAR THIS SATURDAY. This Saturday, 21st March 2026 sees the next stage of our Krav Maga & Kickboxing Instructor's course, but we are opening the event out to people who want to train but don't wish to become an instructor.

Train at Home With Simon. We are proud to offer a free ten-minute, Simon Hits! training sessions in which Simon takes you through five rounds on the bag, skipping and fitness drills.

Simon Hits! Modern versus Traditional Defences. There is something to be said for both types of defences/blocks, and no reason at all why we can't cross-train them both together, using the most relevant one at the time of need.

Are You Ready For Your Black Belt Test? It is almost time for the next Black Belt test at Fight Fortress!