Cross Combat / Edinburgh BJJ, Kick Boxing, Wrestling, Muay Thai & MMA edinburgh

I travelled to Edinburgh and had the chance to stop by Cross Combat for some training. Positives! Cross combat has a good schedule with lots of options and really nice members. The members were welcoming and great to train with! Negatives I was disappointed in the cleanliness of the gym and an incident that happened. With the cleanliness.. the facility is very unsanitary. The mats were very dirty and the washrooms hadn’t been cleaned in quite some time. The water isn’t drinkable and there’s quite a few smashed windows. Some upgrades would be good! The incident.. I noticed someone training with ringworm on their leg and told the owner that night. I had paid for 5 days and asked for a refund of any sort(I fully expected to pay for the 1 day that I did train), as I didn’t feel comfortable going back to train and taking the risk of getting ringworm. Out of respect I won’t go into much detail about the conversation, just that I was refused any refund and responded to in a very disappointing way. The experience was a let down as someone who was trying out a new gym(a gym that I was really excited to train at). I wish all the best to the members and hope the owner can treat the people that chose to pay him a little better.

POSITIVES Great/friendly teachers always willing to help you with anything your having trouble with! very friendly bunch of people always keen on training together to learn rather then to just “beat” the other person. If your not interested in competing or self defence then this place is great for fitness to! Plus the membership is very worth it for the amount of classes you can take HOWEVER ONLY get a membership if your 100% sure you like this place as I have heard about them NOT giving REFUNDS to people so this means come and watch a class then if you like it then join. NEGITIVES After hearing how people have seen other people with Ringworm! (There is also another review where somebody talks about this problem to) am going to make sure I try as hard as I can to touch as few people as possible from now on and be very careful who I train with as this is a very contagious fungal skin diesease and is a very SERIOUS HEALTH HAZERD if this place doesn’t get cleaner then am sure health inspectors will be coming soon... The only problem about this place and am sure many other people will agree with me on this one (I know this as I have spoke and trained with many other people there who think the exact same as me) is the cleanliness I have seen a review on this place talking about the same problem I have for example the very dirty MATS, EQUIPMENT (this includes shin pads and gloves), TOILETS and the fact that the women and men have to SHARE a changing room...they seem to just spray fabreeze only on the gloves and shin pads and think that is okay... well it’s not and I have seen a lot of people’s face expressions when they see the teachers spraying it on the equipment. A very helpful suggestion would be to put glove deodorisers In the gloves, spray anti bacterial spray on the outside of the gloves and shin pads and wipe the mats with a mop using clean water with an anti bacterial liquid in it just that alone would make a HUGE difference and definitely make this place feel like an actual training ground. I love this place so much it’s just a shame that they are not very sanitary :(

Never got to say a proper goodbye, so a review will have to suffice. Learned BJJ here for almost two years. Started as a novice and was one of the best things I’ve ever done. Such a great environment to learn in, with a fun element brought to all classes. The same can be said for the other martial arts too and emphasis is put on improving your partner, not dismantling them. Thanks to William and Ross for all their wisdom and support along with Georgio and Paris. It’s been awesome.

I did kickboxing here for a few months. The instructors were all super helpful, friendly and encouraging, and in turn that created a great atmosphere, making everyone who took part feel good and be friendly and supportive towards one another, unlike some gyms where you just beat the hell out of each other and go home. It was all great fun; I learned a lot, got way better at kickboxing and truly enjoyed it. Thanks guys!

Definitely one of the best places to do nogi bjj in Edinburgh, if not Scotland. Good variety available from flexibility, stand up, wrestling, mma, nogi and they've just introduced gi class on a Sunday. The thing I like most about this club is that they put a strong focus on training safely and still push you to make improvements. It's always good to be able to walk away from a training session with a smile on your face and that's what happens here. It is a friendly club...just turn up on time folks :)