Ben Hughes

Co-owner and Coach

A brown belt under ZR Jiujitsu Association.

Ben has been training in martial arts for most of his life, starting with Japanese Jiujitsu, Wing Chun and Boxing in his youth, Ben joined the British Army at 16 and boxed competitively throughout his military career, Ben was introduced to the UFC by a fellow soldier and the pair began training and obsessing over the sport, upon leaving the military Ben discovered a local MMA gym Trojan Free Fighters Worcester, he quickly realised that BJJ and Muay Thai were essential for his MMA development.

Ben’s main skillset is now Nogi BJJ and he covers both our children's BJJ class and Tuesday NOGI classes.

Favourite Quote

“A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very, very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control”