Testimonials

What Others Say About Full-Force Combatives

Our training has earned the respect of instructors, professionals, and everyday people who want real-world self-protection without the nonsense. Students come to us for one reason: they want skills that work when nothing else will. Below are just some of the messages, reviews, and endorsements we’ve received from students, martial artists, security professionals, and leading figures in the combatives world.

Instructor Endorsements:

"Steve Tomkins qualified as a first-generation UC instuctor and comes highly recommended!"

Lee Morrison - Founder, Urban Combatives

"I can't recommend Steve T highly enough!"

Tom Flint, Kembativs Instructor & UC Instructor

"Steve has a wide range of knowledge and experience in combatives. He is also good at passing this knowledge on, is very welcoming with a great sense of humour. I can't recommend him highly enough".

Lee Peterson, Founder - Urban Self Protection

"What Steve doesn't know about combatives isn't worth knowing."

Magda, specialist trauma based female instructor and international security consultant

"Highly recommended!"

John Bowman, USP Instructor

Student Reviews:

"Steve is a fantastic instructor He taught me everything I know about self-protection with fantastic structured modules. I highly recommend his classes!"

Neil Wynn, student

"Definitely very highly recommended."

Rob Keen, student

"I recently started training with this class and i can honestly say that Steve is the best instructor that I've ever trained under. Steve's friendly down to earth approach, his attention to detail and his wealth of experience make for a great club. Everyone at the club is very friendly - i certainly received a warm welcome on my first session. We are all there to learn Self-Defence in an ever more hostile world where sometime rules do not apply and our training reflects this."

J.Walsh, student

"Fantastic self-defence class with a great instructor Steve Tomkins.

After years of doing various martial arts, I was missing one key point that I have never even considered (identifying risks and assessing environment). The class was an eye-opener for me. I learned a lot from my first lesson and now feel more confident should a real life occurrence happen. Highly recommend and the most friendly club you could come across, you are all considered equal because there is no grading system, so taking away the big headed ego of usual martial arts classes."

Darren, student

"Highly recommend Steve Tomkins, great guy easy to get on with and a very good instructor aswell, since day one I've really enjoyed going, great group of lads to train with aswell."

Steve Webb, student

"Steve is an excellent reality based instructor. Definitely check it out".

Mike Reed, student

"I have been attending a woman's self defence class for the last 3 week to learn basic skills and it's the best thing I have done it's made me feel so much more confidence, the classes are amazing learn so much in every class and still really fun."

Crystal, student

"Doing self defence lessons with Steve and Richard was the best decision I've made! Every week we learn new techniques, build confidence, and have such a good laugh doing it. Would recommend 100% to anyone considering doing this!"

Ellen, student

Why These Reviews Matter

Our credibility comes from the people who train with us and from instructors who use the same pressure tested approach to real world self protection.

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