We are a small MMA (mixed martial arts) club on the Isle of Wight. My partner Alex Box is the head coach, he is almost completely self taught, as there was no where to train here before we started. Through our own funding Alex has travelled to different gyms on the mainland to learn techniques to bring back to the Island. We have alot of young talent coming to train in our gym and the biggest problem we have is none of them have the money to travel to learn. We don't want isle of wight talent stifled by the travel costs of leaving. We also need work doing to our training cage and equipment for our ever increasing children's classes. We want to split what we raise between helping our students and getting new equipment! To help in our fundraising members of the gym will be taking part in a 24hr Grapple-a-Thon starting 18.00 Tuesday 19th of December!! We also want to start a free training programme for youths who need direction, as we are aware that marital arts can help and heal people with no outlet for their energy. We hope to move forward into 2018 by giving young people on the island as much opportunity as possible to excel in this exciting sport.