Alex Enlund
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Alex Enlund
SBG
Alex Enlund has faced a difficult year after he was sidelined from
competition due to the appearance of a brain lesion but during that
time his SBG MMA South Shields set up has gone from strength to
strength. We recently caught up with Alex to find out more.
He told us, “I first set the SBG Gym
up as a way for me to collect training
partners. At the time I had to travel quite
a distance to train in Sunderland so I
set the gym up and then anybody that
wanted to learn martial arts in South
Shields could train with me.”
“It has just grown from there to the
point where we have a great academy
with teaching for kids right up to
adults in their late 40s. It just started as
something to do and now it has become
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my life. I compete as an athlete and for
a long time didn’t receive that much
coaching and so I wanted to offer other
people the service that I never had.
“Getting involved in martial arts
can be a life changing experience for
the people that get involved. One of
my students who is now doing some
coaching was out of work and terribly
out of shape but now has turned things
around and that was because of his
passion for martial arts since joining
the club. That is a great example of the
impact it can have.
“I think Martial Arts is for everybody.
A lot of people have this idea of MMA
Gyms being full of tough guys that
want to fight. The reality of our gym is
that less than 20% of our members are
competing; whether you are training for
fun, fitness or fighting you should do
Martial Arts.
“A lot of people quit on their goals
fitness wise if they are doing certain