Welcome to ADCC South China!

History

The Club and the ADCC World Submission Fighting Championships were the original idea and creation of UAE national Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of then U.A.E. leader Sheik Zayed. who at the time was completing his post-graduate studies in the USA. In 1993 after watching the first U.F.C., Sheik Tahnoon became a fan of MMA. Shortly after, he started studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego, California. Upon completing his studies, Sheik Tahnoon returned to the U.A.E. but his passion for Martial arts did not stop there. Sheik Tahnoon set out to create and build his vision of implementing Martial Arts not only in his native U.A.E. but also creating a standard for which all ground fighting martial arts would be measured.
To put his vision to reality Sheik Tahnoon developed and propelled a twofold plan of which the first part was to implement the growth of Martial Arts in the U.A.E. Sheik Tahnoon through the creation of the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club). Sheik Tahnoon first converted an idle facility in Abu Dhabi into a Martial Arts Club. He began by hiring top instructors in various martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Sambo, Muay Thai etc. and giving them a World class facility to administer their classes and to train top professional fighters. Soon the ADCC became the top facility for learning and training MMA in the Arab World.
At the ADCC facilities World class instructors teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo,  Boxing, Kickboxing, Judo, Wrestling and various other arts beneficial to MMA and No Rules Fighting.

Our Goal

The goals of the Abu Dhabi Combat Club are to generally promote a healthy lifestyle by educating members in nutrition and to train people in all aspects of self defense, which in turn builds self-confidence.

Our President

The President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Vice President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The ADCC World Submission Fighting Championship:
The second part of Sheik Tahnoon's plan was perhaps harder to accomplish but even more rewarding as after the implementation of his plan Sheik Tahnoon had not only created the best grappling tournament in the World, but in the process, he also created a whole new fighting modality: Submission Fighting .
As he became more and more proficient in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Sheik Tahnoon saw flaws in the then philosophy of Gi-based BJJ. In fact, at the time, the majority of BJJ practitioners ignored lower body submissions such as knee and foot locks. Sheik Tahnoon however is a man who followed his own ideas and soon embarked on a course that would create a whole new sport that has taken over the world.
Sheik Tahnoon proceed to learn Russian Sambo and his thirst for knowledge led him to other fighting styles such as wrestling and judo. While learning these various martial art forms, Tahnoon often came across the same questions or statements by instructors of the different styles: “My art is better than all others and can beat any other fighting style!” However, since every fighting style had their own set of rules at the time and internal competitions, it was once again impossible to establish which one was the most effective.
With this idea in mind Sheik Tahnoon created a new competition and a set of “neutral” rules that would allow practitioners of various martial arts to compete against each other, without the brutality of strikes, to prove that their there’s was the most effective “grappling” style available. Thus, in 1998 the first Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) World Submission Fighting Championships was created. The rules of ADCC rewarded points that allowed all grappling styles equal chance. In addition, the ADCC allowed most submission attacks (except for spinal attacks) thus unshackling the restrictions of each martial art style and creating a neutral ground where BJJ, Sambo, Judo, Wrestling and any other fighting style could compete against each other.
The ADCC would have 16 fighters across 5 weight divisions and the Absolute competing for the title. The ADCC Tournament also would possess a critical benefit that was not found in any other grappling competition at the time: a large monetary prize for the winners of each weight division. For the first time ever, fighters could compete and receive monetary prizes without having to submit to the dangers of strikes thus creating a great venue for up and coming fighters to display their skills and develop their game prior to competing in MMA. 
The first edition of ADCC took place on March 20, 21 & 22, 1998 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Despite its novelty and lack of publicity (due to the lack of any specialized media at the time), the first ADCC tournament still attracted some of the best “grapplers” in the world, while others, afraid of perhaps bias in the rules or worried about exposing themselves in a different format, remained home and awaited the end of the event to make their judgment and thus passing on the chance to compete in the inaugural event.
After the completion of the first tournament, the competitors had nothing but praise for the quality of the event as well as the fairness of the rules. An explosion of interest for the next years would soon follow. With every year, more and more top fighters from the four corners of the World actively began training and preparing for the ADCC. However, with the explosion of interest, there wassoon too many entrants for the available 16 spots, thus forcing the organization to create regional qualifying trials. Soon Submission Grappling spread to every corner the world, and a new and exciting sport was created.
The ADCC Champions and top competitors would then become highly sought commodities for MMA Events and soon became stars in shows such as the U.F.C. in America and Pride andK1 in Japan. Former ADCC competitors Royler Gracie, Mark Kerr, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Arona, Tito Ortiz, Rodrigo "Minotauro", Dean Lister, Ricco Rodrigues, Ricardo Arona, Matt Lindland, Tom Erickson, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza & Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro just to name a few, are individuals who gone on to have highly successful careers in MMA. 
The continuing expansion of Submission Fighting led by the huge success of ADCC spawned amateur leagues around the world, and with each year, the number of competitors in these and other similar events grew tremendously, nonetheless, the ADCC Championships is and has always been considered the pinnacle of the Submission fighting. Through the creation of one visionary, the ADCC, now in its 9th edition to be held in 2009, has become the beacon of a new generation and a new sport.

- Copied and revised from : http://www.adcombat.com/abu-dhabi-combat-club

ADCC SOUTH CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU

In January 2011, The head of the ADCC World Federation Mr. Marko Leisten and rule director Peter Ivanow came to Hong Kong, Zhong Sung (China) and Macau for observation and referee seminars for the 1st time in China’s history.
Direct support from the China Jiujitsu Federation's chairman, Mr. Shigetaka Yamada has allowed for successful cooperation with the Wrestling＆Judo　Association　Jiu-Jitsu　Committee in Zhong Sung (中山), China.
ADCC SOUTH CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU (ADCC SC) was officially formed in February, 2011. We are here to help develop the local BJJ/Grappling scene as well as produce a future world champion from our region. ADCC SC will hold official competitions both in GI and no GI in Zhong Sung and HK/Macau. In addition, referee and rule seminars will be held regularly in the area, so please check our web site for announcement of any upcoming events.
ADCC SOUTH CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU is proudly supported by the United BJJ clubs of South China and Hong Kong/Macau.

1. Grips : http://www.gripsbjj.com
2. Macau BJJ : http://www.macaubjj.com
3. Kylin Jiujitsu : http://www.kylinbjj.com
4. Gracie Barra : http://www.hongkongkudo.com
5. Versus Performance : http://versusperformance.blogspot.com
6. Hong Kong Jiujitsu : www.hkjj.com.hk
7. KLN BJJ : http://www.kln-bjj.com
8. Taiwan BJJ: http://www.taiwanbjj.org
9. Armrock Ltd.,
10. Samulime Co. Ltd.

In addition, special thanks to Luke Satoru from BJJ ASIA www.bjj-asia.com for his continued support and effort.