HERD MMA — Coburg North, Melbourne

Train with the herd.

Muay Thai, MMA Striking, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA — a combat sports gym built around community. For your first ever class, or your next fight.

Muay ThaiMMA StrikingBrazilian Jiu-JitsuMMAKids & Teens

More than a gym

A third space where you belong — on the mats and off them.

HERD is a home for mixed martial arts in Coburg North. World-class coaching, every discipline under one roof, and a community that pushes you to be better — no egos, no front. Walk in, train as you are.

4Disciplines
5Fighter-coaches
6Days a week

What we train

Every discipline, under one roof.

Train one art or train them all — strike, grapple, and bring it together. Classes for complete beginners through to competing fighters.

Muay Thai

Muay Thai

The art of eight limbs — hands, elbows, knees, clinch, drilled to instinct.

MMA Striking

MMA Striking

Striking that caters to the sport of MMA — the threat of the takedown, plus the opportunities to shoot-box and take people down.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Control, position, submission. The ground game, top to bottom.

MMA

MMA

Striking and grappling brought together. The complete fighter.

Sparring & Open Mat

Sparring & Open Mat

Test what you've drilled in a controlled environment. Roll, share, grow.

Clinch & Pads

Clinch & Pads

Sharpen your clinch and pad work. Rounds built to level up your striking.

Weekly schedule

The timetable.

Coburg North · Monday to Saturday. Muay Thai, BJJ and MMA across fundamentals, all-levels and teens classes.

Monday

1–2pmMuay Thai / MMA Striking · All Levels
5:15–6pmBJJ / MMA Grappling Fundamentals
6–7pmBJJ / MMA Grappling · All Levels
7–8pmMuay Thai / MMA Striking · All Levels

Tuesday

4:30–5:15pmTeens Muay Thai
5:15–6pmMuay Thai Fundamentals
6–7pmMuay Thai · All Levels
7–8pmBJJ · All Levels

Wednesday

1–2pmMuay Thai · All Levels
5:15–6pmBJJ Fundamentals
6–7pmBJJ · All Levels
7–8pmMuay Thai · All Levels

Thursday

4:15–5:15pmTeens BJJ / MMA
5:15–6pmMuay Thai / MMA Striking Fundamentals
6–7pmMuay Thai / MMA Striking · All Levels
7–8pmBJJ / MMA Grappling · All Levels

Friday

4:15–5:15pmTeens MMA
5:15–6pmMMA · All Levels
6–7pmSparring & Open Mat

Saturday

9–10amFree Teens MMA / Muay Thai
10–11amClinch & Pads
11am–12pmOpen Mat

Current schedule — more classes coming soon. Coaches: Sem, Val, Seg, Sesanga & Otto.

The coaching team

Led by fighters.

Coaches who've lived it — guiding the herd from first session to fight night.

Sem
Head Coach · MMA

Sem

10+ years coaching and competing in MMA; a current top-10 ranked professional in AUS & NZ. Builds your fundamentals first, then helps you find your own style.

Val Sharipov
MMA · Wrestling · BJJ

Val Sharipov

An experienced, active MMA fighter with top-level wrestling and elite Brazilian jiu-jitsu, competing in both MMA and grappling. Val leads a big part of the grappling program at HERD.

Otto
MMA

Otto

Started Muay Thai in 2018, moved to MMA in 2020. An active fighter across MMA and kickboxing in Australia and Muay Thai in Thailand.

Sesanga
Striking

Sesanga

Muay Thai & K-1 across Australian titles and bouts in Thailand. A versatile, adaptable striker — boxing, kicks, knees, range and pressure.

Segujja
Striking

Segujja

Muay Thai across amateur (AUS) and professional (Thailand), now expanding into boxing. Coaches and mentors athletes, including youth striking programs.

Find your herd

What we stand for.

Community, martial arts, and people who push you to be better — on the mats and off them.

01

Authenticity

No egos, no front. Show up and train as you are.

02

Effort

Do the work. We care more about the effort than the outcome.

03

Winning

A standard, not an outcome. We compete to win.

04

Self-Improvement

One percent better, every day. No limitations.

05

Community

More than training partners. The herd has your back.

Join the herd

Your first class
is waiting.

Lock in your membership online, then come in and train. Everyone's welcome — beginners to fighters. Prefer to try before you join? Grab our 14-day trial and come see what HERD's about.

01
Sign up online

Choose your membership and join in a couple of minutes through Pilot.

02
Come in and train

You're in the system — just turn up to your first class and we'll take it from there.

Visit us

Coburg North,
Melbourne.

Drop in, say hi, and watch a class. We'll point you to the right session for where you're at.