- Active Club England conducts regular outdoor training sessions in London parks
Secret footage has revealed how a Neo-Nazi group posing as a fitness club could be preparing for a ‘race war’.
The group, named ‘Active Club England’, is using extreme fitness and fraternity as a way of recruiting members, before giving them weapons training and idolising notorious figures such as Adolf Hitler.
An investigation by ITV News has revealed how a recruitment drive in the aftermath of last year’s summer riots attracted an influx of new members.
The group has gathered more than 100 people, with one branch beginning biweekly training sessions at a park in Vauxhall, south London.
Recent recruits to the club include a convicted criminal previously imprisoned for a knife attack in a shop.
The knifeman, 28, who calls himself ‘Glenn’, joined near the end of last year after he was sentenced for separate offences, ITV News reported.
Disturbing footage shows the group taking part in boxing training sessions in a London park, where they discuss plans to rent an indoor gym where they can bring weapons.
The group takes part in boxing training sessions in a London park, where they discuss plans to rent an indoor gym where they can bring weapons
Some members are dressed in threatening halloween masks to hide their identities
One group member says: ‘I’ve got about a grands worth of throwing knives and axes and all that and I got a bunch of bows and s*** as well, archery bows.’
Another man replies: ‘Archery is nice.’
Some members are dressed in threatening halloween masks to hide their identities, while getting the group together to pose with an England flag.
Hooded men are seen strolling through parks in a pack before training to fit the club’s strict fitness standards.
Another clip reveals the selection process for new recruits, with a mysterious caller who goes by ‘Lance’ asking people what their religious beliefs are.
Footage shows the mystery leader conducting a telephone interview – lasting half an hour – before allowing an undercover ITV reporter to join the group.
The group poses with an England flag inside a gym during a training session
Hooded men stroll through a park before training to reach the club’s strict fitness standards
The club has become one of Britain’s largest white supremacist groups, with a minimum of eight branches operating across the UK.
The group is reportedly creating plans to hire a permanent indoor space in London to ‘practise knife defence without getting arrested’.
Meanwhile, two members have allegedly discussed getting resources together to purchase ‘ten acres of land’ to accommodate the group.
