I am a specialist in self protection and Combatives & have a lifelong love for the martial arts
A former Royal Marine with 11 years experience & former security operative, I have gained a wealth of experience in different environments.
From 2017 until 2020 when the pandemic struck, I ran a full time Combatives & self defence club for the civilian environment based in London & Essex. Initially part of British Krav Maga up until 2019, I separated to form Integrated Combatives so I could adjust & structure training how I felt was needed.
This approach was a comprehensive ground up, adaptable & continuous rotational approach building the basic fighting skills through to multiple attacker concepts & weapons. This took complete novices to a high level of competence within 4 to 6 months. This was an alternative approach to the common boxed in grades that limits students knowledge & is designed to take years for commercial gain, as used my many organisations.
At the same time from 2019 into 2020 I provided the armed professional Combatives skills for the Go Noisy specialised tactical training courses, before their relocation to the USA. This focused mainly on the skills required for armed close protection operatives. Skills such as in-fight weapons access & weapons retention.
Unfortunately due to covid, the full time clubs were closed down & Go Noisy rellocated to the USA. I redorected into a career in policing.
Three years have now passed & I have regained the drive to continue instructing combatives again. It is such a useful skill to have and more people need it to keep them safe. I reconnected with Tony Willis, the owner of 5 Elements Martial Arts, and one of my former Kickboxing instructors.
I began training again and Tony very kindly has allowed integrated combatives the use of his gym. One of the biggest issues I have found over the years is finding good reliant training venues, and with the assistance of Tony this has made the ability to conduct regular training far easier.
Courses are retarting from November 2023 and into 2024. On offer will be general self defence training all the way up to specialist courses & private training.