Martial Arts

A lifelong love of martial arts - the books, the art, the philosophy, the movies and, of course, the incomparable Bruce Lee.

Following the ‘Way’ or ‘Spirit’ of martial arts has provided both a momentum and motivation to embrace the inevitable changes life presents us with.

Introduced to Judo as a young child, I was fortunate to train in a number of well-established styles … Shotokan Karate, Lau Gar Kung Fu and Tai Chi - and also the associated traditions of Mindfulness & Meditation, Chi Kung and energy-work.

The majority of training and teaching has been in Wu Shu Kwan - achieving Black Belt over 30 years ago - and, more recently, San Shou Kuan (the founding of which I was involved in).

In my earlier career i trained for, and competed in, full-contact competition.

I am an experienced instructor having taught both adults and children over many years, including a long standing, successful class at the University Of Cambridge.

I am not teaching classes at present, but offering a Workshop, incorporating aspects from martial arts, psychology and the media -

Wellbeing Self-Awareness & Self Protection:

Understand & reduce anxiety and stress regarding violent crime and strategies to assist & overcome: Non-Physical.

Introducing a new perspective on self-protection: bringing in learnings from mindfulness/psychology and martial arts to allow you to become more confident in your everyday life. Recognising and acting on warning signs, avoid being in “the wrong place at the wrong time”, de-escalation and more. The workshop is non-physical, we will not be jumping up and down, practising choke holds or spinning back kicks. This workshop is about avoidance. 

I can teach physical techniques for those that are interested, but that’s a whole different arena and outside the scope of this workshop.

3-hour interactive in-person (on-site) group workshop

* Member of The British Council for Chinese Martial Arts (BCCMA) and fully insured

* Enhanced DBS Certified