About Martin

Martin is a 6th Degree Expert black belt and has been training in Taekwon Do for over 40 years, He is a qualified sports and exercise scientist and has trained many international sports people as well as Formula 1 drivers. He served in the British Military and works as a Close Protection Operative (bodyguard) working around the globe.  His background gives him a thorough and real life understanding of threat situations and violence and how to deal with it from conflict management to effective physical intervention.

Martin is also FREC3 medically trained which means that you are in very safe hands in his classes.  As well as TaeKwon-Do he has also trained in many other martial arts, Ju-jitsu, Lou gar, Karate, full contact karate, Muay Thai and combatives systems Tactical Edge, Krav Maga and Kalah allowing him to teach effective, practical self-defence. He was formally captain of the England TKD team and a member of the Great Britain team and has competed in many international, national and regional championships. He was formally the European Champion and has numerous national titles to his name, he also held the European destruction record for jumping high kick breaking an inch of wood at 2 meters 88 cm’s high and is the squad coach for the Central region. Martin is the Chief Instructor at Warwick & Leamington -TKD and also runs a regional Black Belt club as well as numerous self-defence courses for TKD students and members of the public. He also delivers 121 sessions at his personal training studio in Warwick for martial arts improvement, sports performance, general fitness and weight loss as well as injury rehabilitation.