With over 30 years of experience in martial arts, my background covers striking, grappling, self-defence and physical conditioning.

My striking experience includes Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Wing Chun, alongside grappling experience in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling and Judo. I have also trained extensively in practical self-defence systems including Urban Combatives and Krav Maga.

Over the years, my approach has increasingly focused on bridging the gap between combat sport and real-world self-protection.

Combat sports provide some of the most effective ways to develop genuine fighting attributes — timing, movement, distance management, power, conditioning and the ability to perform against a resisting opponent. However, self-protection presents a different set of problems. There are no rules, no referee and no guarantee of a controlled one-on-one encounter.

The challenge is therefore not to discard combat-sport training, but to understand how to adapt those proven skills to the realities of street self-protection.

This is why Crazy Monkey Self Defence and Combatives form the foundation of my current approach. Training combines functional striking and defensive skills with situational awareness, threat recognition, close-range tactics and progressive pressure training designed specifically for real-world situations.

Alongside martial arts, I work professionally as a Strength & Conditioning Coach and Personal Trainer, allowing physical preparation to be integrated directly into the system. Strength, power, endurance and resilience are developed alongside technical and tactical skills.

The result is a training approach that brings together combat sport, practical self-protection and intelligent physical conditioning — helping ordinary people become fitter, stronger, more confident and more capable under pressure