BMMA Team
Here at British Military Martial Arts, all of our Martial Arts instructors are trained to the highest standards by experienced and highly skilled kickboxing and martial arts experts.
Every member of the team participates in ongoing training sessions to ensure the classes they provide are top quality and remain challenging, inspirational and fun for all students.
We pride ourselves in having a dedicated and enthusiastic team of people working together to provide so many people across the country with access to our unique military martial arts style classes.
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Charlotte Craighill
Leeds
5th Dan Olympic Tae Kwon Do
4th Dan Sport Karate
I began training at the age of 8 in 1994 and have been fortunate enough to travel the World competing at various levels and training with some of the most elite Coaches from across the world.
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David Gwilt
Cannock
My name is Dave Gwilt and I have run the Lee Matthews black belt academy in Cannock for over 5 years. Our school is very friendly and we all support and motivate each other to become better.
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James McCormick
Telford
I started my Martial Arts training at LMBMMA at the age of 10. I have since trained with Martial artists from around the globe. My passion lies in passing down the vast knowledge I have obtained.
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Tony Anderton
Rugeley
Tony began practicing martial arts at the age 6 when he started to train in traditional karate. Through his hard work he soon found himself entering competitions quite successfully and competed for the first time at the age of 9. Tony continued training hard and at the age of 13 he passed his 1st Dan Black Belt.
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Jacob Hughes
Greater Manchester
My journey in martial arts started with Muay Thai boxing and Kung Fu as a teenager. After obtaining my black belt, I began to teach and loved it.
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Jamie Roach
Wiltshire/Chippenham
Jamie runs a thriving, ever evolving and growing martial arts school in Wiltshire, he is continually practising martial arts – Kickboxing, boxing & self-defence techniques.
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Thomas Davies
Wolverhampton
Ex-Royal Marine -
Ready to pass knowledge and skills onto the next generations to come.
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Toby Thompson
Shropshire
My interest in Martial Arts started at an early age watching Martial Artists such as Jackie Chan, Jet Lei and Bruce Lee, watching their movies inspired me to want to be just like them at an early age.
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Daisy Weekes
Leeds
2nd Dan Black Belt Sport Karate
1st Dan Olympic Tae Kwon Do
I’ve been training at BMMA since the age of four and I am now 21 years old.
I am currently an instructor and I teach the satellite schools around Leeds.
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Elijah Everill
Wellington
Elijah started martial arts when he was just 4 years old and has accrued 13 x WAKO World titles, 5 x WAKO European titles and 23 x WAKO British titles.
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Sam Jones
Hereford
Although my background is in dance and gymnastics, I discovered a passion for martial arts later in life and studied Wado Ryu freestyle karate for many years before moving on to boxing with my husband’s regimental boxing team.
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David Cross
Kent
Thanos Boutikos
Liverpool
My name is Thanos, I started training at a young age Karate & kick boxing. I've served in two militaries: the Greek Army Rangers during my national service and now as a reservist in the UK's Parachute Regiment. I aspire to help students build confidence and the mindset to be ready for anything.
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Bradley Matthews
Shrewsbury
I started training in Martial Arts at the age of 4 at the BMMA HQ in Telford.
I achieved my 1st Dan Blackbelt in 2014 at the age of 14. I am currently a 3rd Dan Blackbelt and working towards my 4th Dan.
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Ellie Harvey
Stoke-on-Trent
James Gunn
Morley
1st Dan Sport Karate
Head coach for BMMA Morley Academy
I started training taekwondo at 10 years old moved over to BMMA at 12.
My proudest moment would be podiuming in the kickboxing at the unified world championships. Stepping up to full contact was always a big ambition of mine and meant more than a lot of my wins.
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