When I was 4 years old, my dad put me into KickBoxing, which made sense because he had a Martial Arts business of his own. I’m nearly 30 now so I have been practicing martial arts for 25 years.

After many years of training, hard work and dedication, one day something just clicked, and it all seemed to come to me naturally and I loved every part of it. 

As I grew up and developed in my training, I knew I wanted to become a martial arts champion, and I wanted to run my own Martial Arts club. To help others build their confidence and take themselves to higher levels. 

I always want to remain in a state of learning and have ventured out in other disciplines such as MMA to continuously learn more, thus allowing me to pass on even more knowledge to our members. 

I have taught for over a decade, helping out with teaching and taking full classes since I was 14 years old.

There has been no greater feeling than seeing the process and success of students grow in to better lives and become amazing versions of themselves and reaching their goals. Whether those achievements be inside or outside of the gym.

Our students need to see the hard work put in by someone else or someone they look up to and believe that they can do it too. I want myself, the coaches, and experienced members to lead by example. They need to see that we don’t stop or quit no matter what and know they can do the same. I want all students within VMA to have the ability able to truly believe in themselves.

I took over the business from my father in 2018 when we decided to move premises. I was 22 and a 4th Dan Black belt at the time. Come to the present day where I have been running it for 7 years; now a 5th Dan black belt, a World & British kickboxing champion, a Former Team England Kickboxing Coach, and I don’t plan on stopping to strive for more achievements any time soon.