Meet The Instructors
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MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
Our team of instructors have spent years training and competing in various Martial Arts as well as qualifying at every required level to pass on their knowledge in safe and friendly environments. Meet the team…
MARTYN MORRISSON - Chief Instructor
Martyn began training at 18 in Kung Fu and was instantly hooked. He also moved into Sanshou, Shuai Ciao, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and for a short time, Muay Thai. Eventually this led to a few MMA fights in the cage. He has put this variety to good use and written his own syllabus for Kung Fu and also Sanshou, both of which were signed off and approved by the BMABA attaining National accreditation for both.
He has competed at British, European and World level attaining titles at all levels. Martyn still competes now and after a 10 year hiatus from international competitions, he most recently competed with Team GB at World level in China in 2018 and European level in Italy in 2019.
Martyn currently holds :
> 5th Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu
> 4th Degree Black Belt in Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing)
> Yellow Sash in Jian Shou Chuan
> Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Qualifications include
> BCCMA Silver Coach Level
> BMABA LV2 Instructor >
LV3 PT Diploma
Martyn currently holds :
> 5th Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu
> 4th Degree Black Belt in Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing)
> Yellow Sash in Jian Shou Chuan
> Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Qualifications include
> BCCMA Silver Coach Level
> BMABA LV2 Instructor >
LV3 PT Diploma
CORYN MORRISSON - Junior Instructor
Coryn first tried Martial Arts at the young age of 5, which proved to be a tad too young and so returned at a more mature age of 7! She is a very talented and natural all rounder, regularly training and competing in Kung Fu and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, she was the BCCMA British Champion 2 years running. She has recently started coaching a Junior class and has shown real patience and dedication when teaching.
Coryn currently holds
2nd Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu
Black belt in Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing)
Yellow Sash in Jian Shou Chuan
White belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
BMABA LV1 Instructor
DAVID COULDREY - Instructor Clacton Branch
David has been training for over 20 years in Kung Fu, Jian Shou Chuan (Splashing Hands) and traditional Jiu-Jitsu. He has competed many times in his career and taken gold at National level. David runs the Clacton branch of Phoenix.
He currently holds
4th Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu
1st Degree Black Belt in Jian Shou Chuan
Brown belt in Sanda
Blue Belt in Traditional Jiu-Jitsu