Meet The Instructors

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

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