Meet The Team
Our instructors are passionate about martial arts and fitness and even our junior instructors have been practicing Kickboxing for over a decade.
The senior instructors are DBS checked, First Aid qualified and Child Safety Certified, more importantly, we care for the student's wellbeing in the club, and guide and monitor their progress.
Andy
Senior Instructor / Senior Coach
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DBS checked
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First Aid Qualified
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Child Protection Certified
Andy has been teaching for many years and has trained in kickboxing for 33 years
His martial arts background started in Wu Whu Kwan which he studied for 5 years.
He received his black belt in Chinese kickboxing at the age of 23 and at the age of 43 he received his black belt in kickboxing.
Andy has a vast understanding of coaching on the national and international circuit taking junior and senior fighters on to win bronze, silver and even gold at UK and world championship levels.
He teaches all juniors and seniors classes.
Danielle
Senior Instructor / Senior Coach
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DBS checked,
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First Aid Qualified,
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Child Protection Certified
Danielle has been doing kickboxing for 12 years. Within this time, she received her black belt at the age of fifteen and has been teaching for 8 years.
Danielle has been on the competitive circuit for 11 years. In that time she has competed on national and international circuits. In the process, she won multiple titles in championships such as WAKO, ISKA, CIMAC, WKU, WKA and more.
She has been a senior coach for 7 years, Danielle’s experience on the circuit has given her the knowledge to coach juniors and seniors to place gold, silver and bronze at competitions.
Dan teaches junior sparring, all senior classes, and Tiger Cubs class.
Luke
Assistant Instructor / Coaching assistant
Luke has been with FKA since the age of 7, competing nationally & internationally.
He loves teaching the Junior class & assisting the Seniors with a particular focus on speed & precision.
Sam
Media / Student Liaison Officer
Samia focuses on all the behind the scenes of the media and advertisements of the club. During classes, you will see Sam in her element, our very own camerawoman in action. She enjoys working with the team & growing the club.
Outside of Kickboxing Samia loves makeup, shopping and travelling.
Yuliya
Ladies Boxercise instructor / First Aid Qualified / License for Children’s supervision
Yuliya has been training in Kickboxing for 10 years and it has become her passion.
She runs the ladies' boxercise class which focusses on improving fitness, flexibility, cardio endurance and is full of punches and fun.
Outside of the club Yuliya participates in charity work supporting Ukraine and is a well-known representative of the community.
In her free time, she enjoys coffee, molecular biology (from which she earned her PhD) and spending time with her children and cats.