13/04/2026
I have a black belt from Bob Breen. The meaning of that changed slightly for me yesterday. I earned mine in 2011 and I opened Camden Martial Arts in late 2016. Arta joined not long afterwards. Yesterday she became Camden Martial Arts’s first black belt, taking the gruelling test in front of Bob along with 9 guys. She did me proud. Here’s to many more CMA black belts. 🙏
02/04/2026
Women-Only Self-Defence workshop this Saturday (4th April). Kentish Town Community Centre at noon. 75 minutes, £15. Please like and share. Get in touch if you have any questions.🙏
30/03/2026
Took some students to a seminar with the Boss at the weekend: Bob Breen, my friend and mentor for over 25 years. We went deep with some no frills boxing, then explored some advanced stick and knife disarms. It’s amazing where you can get to if you keep turning up. 🙏
25/03/2026
I am Dan Inosanto lineage under Bruce Lee and tend towards more of a kickboxing base than the wing chun leanings of eg. Ted Wong lineage. Nevertheless, wing chun gung fu has some super cool stuff in it, and while training in Rome with G**o Dan last month, I also got to train with one of the world’s best practitioners again: Sifu Francis Fong. He is scarily good! 🙏
12/03/2026
Lineage is very important in the martial arts and this is from a recent trip to Rome to train with Dan Inosanto. He was Bruce Lee’s best friend and top student, and I’ve been an instructor under him for the last three years (something I’m still struggling to process). This means I am obliged to train with him for 20 hours every year as a minimum, to learn from him and keep the connection meaningful. As a source of martial knowledge, culture, history, and… humanity, he is truly an incredible human being. Get in touch if you’d like to join the jeet kune do legacy. 🙏
20/02/2026
My appearance on 'I love Jeet Kune Do Dialogues' tonight has been postponed until Monday 23rd Feb. 11 pm GMT. 🙏
04/12/2025
ADDITIONAL EARLY CLASSES COMING IN THE NEW YEAR!
All current classes remain, but from January, there will also be a 6.30 pm class on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, in addition to the 7.30 pm current classes on those days.
Tuesdays at 6.30 pm - Empty Hand JKD/Kali/Dirty Boxing
Tuesdays at 7.30 pm - Kali Weapons - Stick and knife
Wednesdays at 6.30 pm - Beginner’s Muay Thai Kickboxing
Wednesdays at 7.30 pm - Mixed Ability Muay Thai
Thursdays at 6.30 pm - Kali weapons - Stick and knife
Thursdays at 7.30 pm - Fundamentals 4D/JKD/kali
Saturdays at 10 am - Fundamentals then optional sparring
Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year! 🙏☯️🎄