The Heart and Soul Behind Our Passion: Meet The Team with 120+yrs of experience!

Our team is more than instructors; they are mentors, motivators, and champions of your personal growth. With a shared commitment to fostering a positive and empowering environment, each member contributes a unique spark to our vibrant community.

The Heart and Soul Behind Our Passion: Meet The Team with 120+yrs of experience!

Our team is more than instructors; they are mentors, motivators, and champions of your personal growth. With a shared commitment to fostering a positive and empowering environment, each member contributes a unique spark to our vibrant community.

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Katie Salter

Katie Salter

Programme Director

Professional instructor with over 25 years experience in martial arts and 3rd Dan Blackbelt. I handle the administration and organise events including graduations, seminars and competitions.

Favourite food: hot dogs, cup cakes, toast

Favourite TV shows: Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks, Stranger Things

Likes: Disney, my pet cats, holidays with my family, horror films

Dislikes: spiders, getting up early

Robert Salter

Chief Instructor

Professional instructor with over 40 years experience in martial arts. Started training in the Korean Martial Art of Tang Soo Do in 1982. Began teaching in 1988 and turned professional in 2003. Trained and visited Korea, USA, Belgium and Switzerland studying Tang Soo Do. Earned 4th Dan Masters rank in 2000 under Grandmaster Hwang Kee – the founder of our art. Currently the Chief Instructor of Family Martial Arts Centres which has over 20 locations and over 2,200 active students training every week! Happily married to Katie with two daughters, Betty and Hattie.

Favourite food: Cheese Burgers, Hot Dogs, Sea Food, Chocolate Ice Cream and Humble Crumble with frozen custard

Favourite TV show: Man v Food, Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, Wonders of the Universe, Colombo

Likes: Travel, National Trust, Scuba Diving, Motorcycles, Cats & Tortoises

Dislikes: shopping, more shopping and reality tv shows

Judy Wells

Judy Wells

Instructor

Professional instructor with over 25 years experience in martial arts and 3rd Dan Blackbelt. I’m also a seamstress and provide a sewing service for students requiring trim or patches to be sewn onto their uniforms or alterations.

Favourite food: tomatoes, burgers, Lindt chocolate

Favourite TV shows: Death in Paradise, Vera

Likes: sewing, Home Bargains, gardening

Dislikes: spicy food, cold weather

Adrian Pawsey

Instructor

2nd Dan Blackbelt Instructor with over 10 years experience.

Favourite food: Chicken & Rice, Pizza and Curry

Favourite TV Shows: The Last Kingdom, Fallow, Scooby Do

Likes: Snowboarding, Drone Flying, Country Walks

Dislikes: Traffic, Reality TV Shows

sarah holden

Sarah Holden

Assistant Instructor

4th Dan Blackbelt with over 16 years martial arts experience. I help teach classes for beginners to advanced.

Favourite food: Bananas, brussel sprouts

Favourite TV shows: Midsomer Murders, Homicide Hunter

Likes: reading and crotchet

Dislikes: smoking

Liam Connelly

Liam Connelly

Assistant Instructor

4th Dan Blackbelt with over 14 years martial arts experience.

Favourite food: roast dinners, chilis & curries

Favourite TV shows: Star Trek, The night Agent

Likes: hiking/walking, gardening, reading

Dislikes: Scottish midges and shellfish

Shaun Cannon

Assistant Instructor

4th Dan Blackbelt with over 14 years martial arts experience

Favourite food: anything Italian

Favourite TV shows: Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders

Likes: martial arts, keeping fit, holidays, eating out

Dislikes: standing in queues, bad manners

Stephen Bradley

Assistant Instructor

4th Dan Blackbelt with over 14 years martial arts experience

Favourite food: roast chicken dinner

Favourite TV show: Peaky Blinders

Likes: animals/dogs, watching football/sports, learning new skills, helping people

Dislikes: bullying, being stuck in traffic, long queues at shops, hospitals

Anthony Marra

Assistant Instructor

2nd Dan Blackbelt with 14 years martial arts experience. Started as a Tiger Tot at Family Martial Arts Centres when just 4 years old!

Favourite food: Mums Home Cooking, Mediterranean Food, Chicken

Favourite TV shows: Friends, Spiderman, UFC

Likes: Dogs, Sport, Music

Dislikes: Mosquitoes and being ill

Betty Salter

Tiger Tot Assistant

Favourite food: Pasta, Nana’s chicken casserole, sugar!

Favourite TV shows: Atlantis, Ghosts, Horrible Histories, Disney

Likes: Cats, Tortoises, Lego, dinosaurs, swimming, my pet fish, 

Dislikes: Zombie Ants, Queuing, Vegetables, Wordy books

Hattie Salter

Hattie Salter

Tiger Tot Assistant

Favourite food – peperami ,beef jerky, candy spray, curry

Favourite TV show: Masters of the Universe, Henry Danger, Sanjay & Craig, Clarence

Likes: swimming, gaming, cats, vintage figures, Disney World

Dislikes: spiders, breakfast, strawberry milk

Sean Connelly

Sean Connelly

Assistant Instructor

4th Dan Blackbelt with over 14 years martial arts experience

Favourite food: full English breakfast and roast dinners

Favourite TV shows: Start Wars Clone Wars, Game of Thrones

Likes: gaming, hiking, football, ultimate frisbee

Dislikes: mushrooms, shopping