"After learning self defence techniques with a professional organisation, I was interested to further my training. However having never attended a public martial arts class before I was apprehensive about whether training in that type of environment would be right for me. After contacting Paul Grey & Mark Edwards I attended a session free of charge to see if it was right for me. After the first session I was really impressed with Mark's teaching and the friendly atmosphere created by him and his group of students. He and his class were very welcoming and I was surprised at how quickly I was able to get involved with the techniques being taught and then practised. After Mark had spent a little extra time with me at the next couple of training sessions to help bring me up to speed with the rest of his students I was able to take part in a range of different techniques that were being taught and practised. The training has always been friendly and Mark himself is very relaxed in the way he explains techniques and advises his students. However he ensures that you work to the best of your ability so you get maximum gain from each class (which ensures you get value for money). The best thing about Krav Maga is that you can suit your combat style to your own strengths i.e. A set of principles are taught - defend, target, counter, neutralise, evade, but Mark teaches these techniques as 'best practise', rather than 'the be all and end all' of self defence. Mark combines his relaxed and informative teaching style of Krav Maga principles and best practice techniques with physical conditioning and cardiovascular fitness exercises. This has helped me to continue to practise increasingly technical and intensive self defence techniques while improving my fitness at the same time. If you are looking to learn something new, have fun and get/keep fit then I would recommend learning Krav Maga with Mark Edwards". Rich W, Bridgwater

Rich W

I joined about a month ago. I have never done any martial art before and am pretty unfit. The warm ups are hard work but I don't feel under pressure to compete with anyone but myself. Fantastic instruction on how to physically defend yourself as efficiently as possible as well as keeping yourself safe before 'the trouble' starts. Everyone in the class is friendly and supportive. It's hard work but really good fun. I am loving it! Michelle V, Taunton

Michelle V