Neil Walton IKMF Krav Maga Instructor Pro Defence Krav Maga
Neil Walton has been studying martial arts for over 25 years. He began by practising the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do which he studied for 10 years. Whilst studying this art he became interested in the street aspects of personal safety and self defence.
Neil began to cross train in a variety of martial arts for self defence, primarily training the full contact arts of Thai Boxing, western boxing and submission grappling. This led to Neil competing internationally in Thai Boxing and mixed martial arts as well as other limited rule disciplines.
He has fought under 'A' class full Muay Thai rules and some of his bouts have been televised on programmes on Sky Sports, Eurosport and Channel Five networks. He has trained overseas in both Thailand and Australia, training Muay Thai boxing in its native land and mixed martial arts and kick boxing in Australia. He has trained for numerous years under the guidance of Paul Hamilton at Darlington Boxing and Martial Arts Academy and is currently a registered instructor at the gym.
Neil has trained with numerous other instructors over the years including UFC fighters Matt 'The Terror' Serra and Kenny 'Kenflo' Florian, British Combat Association founders Geoff Thompson and Peter Consterdine and Jeet Kune Do instructors Rick Young and Larry Hartsell to name but a few.
He holds the rank of instructor with the British Combat Association and has been a front line police officer for almost 15 years. As part of his career in the police service he has spent over ten years as a police personal safety instructor teaching all aspects of police self defence and 6 years as part of a tactical firearms team. This gives Neil invaluable knowledge in the real life aspects of self protection.
Since December 2008 Neil has achieved instructor status in the tried and tested Israeli self defence system of Krav Maga with the International Krav Maga Federation. He has studied this system with the worldwide known IKMF and has been lucky enough to be trained by Eyal Yanoliv the Head Instructor of the IKMF and a master level in the system as well as receiving tuition from other IKMF Global insructors.
Pro defence Krav Maga is the premier Krav Maga School in the North East of England. Krav Maga meaning 'Contact Combat' in Hebrew is the tried and tested Israeli self defence system. If you are wanting to learn no nonsense realistic self defence and how to deal with modern day conflict scenarios look no further than Pro defence Krav Maga.
Pro Defence Krav Maga's Krav Maga Darlington Classes are designed to allow you to train in a friendly, safe environment and learn realistic skills to aid you to defend yourself against unarmed, armed as well as multiple attackers.
Get fit, make new friends and learn invaluable skills that could aid you in having more confidence in any conflict situation.
Pro Defence Krav Maga is affiliated to the International Krav Maga Federation and works closely with The Institute of Krav Maga Sctoland to ensure our students access the very best in Krav Maga training.
At Pro Defence Krav Maga we use the experience and professionalism of the IKMF to provide training in the very best self defence system available to the general public
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