On this week’s podcast, the Motivated Martial artists – Jackson White & Gavin Cook talk to 9th Degree Black Belt Master Clive Harrison. Master Clive Harrison has over 50 years combined experience in the art, helping hundreds of students achieve their goal of Black belt and beyond. But where did he start? Master Harrison started martial arts in his 20s inspired by Bruce Lee he joined a local Kung Fu school he trained here for 5 years and then progressed into Traditional Wodoru Karate before joining one of the first UK Taekwondo schools run by Grand Master Don Adkins. Over the years clive ..read more

This week The Motivated Martial Artists (TMMA) Jackson White & Gavin Cook speak to the owner of the very successful Martial Arts School owner Andrew Arquines and one of his assistance instructors Rebecca Epperson. Andrew runs one of the USA most successful Skillz schools and talks about the benefits of running the Skillz syllabus in his Martial arts business. The podcast was recorded prior to lock down in the UK, but is a great recording to release as the UK Martial Arts Industry prepares to get back to classes inside.  Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/The-Motivated-Martial ..read more

On this week’s podcast the Motivated Martial artists – Jackson White & Gavin Cook talk to 2x WPMF Muay Thai World Champion and BJJ Purple belt, Rich Cadden. Rich is a seasoned Thai boxer with over a decade of experience in the Thai boxing world. He has held some prestigious titles, such as the ISAK British Champion belt at 62kgs, IKF European Championship belt at 64kgs and WPMF World Championship belt at 67kgs. He has also spent some time in Thailand both training and fighting,  gaining experience and developing his knowledge as a fighter, to be able to return to York to pass it on ..read more

On this week’s podcast the Motivated Martial artists – Jackson White & Gavin Cook talk to young and upcoming TAGB fighter Kieran Sullivan Kieran was born in Newport and started Karate when he was 4 years old he did this for a few years before finding a local TaeKwonDo club and joining with his older brother. He fell in love with the sport with lots of support from his parents training 5 days a week Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Keiren is now in university at nottingham and continues to train in taekwondo as a black belt and keen fighter. Keiren recently burst onto the f ..read more

This week Catherine Pearson gives the Motivated Martial Artists, Jackson White and Gavin Cook a unique insight into the long martial arts road she has travelled to become a world class taekwondo competitor. She takes us from the beginning of her journey to discover what it takes to become a world class fighter and patterns champion. A true motivational story which shows what dedication and hard work can achieve.     Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/The-Motivated-Martial-Artists-Podcast-111559296845377 ..read more

On this week’s podcast the Motivated Martial artists – Jackson White & Gavin Cook chat to the truly inspirational World Taekwondo Para (WT) Olympian & Multiple World International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) able bodied Sparing and Patterns champion, Amy Truesdale.  Amy Truesdale (born 20 January 1989) is a taekwondo practitioner who won Gold at the 2014 and 2017 Para Taekwondo World Championships. She was born without a left hand or forearm. She has been a competitor in Para Taekwondo since 2009. Amy is one of the pioneers of Para Taekwondo and talks openly about her achievements ..read more

This week the Motivated Martial Artists, Jackson White and Gavin Cook talk to Simone Blood one of the most successful point-fighters & Light contact fighters to come out of South Yorkshire.  In this episode Simon talks about his success in competitive sparring and how he has won multiple British & International titles as a points fighter and winning even more when he switched to Light contact remaining unbeaten ever since. Simon's roots are firmly etched in Tae Kwon Do but he has proved he is a versatile martial artist able to switch to fight any style. Tune in this week to hear ..read more

This week the Motivated Martial Artists Jackson White and Gavin Cook talk to Owner / Head Instructor of Ninja Tots and Kids, Victoria Foote. Victoria is a 4th degree black belt and started doing Martial Arts when she was just 17 years old joining a local class with her friend and falling for the art she carried on with taekwondo all the way through to university even starting up a taekwondo class at her university that still stands to this day.  Victoria achieved her black belt when she was 21 and has competed around the world including the Olympic Trials. Victoria decided to take on be ..read more

This week the Motivated Martial Artists Jackson White and Gavin Cook talk to Former 3x TaeKwonDo World Champion Debbie Hill  Debbie's first love in sport is Tae Kwon do which she is has been doing for over 29 years and she is a 6th dan Black belt. She has been teaching since 1996 in Wincanton and Gillingham. She was also in the British Tae Kwon Do team from 1996-2004. She has been fortunate enough to have competed all over the world from Holland, Poland and Russia to America and Australia, winning many titles including British, European and 3 consecutive individual world championship tit ..read more

This week the Motivated Martial Artists Jackson White and Gavin Cook talk to world gold medalist and 2x hall of famer David Breed. David Breed 7th Dan Blackbelt Chief Instructor & Founder Evade blackbelt schools. He gained his first black belt before he was 16, and followed this with winning various competitions in mixed disciplines across the UK including Taekwondo, Thai boxing, Freestyle Karate and Kickboxing. Being selected for the national team led to him competing all over the world and being offered the chance to fight for the infamous ‘Warriors’ Fight Team. After which he started t ..read more