RGAA Instructors

Kevin first started boxing in 1986 as a junior and later had regimental trials for 32 Regiment Royal Artillery. Shortly after leaving the army Kevin started Tae Kwon Do at a local club before moving on to train in Jeet Kune Do with Neil Mcleod who is considered to be one of the best Jeet Kune Do instructors in the U.K. with qualifications and experience that are rarely matched. Under Neils guidance Kevin went on to study Judo at the Renrukan Judo Club in Aylesbury and Brazillian Jiu Jitsu with Mauricio Gomes and later his son Roger Gracie the Absolute Bjj World Champion and arguably the best grappler on the planet. Kevin now holds a purple belt under Roger and continues to train and compete for the Roger Gracie Academy in London, his most notable successes to date are silver medal in the 1st european championships blue belt teams event 2004, bronze medallist 2005 Gracie invitational (seni), gold medallist Urban Gorillas northern and southern open featherweight purple belt division 2007. Kevin has also competed in Judo and Pro Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competitions. He holds a 1st Dan Black Belt in Judo and a black belt in Jeet Kune Do Under Neil Mcleod.

Kevin was first exposed to serious fitness training in the Army and many of his methods stem from these early sessions. After leaving the Army Kevin qualified as a fitness instructor and fitness assessor at the prestigeous Premier Training Global fitness organisation in Oxford. Kevin also attends seminars at Cross Fit London, a fitness company that specialise in Olympic Weight lifting, body weight exercises, Olympic Rings, kettlebells and many more functional conditioning exercises.

Yasmine trained and competed in Judo as a junior up to the age of 15 before taking a 10 year break from the sport and came back on the scene with a vengence in 2006 winning a string of ground fighting tournaments and quickly reaching the grade of blue belt under Roger Gracie, she continues to train and compete for the Roger Gracie Academy in London. Having won the Gracie invitational in 2007 at white belt she went on to dominate and win gold again at the Gracie invitational at blue belt in 2008, with views to compete at a higher level in ground fighting in the near future yasmine is working on her gi and no gi game to achieve this. Yasmine also trains at the Mcleod Academy of mixed martial arts as she hopes to compete at a pro level in mma once her Brasilian Jiu Jitsu skills have been tested at a high level.

Yasmine has a keen interest in sports therapy and injury prevention and recovery and is working towards becoming a qualified sports therapists to compliment her training and utilise these skills at the RGAA team.