Paul Cudmore
Paul Cudmore brings 43 years of martial arts experience with him in many different disciplines. Some of his qualifications are:
- Black belt in kickboxing
- Black belt in Kapatiran Arnis
- Black belt 4D combatives under Guro Bob Breen
- Instructor under Guro Terry Barnett in Intergrated Arts of JKD, Kali, Muay Thai and Boxing
- Black belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu under Royce Gracie
Paul started martial arts at the age of 17 with Shotokan Karate which he trained in for about 2 years. During that time he also started training in Lau Gar King Fu under Sifu Neville Wray. This he continued for around 6 years.
Coach Paul has alsp studied in depth boxing and Thai boxing and Kickboxing. He studied Filipino martial arts under Guru Bob Breen, Guru Jude Tucker and Guru John Harvey and Guro Terry Barnett.
Like most people he became aware of Gracie Jiu Jitsu after watching the first UFC in the early 90’s. Paul started training Judo and Sambo. Then after meeting Jon Hegan he began training at a Gracie Jiu Jitsu school run by Marc Walder. Marc hosted Royce Gracie on a couple of occasions at which he was able to attend.
Paul has continued to train in most of the disciplines mentioned above to the present day.
Paul was lucky enough to be invited to test for his black belt in Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu, being tested by Royce himself, and passed that test in 2019 in Oklahoma USA. He is one of only a handful of Royce Gracie Certified BJJ Black Belts in the UK.
