Martial Arts Studio
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Build confidence, sharpen self‑discipline, and develop real‑world skills in a safe, welcoming atmosphere. Our beginner‑friendly classes, personal sessions, and result‑focused training help you grow at your own pace — whether you’re here for stress relief, weight loss, full‑body conditioning, or to boost mental toughness.
We also offer anti‑bullying and de‑escalation training, along with real situational scenario work to improve your awareness and everyday confidence. Led by a very friendly instructor, this is your space to learn, progress, and enjoy your martial journey.
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Our Services
Personalised Training
- Personal tailored programmes – Custom‑designed training plans built around your goals, abilities, and experience.
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One‑to‑one sessions – Focused individual coaching for faster progress and deeper skill development.
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Intensive bespoke programmes – High‑impact, results‑driven training designed for rapid improvement.
Specialist Self‑Defence & Awareness
- Ladies’ self‑defence courses – Safe, empowering training tailored specifically for women.
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Specialist awareness & weapons training – Advanced skills focused on awareness, avoidance, and realistic threat understanding.
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Seminars on request – Specialist sessions available for groups, organisations, or community settings.
Flexible Training Options
- 45‑ or 60‑minute sessions – Choose the duration that suits your schedule and training intensity.
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Fully qualified and experienced instructor – Professional guidance ensuring safe, effective, and confidence‑building training
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Small workshops (max 4 students) – Close‑attention coaching in a supportive, small‑group environment.
Martial Arts & Competitive Expertise
- Coaching informed by a Southern Area MMA Champion, bringing high‑level competitive knowledge into every session.
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Kick‑Thai‑Boxing competitor experience, offering advanced striking, footwork, and conditioning.
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Full‑contact stick‑fighting competitor, providing specialist weapons‑based training and scenario‑driven drills.
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What We Do
Exeter Tier 1 Martial Arts & Fitness Studio provides specialist, real‑world martial arts and self‑protection training for both men and women. The studio combines competitive experience in MMA, Kick‑Thai‑Boxing, and full‑contact stick fighting with professional close‑combat instruction delivered to military, police, and international tactical teams. Alongside bespoke self‑protection courses, the studio offers structured fitness training, situational awareness coaching, and practical de‑escalation skills designed to build confidence, resilience, and real‑world capability.
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Our Arts and Disciplines
At Exeter Martial Arts and Fitness Studio we offer a range of Martial arts practices
JUN FAN ( JEET KUNE DO ) JKD
GURU DAN INOSANTO
MUAY-THAI BOXING
Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do (JKD) is the original martial art system developed by Bruce Lee before he expanded his philosophy into the wider Jeet Kune Do Concepts approach. “
Jun Fan” was Bruce Lee’s Chinese name, and this system preserves the structured, curriculum‑based methods he personally taught.
Jun Fan JKD focuses on maintaining Bruce Lee’s core principles, techniques, and training methods, while JKD Concepts builds on that foundation by integrating additional arts such as Muay Thai Boxing, Brazilian Jiu‑Jitsu, and Kali/Escrima. Together, they offer a powerful blend of tradition, evolution, and functional combat training.
Guru Dan Inosanto, a Filipino‑American martial artist and one of Bruce Lee’s closest students and training partners, is widely recognised as a leading authority on Jeet Kune Do.
He has played a major role in preserving and spreading the original Jun Fan JKD structure while also shaping the expanded JKD Concepts approach.
Through his worldwide teaching and his blend of multiple martial arts systems, Guru Inosanto is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and influential instructors in the JKD community.
The Thai Boxing Association of the USA, founded by Ajarn Surachai Sirisute, has played a major role in introducing authentic Muay Thai to the United States.
Known as the “science of eight limbs,” Muay Thai uses hands, elbows, knees, and shins to create a powerful and versatile striking system.
Training typically includes pad work, bag work, sparring, and conditioning, building strength, endurance, discipline, and mental toughness.
Muay Thai striking covers all major ranges, using sharp boxing skills such as jabs, crosses, hooks, and uppercuts, combined with powerful shin‑driven kicks aimed at the legs, body, and head.
Close‑range weapons like elbows and knees are key tools for generating knockouts, especially inside the clinch, where fighters learn to control an opponent’s posture while delivering decisive strikes.
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FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS
FMA PANANTUKAN (Dirty Boxing)
FMA SILAT
Also known as Kali, Arnis, or Escrima, Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) is a highly practical combat system from the Philippines, traditionally taught with weapons first—especially sticks, knives, and blades—before translating those skills into empty‑hand techniques.
Passed down to me through my instructor, Guru Dan Inosanto, FMA is defined by its focus on timing, flow, and angular movement rather than brute force.
Its core principles include weapons‑based training, direct transfer of techniques to empty‑hand combat, and a complete arsenal of strikes, punches, elbows, knees, joint locks, grappling, disarms, and counters.
Panantukan, often called “dirty boxing,” is a highly practical close‑range striking art that goes far beyond Western boxing.
It incorporates elbows, forearms, shoulder strikes, head control, off‑balancing, limb destructions, hammerfists, backhands, low‑line attacks, trapping, and grappling. Its movements are heavily influenced by Filipino knife and stick fighting, giving the system a uniquely tactical and adaptable approach to real‑world combat.
Filipino Silat is a comprehensive Southeast Asian martial art known for its fluid, rapid, and highly effective movements, combining specific weapon work with close‑quarter combat skills.
In the Philippines, Silat places strong emphasis on trapping, striking, and locking at very close range.
Guru Dan Inosanto, a student of the late Bruce Lee, has been a key figure in popularising Filipino Martial Arts worldwide; his extensive training in Silat has helped integrate its techniques into modern martial arts systems.
SHOOT WRESTLING
COMBAT SUBMISSION WRESTLING (CSW)
Shoot wrestling is a Japanese combat sport that emerged around 1984, blending elements of pro wrestling with real submission, takedown, and striking techniques drawn from catch wrestling, judo, and kickboxing. Popularised by Satoru Sayama, it aimed to create a more realistic and competitive alternative to scripted pro wrestling.
Its emphasis on genuine submissions, effective striking, and dynamic grappling heavily influenced the development of modern MMA, leading to the creation of systems like Shooto and Pancrase, which helped shape the early era of mixed martial arts.
Combat Submission Wrestling (CSW), created by Sensei Erik Paulson, is a hybrid grappling and striking system designed for real fighting, MMA, and self‑defence.
It blends catch wrestling, Brazilian Jiu‑Jitsu, judo, sambo, Muay Thai, Western boxing, French savate, STX Kickboxing, and shoot wrestling—where Paulson was a world champion.
Known for his encyclopaedic submission knowledge and influenced heavily by Guru Dan Inosanto, Paulson helped pioneer style‑blending long before MMA became mainstream.
CSW emphasises flow‑based grappling, submission‑heavy techniques, leg locks, cranks, transitions, positional sparring, and both gi and no‑gi training, creating a complete, MMA‑ready system that bridges striking and grappling seamlessly.