INSTRUCTOR PROFILE Name: Yogendra Parekh Training Since: 1994 Fight record 18 Wins [9 by stoppage KO/TKO] 1 Draw 7 Loses Titles Held: Junior Career English and British Champion 52-55kg Adult Career X3 times English Champion 55-57.5kg British Champion 55-57.5kg UK no 1 at 60KG Previous Opponents: Liam Harrison (England) Thomas McCormick (England) Matius Kalo (Finland) […]

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE Name: Zoe Hoang Training Since: 2008 Another of our founding members at Black Widow Ward End, Zoe has trained and competed under Black Widow for several years now and works closely with our junior and adult students at our Ward End academy. Zoe also heads “Toddler Thai” sessions at our academy where she […]

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE Name: Naqqash Khan Training Since: 1994 Naqqash Khan is now WRSA Midland Area Champion & ISKA English Champion. He is one of our lead coaches and fighters at Black Widow Ward End branch, training under us for nearly 10 years. Naqqash has competed on several occasions and has a very strong fight record, […]

Ryan Price has been a student and an Assistant Instructor at Black Widow Martial Arts Academy now for several years, originally enrolling with us as a junior student, he has progressed over the years to become a fantastic Muay Thai practitioner and has completed our grading syllabus, alongside competing on several Interclub competitions himself and […]

Kevin has been a practitioner of Muay Thai for over 15 years and works as a part time coach across both our martial arts academies. His years of experience and knowledge has provided students with valuable support on their classes and development of their techniques.

Bushra is one of our female coaches at Black Widow and delivers Ladies Only Muay Thai classes at both Black Widow academies, she is also responsible for several ladies only projects external to our gyms. Bushra has been training Muay Thai for around 3 years now and has a great passion for developing a great […]

James is our resident Submission Wrestling/Nogi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach at both our Black Widow academies. He delivers classes to both junior and adult students at our gyms and has developed his grappling skills under 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu founded by world famous coach Eddie Bravo. James also competes under Pro MMA rules and has fought under […]

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE Name: Kay Magee Training Since: 2003 Kay is another of our long term instructors and fighters at our academies and she has been training for over 10 years and again brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of Muay Thai to her classes. Working with Black Widow students internally at our academies, as […]

One of our founding members at Black Widow Ward End branch, Paul has also become an assistant coach with us working with both adult and junior students in developing their skills and knowledge.