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 […]

MMA & BJJ Coach Mick Broster (Head Coach of 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, Birmingham, Redditch & Banbury) is now delivering Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) classes for beginner level students to advanced. Mick is a legend within both MMA & BJJ and is considered to be one of the best practitioners and coaches in […]

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, […]

Assistant Coach One of our newest team members, Will has been training for a period of 3 years and has competed in several Muay Thai and No-Gi Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu / Grappling competitions. Will regularly assists on our junior classes and helps with our student’s daily progression and development.  

Assistant Coach Haaris is also another of our long term students who has been training at the academy for a period of 10 years in this time he has competed in several Muay Thai competitions, as well as No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) / Grappling competitions. Again he is a regular assistant coach at our gym […]

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 […]

Ladies Only & Toddler Thai Coach Jaggy has been proactively training Muay Thai and competing professionally at both a domestic and international level now for several years and is our course leader for both our Ladies Only Muay Thai groups and our Toddler Thai classes. Jaggy has a great understanding of Muay Thai from both […]

Assistant Coach Harrison has been with our academy for a period of 10 years, training, competing, coaching, as well as continually learning and developing his own skills since starting training at the age of 7! He really enjoys working with both junior and adult groups and will be a regular feature on most of our […]

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.