James Eustace — 28yrs
Position within Holistic M.A.S.
Instructor
Personal Background
Born in Birmingham although left when 2 years old and moved to sunny Portugal for 10 years! Have lived on and off in London since coming back to the UK in between a couple of years in Brighton and 4 years at Derby University studying tourism.
Martial Arts Background
Started my training in Karate when I was 9 years old in Portugal and continued till my family moved back to the UK. Trained in Lau Gar Kung Fu for 2 years until I found kickboxing at the age of 16 and fell in love with it. Since then I have studies different styles of kickboxing including Kyokushinkai, Lau Gar, PKA and now with Holistic. It is amazing how different they all are!
Favourite technique
I love my speed techniques so it would have to be a nice quick, sharp side kick!
Grades held
1st Dan Black Belt Kickboxing (GBMAA).
Brown Belt Kyokushinkai Kickboxing
Blue Belt PKA Kickboxing, Blue Belt Lau Gar Kung Fu
Hobbies
Apart from Kickboxing my other love has to be travel. I work in the travel industry and have been fortunate to have travelled to many different places over the years with work, and through concession holidays!
Why Holistic?
I'm a big fan of free style Martial Arts and Holistic suits me. Instead of having a narrow view of Kickboxing, Holistic brings together different styles and even incorportates other Martial Arts into training such as Kung Fu and Boxing. But more important than that is the people. We have some fantatic characters at the club and it makes such a difference to train with and teach people with so much enthusiasm.
