Meet The Instructors
Bradley simmonds
IKMF E1 Head Instructor
Brad takes a realistic approach to the way in which techniques are taught. He offers real world experiences and the knowledge to help you avoid dangerous situations, and the expertise to help you get out of them. Brad adds into his training his own experiences of violent encounters, to add to the realism of the training, and to give the students a view of real world encounters from both perspectives, attacker and defender.
Brad has a background in boxing & has been doing Krav Maga for circa 10 years. He has trained in Israel a number of times & has attended the G Camp & Most recently E Camp where he attained his IKMF Expert rank. The non linear approach of Krav Maga is what brought him to the system & moving away from the ‘one on one’ attacker scenarios to multipke attackers that are more common place in urban environments.
Brad is DBS cleared & First Aid Trained.
Steve Sodeau
IKMF G4 Instructor
Steve has been an IKMF instructor since 2014 and qualified as a children’s and women’s instructor in 2015, in 2019 he reached G4 grade, he uses his military experience and ethos to create fun hard-working lessons to ensure his students understand the techniques and principles of Krav Maga.
Steve has been into physical training and combat sports since he was a child. While serving in the British army he conducted physical training sessions as an instructor for 16 years to a various level of soldiers gaining various qualifications along his career.
Steve left the British Army in 2016, he continues to instruct and promote physical fitness and (his passion) self-defense daily. He has an enhanced DBS and is also a first aid instructor.
Steve has a ‘no prisoner’ approach to his students as he believes all can achieve their goals
Norman Benzera
IKMF G2 Instructor
Norm is a fully qualified IKMF Instructor gaining his G1 instructor qualification in July 2017. Commited to his continual development and to ensure he continues to deliver top quality classes he has just (march 2018) passed and gained his G2 qualification and he will be there to pass on his knowledge and skills to teach you authentic Krav Maga, straight from the source in Israel.
I was taught, trained, tested and graded by 3 highly respected and top Israelis IKMF Krav Maga Experts These are Tamir Gilad Head of IKMF Krav Maga Testing Expert Level 5 The Incredible Guy Bilia Expert Level 3 & Israel Cohen Expert Level 3 Head of IKMF Swat & Military also known as “The Devil”…………And Not forgetting several days training with Dave Stevens U.K Expert level 2 and an E.I.T (One of the special Non Israelis who are Masters in this Defence System teaching across Europe)
I completed the Civillian Instructor Course earlier this year and qualified in July 2017 and am very excited to train and teach KM to my future students.
I like to challenge my students with exciting Krav Maga Classes and programes that will teach you authentic Krav Maga – Ultimate Fighting Skills and Self Defence.
Anjuim Moied
IKMF G3 Instructor
Anjuim has a background in martial arts & has been practicing Krav Maga for circa 7yrs where the more reality focused training moved him away from the traditional martial arts. Anjuim passed the IKMF CIC course under the instruction of three of the top Krav Maga Experts in the world Avi Moyal, Tamir Gilad & Israel Tamir he currently holds the rank of G3. His approach is to teach his classes as close as you can get, to the realities of a violent encounter, while always providing a safe environment to train in.
Anjuim has also been weapons trained by Mark Knowles (ex SF) with certifications in multiple weapon systems .
John Whittingham
IKMF G1 Instructor
John is a new member of KMS, passing his CIC in 2019 and gaining his Graduate Level 1 under the training & instruction of the IKMF Global Instructor Team. Prior to this he trained under Bradley Simmonds of Kravology (KO) Krav Maga for a number of years. During his time at KO he has also attended numerous seminars held by the Israeli GIT. John has trained in a variety of martial arts including Karate and Boxing but has found his passion with Krav Maga where the realistic approach to real world self protection placed it above other the traditional martial arts.
John joined HM Armed forces in 2003, and is still a full time serving member of the Army, bringing a different dynamic to his training and teaching. His experience of real world encounters & combative knowledge brings a unique approach. He is based Near Oxford.
Alex Samios
IKMF G1 Instructor
Alex started IKMF Krav Maga In 2014, after having seen his son grade. He continued training until November 2015 when a shoulder injury and subsequent operation stopped his progression. Alex started training again in 2017 returning to Krav Maga and Kravology in April the same year and has not looked back since.
Under the instructorship of Bradley Simmonds he achieved P4 before embarking on civilian instructor course. Alex passed the CIC in 2019 and obtained his G1 grade under GIT’s Marcus Torgerson and Israel Tamir. Two of the greats!
Alex is employed as a Border Force officer currently responsible for training officers in control and restraint techniques, this includes the use of various restraints and batons as a last resort. This role also involves identifying and de escalating potential volatile situations.
Early on he dabbled in a couple of martial arts including Traditional Ju Jitsu, but never really stuck at anything.
Krav Maga is so different in that all movement is very natural and because of this makes it easier to learn, remember and execute under stress.
With the way the world is going Alex feels that everybody should be equipped with skills that give them a fighting chance. IKMF Krav Maga is that system.
Alex is First Aid trained.