Real Combat System Instructors

Matthew Evans

After training for more than 14 years under the most severe conditions, through Geoff’s infamous ‘Animal Days’ and real life situations on the door, Matthew Evans is Geoff Thompson’s most senior instructor and is well versed in the art of real fighting. On top of this Matthew also held two British Vale Tudo (cage fighting) championship titles.

Now Geoff Thompson is no longer teaching on the seminar circuit he has handed the honour over to Matthew Evans who he considers the baton holder of his Real Combat System. Self-protection is needed now more probably than ever before.

Jeff Monson who is regarded as one of the best Heavy weight grapplers in the world and winner of the Adu Dhabi competition. Said that he had harder fights with Matty than he did in some of his international competitions.

Matty is with out doubt one of the best all round martial artists in Britain today and was a veteran of animal days by the time he was sixteen years of age. Fighting adults from the age of fourteen.

Training:

Real Combat System – Geoff Thompson
Judo – Neil Adams & Wayne Lakin
Boxing – Glen Smith
1st Dan Jiu-Jitsu – Dave Turton
Muay Thai – Bob Spour

Qualifications:

5th Dan B.C.A
1st Dan Karate
1st Dan Combat Jiu-Jitsu
Free-Style and Greco-Roman wrestling coach
2 x British Vale Tudo Champion

Tony Somers

Tony Somers is a unique character, Martial artist, Fire Fighter, Counsellor/Coach. As a martial Artist he trained under the Legendry Geoff Thompson who rates Tony as one of his top instructors and closest friends.

Tony concentrates a lot of his self-protection work around avoiding conflicts using communication skills as well as awareness and much more. He actually teaches conflict resolution to NHS staff and local councils.

As a serving fire fighter he was used to running into buildings just as everyone else was running out. He has seen things that most of us should and never will see human beings at both their best and their worst.

As a qualified counsellor he has worked in such diverse areas as bereavement, mental health and depression. He takes all of his vast life experience and uses it to motivate and inspire people. He has worked with top sportsmen and woman and helped them to achieve their dreams. He teaches businessmen and woman as well as the general public how to use and even overcome fear and in doing so live a much more fulfilling life.

Self Protection Qualifications:

5th Dan British Combat Association
1st Dan Shotokan Karate
1st Dan Combat Ju-jitsu (Dave Turton)
Free Style Wrestling coach
Trained in Western Boxing (Glenn Smith)
Trained in Thai Boxing (Bob Spour).

Motivation Qualifications:

Meta Medicine
Certificate in Humanistic counselling
Diploma in Humanistic counselling
Transactional Analyses 101 foundation
Course in Solution focused Therapy
Complicated Grief and Bereavement
NLP Master practitioner, Hypnotherapy and Time line therapy
Member of British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.