Hi my name is Matt Rudman I'm a 4th Dan Black Belt in Wado Ryu Karate and Kickboxing.

I am also owner of Cheltenham Martial Arts Ltd, a member of the Cheltenham BID board, author and I run a regular Facebook live and Podcast show called MindSet Explosion.

I first started Martial Arts aged 8 and I have been instructing Martial Arts full time since 2005.

I built my academy from nothing and have become an established centre in Cheltenham since 2007.

I owe a lot to my Martial Arts Instructor Stephen Thompson a 7th Dan and former World Kickboxing Champion for 10 consecutive years. Without his guidance I would never have gotten in to this as a career or business.

I worked self employed for Stephen from 2005 to 2013 after changing my career of an electrical engineer.

I started the academy under Stephen's business name and built it up very quickly. I bought the location in full from Stephen in 2013 and re-branded as Cheltenham Martial Arts. Stephen remains my Martial Arts Instructor and friend.

In 2012 we launched a Fitness Kickboxing class under the iLoveKickBoxing.com licence. I came out of the licence around 2014, as it was catering more to Franchise and we were the only place running the licence in the UK. Had I been based in USA, then I would most certainly taken the franchise on!!! However I wanted to make it more suitable for a UK market which is the main reason I came out. It worked best for the brand too as they stopped the licensing.

That being said the owner Michael Parrella later became my business coach and mentor. I have found it very difficult to find anyone else that can match his wisdom and knowledge within the Martial Arts Industry. I am also extremely grateful to his services provided and the team involved throughout that journey.

In 2017 I joined his Platinum Mastermind Program and regularly attending those events in New York throughout the year.

I have invested so much back in to improving my knowledge, service and product at my academy.

The Fitness Kickboxing classes grew very rapidly. We originally squeezed in 7 classes per week and they we maxed out most of the time. Sometimes we had to put 3 to a bag just to fit everyone in.

We later made more floor space and created a separate training room, we then added more and more classes. We now have 28 Fitness Kickboxing classes per week, as well as 24 Martial Arts Classes.

In 2018 we moved to a new academy and I am proud to say it looks so smart and completely different to anywhere else.

Introducing Fitness kickboxing took a big mindset shift from what we were already doing. I gave it everything I had left in me and made it a success while going through the most mentally challenging and difficult time of my life... By the time I made it my own business in 2013 I was suffering from depression. I want to share this with you, because if I can make this work as a successful class during those times when all I wanted to do was crawl under a rock and cry myself to sleep, then anyone can do this!

I have learned so much, what to do, how to do it and what not to do and how not to do it.

This course has been put together from the last 8 years of running Fitness Kickboxing and the 23 years martial arts experience, with 15 years as a full time instructor, along with the 7 years running a successful business.

I have tested everything and I am ready to share it with the world. I truly hope you are able to implement this in to your clients workout, I am confident that it will bring you a new clientele and for those brave enough, you may even want to start your own classes.

Please reach out for any help or guidance. Lets make a success together.

The rising tide, raises all ships.

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Matt Rudman