About
Us
Master
Wayne Edwards and Mandy Gott started Edwards Black belt
Schools in Manchester on the 5th of November 2001 and
Buxton Black belt Academy in September 2002 and Chorlton
Black belt Acdemy in 2007.
Master
Edwards is the Current World no 3 in his weight class
following his return from the WPKA world championships
in Cyprus this year.
He is currently the World Professional Kickboxing Association
British Team Coach and has been featured in Martial Arts
Illustrated.
Master Edwards has studied many disciplines of Martial
Arts and holds Black Belts in Freestyle Karate, Kickboxing
, Escrima and a senior grade in Thai Boxing.
Through
Master Edwards experience of teaching and coaching athletes
at an international level, he has devised a leadership
program which has been used by schools and has been very
effective in dealing with behavioral issues as well as
teaching young people how to tackle bullying.
Mandy
Gott has had a great deal of competition experience and
her highest ranking of number 2 in the the country. She
has also been on the British team.
Mandy
has been a pioneer in teaching Ladies only programs and
the award winning Little dragons program which is aimed
at the 4yrs to 6yr age groups.
Together
the couple have brought a whole new angle to the family
martial arts world and are pleased to share it with the
community.
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TESTIMONIALS
Joel
has built a lot of confidence since joined kickboxing
in may 2004, he has built up a lot of muscle . Joel
was bullied till he started kickboxing.
Sam Jones
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Black
Belt Academy are words I can say with pride. I used
to get bullied frequently at school but when I turned
to the Black Belt Academy they showed me how to deal
with such problems. They have also done wonders for
my confidence. I try things and give them a go.
There is one major thing that they have taught me though
and that is ‘You can do anything if you put your mind
to it’
Jack Ashcroft
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Glen
age 13 I Joined because of school. I like sparing the
best.
Glen Duncan
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Milo
continues to enjoy his kickboxing sessions. He particularly
enjoys the weapons classes, learning the different routines.
He is confident and assertive.
Janet Waters
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black belt academy my partner Darren Collingwood and
children Megan and Jake have grown in confidence and
as well as keeping them healthy they enjoy doing it
as a family.
K. G. Birtles
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My
name is Darren Collingwood I am 32 and have been at
the Buxton Black Belt Academy now for a year, along
with two of my children Megan 11and Jake 8, initially
I intended for them to take classes.
I wanted them to gain fitness learn self defence but
the main reason was to increase their self confidence
as they are quite shy.
I saw how much they enjoyed their classes and decided
to join as well, I liked playing football at the time
and was already quite an athletic person I thought this
would be more challenging, and I was right, plus it
is a lot more rewarding than getting up early every
Sunday morning only to loose another game due to lack
of team effort.
We are all pleased when grading comes around, so we
need to put in the effort and focus
Darren Collingwood
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