Where we came from

Sifu Ian Mudie

Sifu Ian Mudie began training in 1989 with full contact kickboxing, when the club he was training at closed in 1992 he joined the newly opened Bodmin Lau Gar Kung Fu school.

After two years Ian realised Lau Gar lacked the street effectiveness he was looking for and began crosstraining in Judo, Aikido, freestyle karate and Taekwon-do. In 1995 he heard about Sifu Bob Gilchrist of Impact Martial Arts Academy Newquay and after one lesson stopped all other training to concentrate on Jeet Kune Do, Kali and Silat.

When Sifu Bob was forced to retire due to ill health in 1997 Sifu Ian took over the Newquay school and began his instructors training with Sifu Dave Carnell. Soon after Rich Jahn, who had previously trained with Ian in kickboxing and Lau Gar and had in the intervening years been studying Thai Boxing joined the school. Rich is now the assistant instructor at the Bodmin Academy.

Impact Bodmin

Bodmin school was opened in October 1999. The increasing number of students made a full time academy possible which opened on Cooksland Industrial Estate in May 2002, by late summer the academy had out grown the premises and moved to a larger unit on Woods-Browning Industrial Estate in November. The academy is now equipped with heavy bags, training dummies (and no we dont mean the students), stick dummy, wooden dummy, matted area for grappling, a weights and fitness room and martial arts equipment shop.

Benefits of training

Training at Impact Bodmin will help you develop practical and efficient self defence skills that work, improve your fitness, power, balance, speed and agility, build confidence, concentration and mental focus. Biomechanics, psychology, culture and history are also taught within the curriculum to give a deeper and therefore better understanding of the arts.

If you would like to learn more training with us please follow the link to our contact page.

 

 

 

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