ABOUT US
All Families Fight, We Just Wear Boxing Gloves!
CDA is a friendly and welcoming martial arts club based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. We are a Family business and pride ourselves on our open approach to Martial Arts training.
At our academy we offer classes for children, families and adults in Kickboxing, MMA street self defence and female self defence.
New students of all ages and abilities are always welcome at any of our classes!
Lee
Lee is Founder of Combined Defensive Arts and instructs at the CDA Academy. Lee has been studying martial arts since he was a child and has been instructing since 2008.
Lee has studied Judo, Karate, Kickboxing and Taekwondo achieving his second Dan Black Belt under master Willie Lim. Lee is an affiliate instructor under Bob Breen in 4d Combat, and an associate instructor in Phil Norman's Ghost Elusive Combat
Helen
Helen and both her children have been training at CDA for years. She is working towards her Black Belt in Kickboxing and is on the Street MMA programme also.
Helen has also studied Jui Jitsu.
Helen runs some of the Children's classes and is Lee's right hand 'Woman' on the mats when he is running the kids sessions, and runs kickboxing classes too.
Michael
Michael is the first person to be award an assistant instructor in the CDA system. He holds several grades in kickboxing from other systems and is currently studying to become an instructor in JKD under John Koeshall.
Michael is one of the few Black Belts in Kickboxing at CDA, you will see him running the Cardio, Kickboxing & S.MMA classes.
Andy
Andy (or Griff) has been with CDA since the beginning, a 4th degree black belt in TaeKwonDo and a tai chi practitioner, he is also rather capable at kickboxing too.
You will see Griff at gradings or covering the odd class for Lee.
Dan
Dan is our front of house members champion. Answering all questions regarding classes, fees kit and anything you want to know.
Dan is also training in our Kickboxing and self Defence classes.
Kyle
Kyle is one of our main assistant instructors. He runs lots of the children's classes and adult classes.
He is midway to his black belt in kickboxing and is on the Instructor development programme.
Fraser
Fraser is a class assistant instructor and you will see him in all the children's classes. He trains more times than anyone else at CDA and is an awesome kickboxer.
Ethan Morris
Ethan is one of CDA's few Black Belts in Kickboxing, he has been training since he was 8 yrs old and is a credit to CDA.
You will see him helping out in the children's classes and running a Cardio K-Box and kickboxing session or two.
CDA was founded from our passion to access all areas of martial arts and to offer our students a unique blend of techniques and training from around the globe.
By being open to the full spectrum of martial arts you quickly notice the similarities and not the differences in the many different styles. Cross-training allows you to fully explore your own potential as a martial artist without limitations. We want students interested in exploring their own style, and by exposing them to an array of traditional and non-traditional training we aim to develop them into rounded, confident and skilled individuals.
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"At CDA we work really hard to create what we call the CDA family, this means that we have each others backs, and are there to offer support both in and out of the gym. We really want every member to feel part of the family.
We use our Facebook family group to share our triumphs, stories and news."
Check out our little family on our CDA Family Group page.
Geetha
My 8 year old son has been attending for well over a year and absolutely loves his sessions. I highly recommend these classes to anyone who has children interested in attending.
James
What an awesome club! Between us we’ve done Ninja skillz, little Ninjas, women’s self-defense sessions, Cardio kickbox and the MMA boot camp – and we’ve enjoyed them all. I would thoroughly recommend CDA.
Steven
My son's confidence and concentration has dramatically increased as a result of attending CDA. Even though no one from his school went he made new friends and I can only attribute that to the welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Thanks to Lee and the team.
Rebecca
Friendly atmosphere, great teachers would highly recommend. I’ve only been going for a few months and it has made a great impact on, I’ve got more confidence and have made some good friends. Don’t think about joining just do it.