Meet Our Instructors

Dave is an ex MMA fighter with a background in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Catch Wrestling and Muay Thai. He began his journey in the early 2000's at Rick Youngs blackbelt Academy in Edinburgh, and has since trained with Edinburgh Vale Tudo, Gracie Barra and attended seminars by Rodger Gracie, Muricio Gomez, Paul Mcveigh and various others. Dave set up his first club in Linlithgown in 2004 after competeing in the Glasgow MMA scene.

Barry is our assistant coach, with a diverse background in martial arts spanning many years. He deals with a lot of our striking coaching and assists students with technique.

Giles has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for six years but he has a long history of training in martial arts. He started at the age of six with Karate a bit of Wing Chun and Ninjitusu and in 2007 he found Brazilian Jiu-Jitusu and began training with Rick Young in Edinburgh. In 2010, he joined Royce Gracie Academy Scotland (now known as Connection Gracie), and then moved to Marcos Nardini Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the summer of 2016. Giles is based in Glasgow and heads up the Ronin Grappling team as well as holding seminars here and overseeing things at Skye MMA