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COBRA HYDE HEAD INSTRUCTOR
DANIEL POWELL
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Phone: 0747 042 66 77
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head Instructor.
PROFILE OF DANIEL POWELL
- Training in Martial Arts for over 27 years.
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- 6th Dan Black Belt (Masters Degree) in FMA: a combination of Freestyle Karate, Kickboxing and Ju-Jitsu.
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- 4th Dan Black Belt in Freestyle Karate.
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- 3rd Dan Black Belt in Muay Thai based Kickboxing.
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- 1st Dan Black Belt in Kick-Jitsu (mma based Ju-Jitsu and Kickboxing)
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- Fully qualified and certified Public Self Defence Instructor 2019, 2020,
2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
- CMAA 'Gold Member' in recognition of over 20 years continued service with the Association.
- Martial Arts student enrichment Instructor at Alder community high school.
- Martial Arts Instructor for Life Leisure gyms.
- Kickboxing and Self-Defence Instructor for Active Communities Network.
- Kickboxing Instructor at Cobra Gorton.
- Casual Instructor for Active Tameside.
- Recognised as a CMAA 'centre of excellence' for 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 AND 2023/2024.
- Completed 'First aid for Mental Health Awareness' course with Instruct UK.
- Nominated for the 'Coach/Instructor of the year' award at the Tameside Sport and Physical Activity Awards 2022.
- Nominated for the 'Unsung Hero' award at the Tameside Sport and Physical Activity Awards 2022.
- Cobra Hyde nominated for the 'Community Club or Group of the year' award at the Tameside Sport and Physical Activity awards 2022 and again in 2023.
- Level 3 Cadet Leader at the age of 11.
- Level 2 Assistant Instructor at age 16.
- Level 1 Instructor at age 18.
- Appeared in 'Fighters' magazine in 2003 Age 13.
- DBS enhanced disclosure; checked every 2 years.
- First Aid Trained. (renewed every year).
- Listed on the National Black belt register.
- Fully insured with Towergate Ltd.
- Completed Certificate of 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest' with UK Coaching.
- Completed the 'prevent' e-learning training course.
- Certificate of achievement for 'Prevent Covid 19' via Virtual College.
- Completed Online training for 'Infection prevention and Control' via Virtual College.
- Completed 'An introductiopn to GDPR training' via Virtual College.
- Completed online training course 'understanding young minds' via Virtual College.
- Covid Safe Martial Arts Instructor Certification.
- Delivered the Martial Arts section for a 'Mind for mental health' charity 24 hour exercise challenge.
- Progressed through Instructor training via the Martial Arts Instructor UK training programme.
For more details on the Martial Arts Instructor UK training programme, please visit:
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For more information about the DBS (Disclosure and Barring service), please visit:
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