David has been training in the Martial Arts for twenty years now; he began aged 13 studying Karate with Bernard Creatons Martial Arts School. This training was to last until he was 16 years old.

Eventually branching away from Karate and keen to continue his study of the arts, David began to search for a new style that he felt would suit him. At the age of eighteen, he met the founder of Teh Ji Han Jeung Dao Kung Fu, Mr Chris Linstead. Impressed by the style and its philosophy's David decided to adopt this dynamic Chinese based Martial Art as his own. He was to spend the next 13 years of his life devoting countless hours a week to training within the Teh Ji Han Jeung Dao system. In 2000, he was awarded his senior black sash, a grade given to only three other students within the 30 years of the styles development. Since then David's quest to carry on developing the system has lead him to research some of the worlds most effective fighting systems, one such system is Escrima the mother art of the Philippines, David has successfully integrated the warriors Escrima Stick and Knife fighting techniques into his own art with the help and guidance of Guru Krishna Godhania head of the Warriors Association.

Parallel to this David has researched various Asian and Far Eastern combat arts over this period and has been both impressed and inspired by styles such as Wing Chun, Silat, Escrima, Tai Chi and Western Boxing.

His research has also taken him in the direction of both internal Martial and healing arts. He studies Yang style Tai-Chi Chuan with the president of the Longfei Tai Ji Quan Association and Asian Games Medallist, Simon Watson. This also includes the study of Buddhist and Daoist Qi Gong, and various meditation/longevity practices.

Now a fulltime professional Martial Arts teacher, David teaches both Martial Arts and Tai Chi classes at community level as well as corporate functions nationwide and feels that to further develop both the style and his school an open-minded attitude towards Martial Arts is required. It is his belief that this principle helps to expand both ones own skill and develops free thinking students. He believes to succeed in the Martial Arts does not take mysterious training rituals, rather hard work and lots of patience.

David's research into combative arts has taken him to the Far East, including Taiwan and Beijing. Where he has trained under such accomplished masters as Professor Li De yin, China's National Tai Chi coach. Master Wang Yanji of Sweden and Qi Gong Master Professor Zhang Gandge (Beijing) as well as throughout Great Britain to train with various experienced instructors and to represent his system at national seminars.