STEVE WALTON

Steve is the coach at M1FC Joondalup

  • E.C.S.A British Pancrase Champion

  • T.F.F British Vale Tudo Champion

  • Silver Medalist in British Taekwondo Championships

  • 3 x Koryo Taekwondo Champion

  • World Muay Thai Kings Cup qualifier winner

  • National Submission League winner

  • 3 x British Thai Boxing squad member

Steve first got involved in martial arts training at age 8 when he watched his first movies starring Jackie Chan and the TV series ‘Monkey Magic’. Ever since his first lesson in Taekwondo he has been a student of martial arts and still enjoys the continuing learning and education that studying martial arts brings.

Training for over 26 years in martial arts, Steve has achieved numerous goals on his journey including being awarded his black belt in Taekwondo, his Advanced Instructor Award in Progressive Combat and has competed on a National and International level in Muay Thai, Submission wrestling, MMA and Taekwondo.  Steve has had a number of his fights broadcast on national television such as Sky Sports, Channel 5 and Eurosport.

After achieving his Black Belt, Steve moved onto practicing Eskrima, which he did for 3 years before moving onto Boxing, Muay Thai and Grappling then eventually BJJ in his late teens. Over this time Steve has absorbed as much knowledge as he could from training with some of the best instructors from around the world.

Previously located in England, Steve was recognised as a Self Protection Advisor to the Britsh Police Force teaching defensive tactics and specialist close protection and restraint skills to Self protection Police Instructors.

Steve was also awarded the rank of Britsh Combat Association Instructor under Geoff Thompson and Peter Constantine in the UK.

He has trained in Thailand under the former Muay Thai World Champion and ‘the Contender’ Series presenter Stephan Fox, as well as training with UFC champions Matt Serra, Forrest Griffin, Stephan Bonner and Muay Thai Champion Ronnie green.

Steve holds a  fitness qualification and is a qualified personal trainer. He reguarly attends courses and seminars to keep current with the ever changing fitness industry. He has used his experience of martial arts and fitness to teach various athletes and teams from other sports such as AFL and Rugby.

Steve has a real passion for teaching martial arts and thrives on passing his knowledge to members of M1FC. He brings technical striking skills as well as an experienced  ground game to share with the M1FC members from his extensive knowledge of the fight game. He teaches regular classes, one to one personal training as well as presenting self defence seminars at M1FC.