Chris Oakley (2nd Dan Club Chief Instructor) first started training with Dave Morris (7th Dan)as a karate student at the age of 6 years old.
In 1997 Chris won the WKA British Championship Gold medal and went to compete inthe Intercontinental Chapionships in Dublin where he won a Silver medal as part of the Great Britian karate team.
In 1998 Chris switched codes to kickboxing, still under the tuition of Dave Morris and avenged his Intercontinental defeat by beating the same person and gaining the WKA British Title at "The Storm" fight night in Manchester. Chris went on to win the British Title in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He also won 2 WAKO Junior British Championships. He represented England in the 4 Nations Championships and was a regular in the GB Kickboxing squad winning a World Silver medal in Denmark 99.
Chris was regarded at the club as one of the finest youngsters to come through the Elite Kickboxing youth ranks. He was known at the club for his slick footwork and lightning fast hand speed. He left the club at the age of 17 and was recently re-united with his coach Dave Morris to instruct at Bramhall.
Dave Oakley (2nd Dan and Club Instructor) first started training in Shukokai Karate at the age of 6 under Dave Morris (7th Dan).
Through 1997 Dave fought in Karate competitions throughout the UK getting Bronze in the British Championships that year.
In 1998 Dave began to compete in Kickboxing as well as Karate and his first bout was in “The Storm” fight night in Manchester in which he beat the reigning British Champion.
Dave went on to compete at national level, winning his first British Title.
From 1998 to 2000 Dave was named British Champion a total of 6 times, fighting in the WKA, BIKMA, WAKO & WUMA British Championships. He also went on to be crowned the North East Champion and won a Silver Medal in the 1999 World Championships in Denmark fighting for Team Great Britain. Dave represented Lancashire in the UK’s largest fight night “Clash of the Titans” and represented England in the 4 Nations Championships held in Glasgow.
Dave along with his twin brother was regarded as one of the clubs best fighters, known for a strong chin and powerful fighting style, In 4 years of regular competition Dave was never knocked down. At the age of 16 Dave decided to pursue Rugby instead of Kickboxing and has recently rejoined the club to help coach at Bramhall.
Vic Scott (Judo Black belt/BJJ Purple Belt) started martial arts training 1990 at the famous Moss Side boxing club ‘Champs Camp’. After training there for 2 years and having 10 amateur boxing matches (9-1-0) he went to University in London and started to train in Thai Boxing. Vic practiced Thai for another 7 years during which time he won several local titles and a British title. Due to injuries sustained in Thai Vic looked to the grappling scene to satisfy his hunger for the fighting arts and opted for submission wrestling in 2000. He started to train in Wythenshawe with the notorious Barry ‘The Bastard’ Scargill where he added to his success in Thai by winning 3 British titles at Heavyweight. Due to the publicity BJJ was getting at the time (mainly due to UFC coverage) Vic switched to BJJ and after 2 years in this martial art gained the Heavyweight European title in 2005. After achieving silver in the defence of his title the year after Vic noticed that the stand – up side of BJJ was weak, and added Judo training to his BJJ. He gained his black belt after just 1.5 years and is currently training with the GB Judo team to help them in their preparation for the 2008 Olympic game!
John Salt (6th DAN and Association Chief Instructor)
Dave Morris (7th DAN and Association President)