Matt Hudd Martial Arts
proudly serving Hereford since 2006
Matt Hudd Martial Arts has Classes in Hereford, Perfect for Kids, Teens, and Adults Martial Arts Lessons.
Who We Are And Why You Should Train Here
Since we’ve opened, we’ve been dedicated to changing the lives of people one person at a time, through martial arts, education and coaching. We strive to provide a safe, comfortable and welcoming atmosphere for all students and family members. We take pride in creating an environment for individuals to achieve, develop and succeed in their personal goals.
We strongly believe that martial arts can be for everyone, regardless of age, gender or experience levels. Throughout all of our programs, students will not only learn the necessary skill sets to protect themselves, we stand behind our realistic and practical approach, confident it will enable every member to achieve greatness and live their best life..
GET TO KNOW OUR WORLD CLASS COACHES
Matt Hudd
(Founder & Chief Instructor)
Matt Started his training at the age of 7 years old. He has studied a whole range of different martial arts and holds 7 black belts and is also a level 2 Tai Chi instructor under Steve Rowe.
Matt is also a NLP Master Practitioner and a certified hypnotherapist.
His passion apart from Martial Arts is personal development and his mission is to help as many people with their mental well being as possible.
Xav Lett
Xav started learning martial arts in his mid-teens studying Chat Ying Kuen Kung Fu.
Following his career in the Armed Forces, he moved to Hereford Hereford in 2019 and began training with us in the Kung Fu and Tai Chi. He started volunteering later in 2019 as a coach, and joined the team full time in 2020.
Xav coaches in Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Little Dragons, and Kung Fu Kids classes and also trains in Silat. He achieved his Brown Sash in Kung Fu in 2023 and enjoys sparring, form work and weapon training.
In his spare time he is a Viking reenactor, a hobby which has led him to begin learning and coaching in the Scandinavian martial art of Laustak which he has recently started teaching to students at Matt Hudd Martial Arts.
Erin Dromgoole
She teaches the Kids Kung Fu and the Beginners Tai Chi, and
is training with Steve Rowe to earn her Shikon Tai Chi Instructors qualification.
George Dixon
George has been training with us since 2021. A Martial Arts Geek, he trains in all of our club’s Disciplines, and also holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. He began his Martial Arts Journey back in 2014.
George is a full time coach at the centre, and he believes in helping students achieve whatever goal they’ve set out for themselves. Always with a smile on his face, he also enjoys a spot of amateur film and theatre acting in his spare time, as well as being a Tabletop RPG player and Game Master, as well as an enjoyer of Anime and Manga.
Aaron Craze
Bio coming soon
Andy Senior
Andy is one of our oldest coaches, sorry I mean longest serving Coaches! Andy also came initially to try the Tai Chi class but then soon got hooked on the Kung Fu. He has also had a lot of experience in meditation and brings a lot into our classes.
Nikki Smith
Nikki started her martial arts journey studying Kung Fu as a teenager before moving on to study kickboxing at the age of 19. She has been training under Matt for 13 years, and is his longest standing student.
Nikki holds a purple belt in Chinese kickboxing and coaches both the ladies only and the mixed adult kickboxing classes. Having taken up tai chi at the centre 2 years ago, she has recently started to coach tai chi as well.
Ian Harris
Ian initially started training in our Tai Chi classes and since then has started training in our Chinese Kickboxing and Kung Fu classes. His goal is to be the oldest person to achieve their Black belt with Matt. It is currently the age of 53!
Ian has achieved his purple belt in Chinese Kickboxing and blue sash in Kung Fu. He’s a great inspiration in demonstrating that age is just a number.
THINK YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO JOIN OUR SWATS (SPECIAL WINNING ATTITUDE TEAM)
At our club we believe in developing our students and helping them to achieve their full potential. Those that show the right characteristics in our classes get invited to join our SWATs. Being a SWAT means joining the coaching team, helping the lead coach by running warmups, assisting other students in class when they are struggling, and being called on in class as an example of good attitude and technique for the other students to look up to. SWATs attend monthly meetings to learn valuable skills around Leadership, Responsibility, and helping to run Martial Arts classes, arming them with skills they can take forward with them not just in the martial arts, but in life as well.
GET TO KNOW OUR AMAZING OFFICE STAFF
Bryony Hudd (Admin and Front of House
Bryony, apart from being Matt’s wife, does an amazing job behind the scenes for our academy.
Bryony also trains in the Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Chinese Kickboxing when she can. She openly admits that she would never have thought about training in martial arts before meeting Matt, however she feels that she has really benefitted from doing so.
Jane Bennett (Admin and Social Media)
As well as knowing Matt since his ‘birth-day’ (she is his sister), Jane has worked as a Therapist for many years and is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Reiki Master and Teacher, Sound and Energy Healer, and also a Laughter Yoga teacher. Jane has run sessions for Herefordshire Mind, Echo, Aspire, the Girl Guides and many of our Herefordshire residential homes.
Jane specializes in Hypnoanalysis, which is regression, inner child, free association, and past life regression, as well as Sound Healing using gongs, drums, singing bowls and other instruments. Jane, and Andy Senior run our Meditation sessions here at the centre.