Russell Dennis has been training in Martial Arts for the majority of his life. He started Taekwon-do in 1986, which he continues to train in and develop his knowledge. He presently holds an 8th Dan black belt (Master level) and is still very active in the Taekwon-do community working as an International Instructor, umpire and grading examiner with the International Taekwon-do Federation (ITF). Master Dennis runs the instructors courses for ‘Taekwon-do Impact’ (London and the South East), has been a member of the ITF-England Discipline and Ethics committee and the ITF-England technical director. He is an Instructing Master for ITF-England and is still the technical director for the Taekwon-do Impact group and Senior instructor for the ‘Extreme Taekwon-do’ group. From the beginning Russell Dennis was always particularly interested in the self defence and realistic fighting side of Martial arts. He is also involved in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and runs ‘Extreme Fighters’ MMA gym in Redhill. Master Dennis has had several pro MMA fights (record of 4,1) and has several students who also compete in MMA. Master Dennis runs Taekwon-do schools in the Cheam, Dorking and Epsom areas and teaches students from 4years old to over 60.