Nick Hewitson truth 10 pages from the USMTA website. The facts.

Can those organisations or individuals mentioned for the Thai Boxing verify his 120 fights, title dates, opponents,? Take a read of this then!!!!!!!!! Some wopping porkies!!!! Surrounded by perhaps some truths and witnesses that don�t know the difference between good and bad Muay Thai or individuals that have never seen it in their entire lives. I want to know if all the famous Thai gyms mentioned or Tony Moore, Master Sken, Master Toddy, Mster Yodtong, Master Lec, Bob Spour, Mster.Pimu etc etc have ever seen him fight in the 120 undefeated fights!!! Featuring fighters killed during combat, broken limbs, juggernaut crushings, teaching green berets, winning two world thai boxing titles, training with every top instructor in Muay Thai in UK! undefeated records, Olympic invitations, breaking thai opponents femurs, teaching girls to K.O five out of 6 assailants, (sorry that was different article) it doesnt stop.He is reying on the fact that people dont check it all out. I know personally that he has not had 120 thai fights!!! This is a fact. Please entertain yourself.


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Kru Nick Hewitson was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 1966, He started his martial arts training at the age of three, in Tae kwon do and Tang so do whilst living in America. His parents were travelling around the world on business, and so he was placed in a of the physical fitness regime at the school so 3 times a week he was taught Tae kwon do and Tang so do. He passed his junior black belt in Tang so do just after his eighth birthday.

His family moved back to the UK in 1975 and Once again Nick was lucky Tae kwon do training. In about Junior and national titles in athletics & cross-country, however out running one night, he was involved in a hit and run accident, which resulted in his shinbones being smashed. He thought his sporting career was over as he could hardly walk.

His Tae kwon do instructor at the time had been studying with a from Thailand called Master Thonsaphon Sitiwatjana (Toddy). coach for Thailand's Tae kwon do squad, but had told Nick's instructor that the Thai boxers train their shins to be very strong as they both kick as well as block using them. Nick's instructor him to help build his shins up. Master Toddy was initially apprehensive because he did not think the Westerners could take the hard training of the Thai boxers, but he eventually relented and started a class. He would only take black or brown belts, and most of the students were hard and brutal. The fall out rate was quite high, but Nick stuck with it and after about twelve months of this punishing training, his shins were fully repaired and considerably stronger than before. He continued his Muay Thai training alongside his Tae kwon do.

Nick continued to train with Master Toddy as well as another Muay Thai teacher, Master Sken. He was also an ex-member of Thailand's Tae kwon do squad and he too had a formidable Thai boxing record. He had to flee to the UK to escape death from gangsters who wanted him to throw a fight and so came to stay in the UK with Toddy. Master Sken was completely different to Toddy. He is a tremendous kicker with great speed and skill and is also a good technical fighter and instructor. Toddy was all strength and power. Pound for pound he was awesome, and though the training with him was rather brutal one became superbly conditioned to fight.

Nick had his first Muay Thai fight at the age of fifteen, against an ex -professional boxer who was 25 years old. The boxer had twenty-three western boxing fights before moving over to Full Contact Karate and then to Muay Thai. From the first bell Nick just outclassed him. Nick had always been a powerful kicker and he just picked off his opponent with leg kicks every time he tried to throw a punch and combinations of roundhouse kicks to the head and body. In the second round, Nick took a roundhouse kick to the mid-section which broke two of his ribs. The pain was intense & doubled him up. His opponent stepped across & caught him with a hook to the side of the jaw but Nick managed to stay on his feet and get through the second round. As he came out for the third round his opponent came out swinging. Nick kept him away with front kicks & counter punches until he stepped across, and as he turned to throw a big right hand, Nick connected with a roundhouse kick square on his jaw. The kick lifted his opponent off his feet. Knock out 1 minute 10 seconds into the third round.

Nick continued his Tae kwon do training and in 1982 was awarded his black belt (Chodan) by Master Y.K.Kim of South Korea he also earned his black belt in Tang so do (Shodan) under Shawn McCormack. This was also the year that Nick�s unbeaten competition career started; initially with regional & national competitions. That year nick won the W.K.A Midland Kick Boxing Championships, competing in seven fights over the course of the day .He won all seven fights, five of which by knockout which also won him the competitor of the day. He also won the British Mid-west Tae kwon do association championship, winning the black belt division, in one step and three step sparring, together with the breaking competition. He also won the E.A.S.T. (Eagle Advanced Super Tae kwon do) British championship, winning the black belt division and beating twelve opponents in the process (seven by knockout). Nick also fought in the Northern Thai boxing championship, beating his opponent with a third round technical knockout.

The following year Master Thonsaphon Sitiwatjana awarded Nick the grade of instructor from the British association of Thai martial arts (B.A.T.M.A). He continued to compete every weekend in Tae kwon do, Kickboxing or Karate competitions as well as several Muay Thai fights held at Picket�s Lock in London. Nick also went on to retain his British title in Eagle Advanced Super Tae kwon do. This time winning all eighteen fights in the black belt and open divisions, (sixteen of which were by knock out.) He also successfully passed his Second Dan grading in Tae kwon do (Yidan) and Tang so do (Judan)

In 1984 Nick began working as a full time instructor at the Milton Keynes Academy of Martial arts. This was the first purpose built martial arts center in the UK. This was a great opportunity for Nick as the center was open seven days a week. So it allowed him to train full time. When he wasn�t teaching either Tae kwon do, Tang so do or Muay Thai, he was studying other martial arts. During his time there he trained under Master Simon Lau in Wing Chun Kung fu he also studied Nambudo karate, Escrima and Arnis under Guru Tony Allen. During this year he fought and won twenty-two fights in the UK and Europe in Muay Thai and won five British titles with five different Tae kwon do Organizations. He also retained the British Middleweight Advanced Super Tae kwon do title for the third consecutive year, and also won the European Super Tae kwon do title for the first time. In May of that year Nick took a very active part in the Milton Keynes Academy of Martial Arts demonstration which was televised & in which Nick gave demonstrations in the arts of Tang so do, Full Contact Tae kwon do and Escrima.

During this time Nick was continuing to travel up to Manchester at weekends to train with Master Toddy and Sken. The instructors� courses at that time were something of a star-studded event, having probably the greatest collection of fighters and champions from the various Martial art contact sports; (five times World Thai boxing champion) Ronnie Green, Ladies World Thai Boxing Champions, Ann Quinlin & Lisa Howarth, World Full Contact Karate Champion Howard Brown, as well as World Thai Boxing Champion Pele Nathan, European Champions Edge Brown, Peter Feely, Owen Corrie, Nigel Howlett, Brian Walker & many more.

Later that year Nick got to showcase his kicking skills as a training partner for the former World P.K.A. Middleweight Full Contact Karate Champion Bill (Superfoot) Wallace, during the Giko World martial arts spectacular being held in Birmingham. This was a showcase event for some of the best known martial artists in the world such as Dan Inosanto (J.K.D), Eric Lee (Kung Fu), Tadashi Yamashito (Karate & Weapons), Cynthia Rothtrope (Wushu) & Joe Chung (T.K.D.).

In 1985, Nick traveled to the U.S.A. to study Jeet Kune Do with Dan Inosanto and together with fellow Englishman (& Hapkido instructor) Sifu Dave Lea both passed their instructors certificate in Escrima and Kali, he also earned a Balisong instructors certificate from Jeff Imarda. It was at this time that he met Nino Bernardo who he also studied both Wing Chun and Kali with when he returned to the UK. It was a very busy year for Nick competitively, defending all of his titles in Tae kwon do as well as winning further British titles in Tang so do and Full contact Karate, additionally he won eighteen fights in Muay Thai together with many more international competitions. This included competing against the American team (which included Charlie Lee, Erynes Reyes, Troy Dorsey, Ray McCullen & Nasty Anderson. Nick fought Ray McCullen and beat him on points. He also fought in Tae kwon do again winning the European Middleweight Advanced Super Tae kwon do title together with fighting in Malaysia, and Singapore winning on every occasion. Under Asian rules all competition is Full Contact and so body armour reinforced with bamboo struts had to be used to reduce the chances of fatal injuries.

In 1986, Nick moved to Birmingham to study for his degree, as well as broadening his martial art studies still further. He studied Lau Gar Kung Fu under Master J. Lau after two years he gained his black sash 1ST degree. Nick also studied Full Contact Karate under his friend from Master Toddy�s, Howard Brown, It took him just 6 months to achieve his 1st black belt 1st degree, and his black belt 2nd degree a year later, he also won the British Middleweight P.K.A. title in Full Contact Karate. Towards the end of that year Nick successfully passed his grading examination in Tae kwon do (to the grade of Samdan 3rd Dan). During this time Nick was competing every weekend in one art or another which lead to him again taking British Titles in more than eight different Tae kwon do organizations. He won an additional twenty-two fights in either Muay Thai or Full Contact Karate.

In 1987 Nick spent the three months of his summer vacation working as a full time martial arts instructor at the Antonia Oliva gym in Madrid Spain. During Nicks time there he taught Tae kwon do and Muay Thai Nick did not speak Spanish and the other instructors and students spoke little or no English, but everything turned out okay in the end, and Nick�s skills as a mime artist were honed to perfection. It was also Madrid that Nick would return to later that year where he once again won the European title in super Tae kwon do.

1987 was a good year for Nick�s international career in Thai boxing, fighting mainly in Europe. Nick had a total of fourteen fights in Spain, Holland and France winning all. Having won the British Muay Thai title together with the All Styles title it was not difficult to get Nick fights with the best fighters in Europe; Particularly in Holland where he fought fighters from the Chakuriki and Mejyo Gyms in Amsterdam and the Vos gym in Rotterdam. This was also the year that Bill Wallace returned to the UK for a seminar tour, and Bill managed to get his own back for the Giko spectacular by bending and stretching Nicks leg muscles through every conceivable angle and position. During this time Nick was also taking part in a large number of Kung Fu and Semi Contact KickBoxing competitions, which lead to him winning the UKASKO championships and also making friends with the reigning World Kung Fu champion Kevin Bewerton. Kevin like Nick had been trained by Master Lau and although Kevin had a very unique style that worked well in Semi Contact, with the Continuous sparring he lost as many fights as he won, this was not a problem Nick had ever suffered from. Nick worked with Kevin for about a month prior to him competing at W.A.K.O world KickBoxing Championships which Kevin went on to win.

The early part of 1988 seemed to be following the same pattern of previous years, Nick started the year by winning the British Middleweight Eagle Advanced Super Tae kwon do title for the sixth consecutive year and knocking out eight of his ten opponents in the process. He also successfully defended his P.K.A. title in Full Contact Karate, and soon after this, he received confirmation of his selection for the 1988 British Olympic team for Tae kwon do. Unfortunately a month later this was to be ruined when Nick shattered the Knuckle of his right hand during a brick breaking technique as part of one of his black belts grading examination. As a consequence of the injury, Nick was unable to compete until the end of that year, so missing out on his Olympic place.


The following year, Nick was back with a vengeance winning the W.K.A British Championship. Together with the WAKO British championships winning gold medals in the black belt divisions for Full Contact Sparring, Semi Contact sparring and the Breaking competition. This he won with four-cement roofing titles break using a jumping spinning hook kick. Nick also continued to dominate the super Tae kwon do competitions winning the British Middleweight Advanced Super Tae kwon do title for the seventh year running & also the European Middleweight Advanced Super Tae kwon do title in Oslo, Norway where Nick won all eighteen of his bouts, ten of which by knockout.

Also in 1989 Nick was awarded the grade of instructor with the International Full Contact Federation in the art of Muay Thai from Philip Tsang. Nick also won fifteen Muay Thai fights in Europe, including the European middle weight title. This was held in Marsalais at the foreign legion barracks and was against one of there unarmed combat instructors. The champions� opponent had injured his arm, so Nick was put in as reserve. However due to the shortness of preparation time, Nick was sent to lanzorate for three weeks to prepare for the fight. So his days were spent running up & down the volcanoes in the extreme heat to build up his stamina & endurance, & then pad work every evening. Not that it was really needed, as he knocked out the Frenchman in the opening minute of the second round with a knee to the body.

In 1990 Nick continued his dominance in Tae kwon do, winning the British Middleweight Advanced Super Tae kwon do title for the eight year running, and once again took British titles in another four Tae kwon do organizations championships. Together with successfully passing his black belt examination to the rank of Sadan (4th Dan) in Tae kwon do under Master Won Kook Lee. Unfortunately Nicks successful fight record in Muay Thai was working against him, as no one wanted to fight him, in either Muay Thai or Full Contact Karate. So Nick was forced to return to competing in Semi Contact competitions, but once again maintained his unbeaten record and in the process winning the World Federation of Martial Arts British championships. Together with winning gold medals in the UKASO British championships in the black belt division for Full Contact sparring, Continuous Sparring and the breaking competition. He also won gold medals in the WAKO British championships in the black belt division for Full Contact sparring, the breaking competition & for the first time ever the forms competition.

1991 started off at a brisk pace with a defense in April of his European Muay Thai middleweight title, which was actually delayed two weeks after Nick had arrived in Portugal, due to storms, as the fight was taking place in an open air arena on the outskirts of Faro. But it was not to bad as Nick spent most of his time training with the local Thai fighters at the Ginasio Clube de Faro, which is one of the largest martial arts gym in Portugal. Nick�s opponent was the Spanish fighter Jesus Lui, and although he to had an unbeaten record like Nick, it quickly became apparent that he wasn�t in the same class, being knocked out in the third round with a spinning elbow to the head. Also the same year Nick once again successfully retained his British middleweight title in Super Tae kwon do winning all of the twelve fights (ten of which were by knockout) Nick also took the award for the fastest Knock out of the competition (at fourteen seconds of the first round).

Also later that year in Stuttgart, Germany he repeated the success by once again retaining the European Super Tae kwon do middleweight title.In 1992 once again Nick successfully defended his British title in Super Tae Kwon do for the eight consecutive year, and during the period between January and April won more than thirty Tae kwon do competitions, including a further four other British titles with different organizations. Unfortunately after two years of preparation, Olympic disappointment was once again to strike. Nick was once again selected for the British Olympic team, only to be stopped from competing due to breaking several bones in his feet, an injury which Nick was more than willing to ignore in order to compete. However the team doctors were concerned that the bones would not be sufficiently strong and fully healed in time for the competition and that might affect Nick�s performance. Although Nick continued to compete & win everything that he fought in up to the time that the team left for Barcelona, he was not allowed to go, even though during the previous two years performance assessments Nick had come out by far as the superior competitor. Having registered the hardest applied force in eight of the twelve assessment discipline techniques, Roundhouse kick, Sidekick, Reverse punch, Ridge hand, Spinning back fist, Spinning hook kick, Crescent kick and the Axe kick. Together with three of the twelve fastest reaction time assessments for the Roundhouse kick, Spinning back fist & the Spinning hook kick. Therefore hitting harder than the heavy weights & faster than the lightweights together with never having lost a fight in his entire career.The eventual winner of the middleweight division was Wang Jang Lee of South Korea, who was also the champion of South East Asia, a title Nick himself had held several years previous, Nick was however able to gain his revenge.

As the following year as part of the champions of Europe squad, he took part in an invitational competition against the Korea Special Forces team, which included Wang Jang Lee as a member.The competition was held in Oslo, Norway, with sixteen European super Tae kwon do champions from the World Tae Kwon Do federation, all fighting under Full Contact Asian rules (therefore allowing throws, takedowns & submission holds as well as the usual punches & kicks). The Korean team contained nine Olympic gold medallists from either the 1988 or 1992 Olympics & quickly set about destroying the competition. Only Nick in the middleweight division & a Norwegian marine in the light heavy weight division won their fights. In fact Nicks blend of Tae kwon do & Muay Thai so impressed the Korean coaches that he was offered the opportunity to go to Korea to teach the Eagle Tae Kwon Do system to there Special forces for three months.

In 1993 Nick was sent to Japan by the company for whom he worked, for several months & whilst there he studied Goju-Ryu Karate in Hiroka under Master Toshi Miyazaki and Japanese Kick boxing in Tokyo under Hiromichi Fujiwara. At the end of his placement he decided to travel to Thailand for a spot of additional training. During his time there he trained at the Carryboy gym in Bangkok gaining an instructors certificate & having two professional fights at the Lumpini Stadium, winning both by knock-out, one with a spinning elbow to the head & the other with a roundhouse / straight right combination. Nick also traveled to Pattaya City where he trained at the Sityodtong Muay Thai boxing camp where once again Nick gained his instructors Certificate. Nick then traveled north to the Burma / Laos border where he spent a few days being trained in Bando boxing (which is Burmese traditional bare knuckle boxing, which is very similar in look and technique to the Muay Choa Chur.

Upon returning to the UK, Nick quickly started putting his training to use, once again winning the British Super Tae kwon do middleweight title for the eleventh straight year.In 1994 Nick continued his competition dominance of the competition circuit winning a further ten British titles with various martial art organizations. These included the World Federation of Martial arts, the International Freestyle Combat Federation British Muay Thai and Full Contact Karate titles, the Unitied Kingdom All Styles Organization champion, The Combat Open champion, the W.A.K.O British Middleweight full Contact champion. Together with the EAST Super Tae Kwon do middleweight British title for the twelfth consecutive year & was promoted to the grade of 5th Dan (Ohdan) in Tae Kwon do by Master Y.K.Kim in the Eagle Tae Kwon Do system. Nick was also approached during 1994 by a friend of his, who had some stunt work in an up coming action movie and wanted some martial arts based action sequences, so it ended up with Nick doubling for one of the stars of the movie in three scenes. One where dressed in black with a ski mask over his head, he had to punch a hole through a door before dropping in a grenade. Then later in the same scene he had to kick a guy off a moving motorcycle with a flying sidekick and in the third he has to dis-arm a guy with knife.

During the summer of that year Nick successfully defended his European Muay Thai title in Holland with a knock out of his opponent in the fourth round. His opponent had a record of 87 fights with 76 by knockout, also whilst in Holland gained his Instructors certificate in Muay Thai from the European Muay Thai Association. Towards the end of that year Nick returned to Thailand, this time he spent at the Pinsinchai Muay Thai boxing camp. There he trained for a few weeks before moving on to Chang Mai where he trained at a number of the boxing camps. And whilst there he took part in several professional fights and then moved on to Pukket where Nick spent some time training with Master Panya Kraitius before returning to the UK.

1995 was to be a turning point in Nicks life in January of that year successfully passed his instructor assessment with the British Thai Boxing Council and in early March won once again the European Super Tae Kwon do middleweight Title for the seventh consecutive time. Then in July Nick traveled to Hong Kong for World title fight in Muay Thai against Dontoraknee, the Champion had taken part in over two hundred fights and successfully defended this title twelve times. During his previous fight his opponent had died in the ring as a result of the injuries he had sustained, a point Nick was only informed of a week before he was due to leave, however undaunted Nick went ahead with the fight. The preparation in Hong Kong went well with most of it being done on the Island of Lantau and on the rooftop of his hotel in Kowlon. Nick had always had the greatest respect for all the Thai fighter he has come up against, particularly because of however hard they fight they would always smile back at you or give you a nod if you caught them with a good shot. However the greatest concern to Nick�s coach with regard to this fight more than any other was that the harder the fight got, the harder Nick would fight. He wouldn�t give into the pain, and having seen what had happened to Dontoraknee�s opponent, he was concerned that if Nick fought toe to toe with this guy that he could potentially get killed. Therefore Nick was told that if the fight started to get heavy, and he went down then he had to stay down, Nick told him that he would try but that his pride wouldn�t let him unless he was really hurt. The fight started quite slow with each fighter testing the skills & abilities of each other, but by the half way through the first round the scene was set. Nick took a roundhouse kick to the ribs that fractured one of his ribs but managed to weather the storm. Then as Dontoraknee stepped in for the clinch Nick connected with a straight right to his jaw, and as a grimace came across Dontoraknee�s face Nick doubled up with a hook to the body breaking one of Dontoraknee�s ribs. But this was a turning point in the fight because Nick now knew that he could hurt him, and over the course of the next four rounds. Nick put this knowledge to work, winning the fight with a unanimous points decision the score cards for the fight scored the first round a draw and Nick the winner of every other round. At the end of the fight, Dontoraknee�s coach came over to congratulate Nick & gave him one of the greatest honours he had ever received he said that "he fought like a Thai not like European".

Before returning to the UK, Nick once again traveled to Thailand this time training at the Petch yin dee Muay Thai boxing camp, although he had several fractured ribs. At the end of his visit he was awarded his Monkoon and granted the name of the Petch yin dee camp. After returning to the UK Nick was offered a very lucrative fight deal to fight in Japan, America & Thailand. Which Nick was very keen to take up, so within eight weeks Nick was in Japan fighting for yet another World title. However the Thai authorities won�t sanction the bout, as the Japanese contender wasn�t ranked sufficiently high in the Muay Thai ranking for the vacant title. Which showed very quickly into the fight when Nick shattered his fema with a leg kick one minute forty five seconds into the first round, but unfortunately thou winning the fight the Thai officials wouldn�t give him the title.

An even bigger knockout was awaiting him on his return as less than three weeks later he was involved in a serious car accident with a juggernaut. This resulted in Nick taking the full impact across his chest & arms & in the process, it displaced his spine and the arteries to his arms.The effect of the accident was immediate and catastrophic. Nick could no longer take any sort of impact, even jogging resulted in nick being crippled with neck pain and shooting pains running up and down his body, and as a consequence of the displaced arteries, the blood would flow into Nicks arms but wouldn�t flow out again. Therefore any sort of activity was almost impossible, which to someone who was in such good shape and so competitive was almost unbearable. The remainder of the year was spent trying to various medical treatments to try to reduce the extreme pain and more importantly the control over nick�s blood flow in his chest and arms. The realization that this was effectively the end of Nick�s competition career was not as difficult as one would expect.

All through Nick�s fight career thou he had never lost, it was not the winning that had been his motivation, he had simply wanted to be the best that he could be, and had always tried to see where exactly his ability fell within the martial arts community. By winning the World title he had effectively reached that pinnacle of his fighting career and although there was the possibility of him losing future fights. He knew that he at that particular time he was the best that anyone could be in that particular sport. From the information that his doctors gave him it was almost certain that it would take years of treatment to get back to anywhere new the level of fitness that he once had. So rather than getting bitter at his situation Nick decided to focus on developing his students into the best that they could be and give them the benefits of many years of training & study of the martial arts.

Towards the end of 1995 Nick had joined the World Kobudo Federation, which is a multi-style martial art Organization and within weeks of joining Nick had already received an offer to teach at their convention in the UK at Camber sands the following year.In 1996 as a result of the camps first appearance on the Worlds Martial Arts Seminar stage, it was decided that the camp would no longer be such a well-kept secret. Jonathan who had been using the Camber sands trip as final training for a fight the week after we returned, was probably in the best shape of his life, both physically & mentally. Thou Nicks injuries were causing him some problems it didn�t stop him from enjoying the convention not to mention the opportunity of showcasing his unique style of Thai Boxing and his no nonsense teaching style. During the convention Nick also partnered kick boxing champion Jean Yves Theualt, who must have been quite impressed with Nicks conditioning as every technique he demonstrated bare handed and with full force, thou on lookers might not have noticed as Nick didn�t even flinch.

Because of there appearance and more realistic training methods, Nick and his students Jonathan and Bruce attracted a lot of attention from the other martial artists there. But they were always willing to go onto the other mats with the different styles and train in there arts and towards the end of that first convention, had made a number of good friends and won the respect of everyone there. Not just for their Muay Thai skills but also for the level of their other martial art skills. As the year continued Nick continued to train as best he could and also take part in as many seminars as possible.These included seminars with;Arjarn Lec Chaieawrung in Muay Choa Chur in the June of that yearArjarn Tony Moore in Krabi-Krabong in the July, August and NovemberKru Bob Spour in Self protection techniques in the July and SeptemberAnd in Muay Thai under Kru Tony Myers & Kru Nidt Caweewat.He was also a Senior Coach for the British Amateur Muay Thai team in the July and September as preparation for the Kings Cup in Thailand.Also this year Steve Logan, president of the World Muay Thai Organization offered the Petch Yin Dee Camp full membership with his Organization. This resulted in some of the students from the camp taking part in some of their shows, the first one being Craig Philips (of Big Brother fame).1997 started off well Building on the success of the previous year, with a number of the students modifying their training towards competition fights.

Thou Nicks injuries were still having major consequences towards his own fitness. As the injuries had stopped almost any chance of him doing roadwork or abdominal conditioning due to the jarring effect on his neck & shoulders. Nick did try to modify his training in the gym to try and build and strengthen his body and reduce the increase in weight, that was the consequence of his metabolism slowing down and the significant reduction in training. Therefore Nick turned his attentions to mastering the foundations of Muay Thai, through the study of Krabi-Krabong at the Buddhai Sawan Institute UK under Arjarn Tony Moore and Once again Muay Choa Chur under Arjarn Lec Chaieawrung.Nick became quite proficient in both arts taking part in the Amazing Thailand Festival that year as a representative of the Buddhai Sawan, unfortunately this was taking place at the time that the founder & grandmaster Arjarn Samai passed away in Thailand. Also once again that year Nick was one of the Coaches for the British Team taking part in Kings Cup amateur World Championships. Towards the end of that year Nick also traveled again over to Holland to train at the Chakuriki gym with Thom Hanrrick.

Once again 1998-showcased Nick�s skills on the international seminar circuit when he was again asked to teach at the World Kobudo Convention in Strasbourg. Once again his superior conditioned body demoralized the other masters techniques, as the painful leg kicks and nerve stimulation strikes which were having such a profound effect on the other martial artists were having no effect on Nick whatsoever. Infact during one of the sessions where a jiu-jitsu master was demonstrating a leg kick takedown technique, the entire assembled mat of fifty or so high ranked black belts took turns trying out the technique on Nicks leg�s, all without success. However the following day their endeavors were apparent, as his legs were completely black from the bruising. However not even that stopped Nick from taking his training sessions.

As a the year continued Nick also started to concentrate on the organizational side of Muay Thai taking part judging and refereeing Muay Thai competitions almost every weekend. Together with continuing his studies in Muay Choa Chur & Krabi-Krabong and his coaching of the British amateur Muay Thai team preparation. In December of that year Nick was travelling again this time to St Petersburg in Russia to teach at the Federation of Budo Martial Arts.1999 was to again bring some hard decisions for the camp. The skill level of the students training was very high, but the actual numbers of students training was very small therefore making it very difficult for the camp to continue financially. Once again Nick used his outside income as a professional doorman to pay for the continuation of the venues. However holding the camp together was to pay dividends when we sent a team to the World Kobudo Convention in Quebec, Canada.

As well as having a group of very proficient students to accompany Nick and once again show off our skills, it was the camps turning point with regard to World Wide recognition as Nick was Made the World wide Co-ordinator for Kick & Thai Boxing for World Kobudo. Together with being awarded a plaque of outstanding teaching at the Convention. The demonstrations and seminars were very well received although still several years later, Nick is still asked about techniques and combinations that were shown at that convention. Upon returning to the UK, Nick quickly got back into his own training studying Muay Thai with Master Pimu Chokechaichana Krutsuaran.As Nick�s fitness gradually started to return after several years� treatment, thou his body type had changed significantly from his fighting days. As rather than sporting a very lean upper body with very strong dense but flexible legs, his upper body was now very muscular and although his legs weren�t considered thin, they were about half the thickness that they had been. This however didn�t effect Nicks pursuit to train and as well as continuing his training with Arjarn Tony Moore in Krabi-Krabong, Nick was fortunate enough to Study that year with Arjarn Weerayut Mesaman the head instructor of the Buddhai Sawan Institute Thailand and the son of grand master Arjarn Samai. Once again that year Nick took part in the Amazing Thailand Festival as a representative of Buddhai sawan UK. In October of that year Nick also took part in a number of seminars hosted at the World Kobudo Headquarters in London. These including courses in Hospital Restraint and control by Karl Ericsson from Sweden, Grappling Courses with Bryan Cheek, and Self Protection with Alan Charlton (president of the self protection association).

The year 2000 was the start of a new millennium and for Nick and the camp it was also to be a new dawn, in January was sent to America for a month with his job and during his time there did a promotional seminar tour. Whilst in Tennessee Nick was the guest of Honour of Chris Hicks the Chief Instructor of the Colombia Tae kwon do school, where Nick spent four hours teaching the applications, conditioning and fighting skills of Muay Thai to the assembled Black Belt students. Muay Thai in America is still only in its infancy and therefore for most it was there first sight of Muay Thai, but within minutes, Nick had all of them enthralled with the techniques as he effortlessly countered one attack or combination after the other. Nick then went on to explain the differences in application of the Muay Thai techniques as opposed to Tae Kwon Do, together with the principals of movement and distance to select the best technique for each given situation.Also whilst in Tennessee Nick spent time training units from the local SWAT teams and FBI and DEA in Close Quarter Combat, as well as Muay Thai. Nick was also was a guest instructor at Fort Bragg where he spent a week teaching unarmed combat to members of the Green Berets, and also at Fort Benning where he spent a week teaching Close Quarter Combat and Muay Thai to members of the US Rangers.

When Nick returned to the UK he was once again fortunate to train for a couple of weeks with Master Pimu Chokechaichana Kritsuwan and Kru Tony Myers which was to be the only refresher of his own skills he was able to have that year. As in May Nick was again invited to Instruct at the World Kobudo Convention in Vienna, Austria, this was to be the start of a new chapter with the camp. As during the convention Nick made friends with the Swedish Jujitsu team and as a result of the instruction they received from Nick decided that they would like to include Thai Boxing into the teaching structure of there schools in Sweden.The Convention was also the place where Nick was promoted to a 6TH degree Black Belt by the Technical committee of World Kobudo as well as receiving an award for outstanding teaching from Ernest Binder the convention organizer. On Nick�s return to the UK he was approached by Alan Charlton to be an International representative for the Self-Protection Association, which Nick Gratefully accepted. Nicks life was again to change as he was headhunted for a job in America, which was unfortunately to good to turn down. However before leaving he traveled to Sweden to do a week long seminar at the Orebro Kampsport Forenig school as well as putting in place the training structure for there Thai boxing as well as teaching and preparing there affiliation and there instructors training. Once completed Nick returned to the UK briefly to organize the running and structure of the UK schools before leaving for America.

There you have it for all to read just in case people cant get the site access. If he tells the truth then he wont be afraid. What a load of balls.

Alan suprised it bothers you really?? Who cares but as its in a new mag it did tarnish it slightly.

So HE trained Craig Phillips!!!! That explains alot!!

:)

exactly vinny. Id rather read articles about Nongkee fighters for example written by you or Dean!! it takes up space and ridicules the entire sport. Please read the above article and see the dangers of him writing anything in a magazine that young people read. It is a joke. Ring Deaths, breaks, broken ribs etc etc etc . It is worse than I originally thought. It bothers me because it brings us down and makes us look silly in front of the international community. You should look at some other articles he has written it is ridiculous. Besides the lies about fighting 120 thai fights, the whole thing becomes impossible by dates, times and places. The whole storey contradicts itself so many times.

Dean has forgot more than i know mate as for writing nah!! not me but there are loads of unbeaten coachs of this and that,they are un popular kids at school,bulshit baffles brains but in his case its funny,the magazine is very good but even the pic with the death squad and the profile of the come and ave a go if ya think ya hard enuff guy got me whats the deal with him?
All in all though its a step forward.

Alan your just jealous of such a legend. Just because you didnt reach the dizzy heights doesnt mean you should slate him. Having said that I dont think even jimmy salville could fix it for you hahaha He's done it once for nick!!! hahaha

Alan,

I actually took the time to read all of this and I completely understand your motives for starting this thread and voicing your opinions on other threads. I have never read so much bullshit in one story. In all of his 120 MT fights he mentions one name of a 'Killer' thai fighter, surely he would remember others!!!

I hope we do get the truth because I get sick of hearing from younger lads I play football with that they have heard of this and that undefeated martial arts bloke!!

We all know the reality, everyone gets beat by somebody sometime, it is the best way to learn anything properley.

Keep up the good work.

FB'Slim

I'd like to hear the names of some of his opponents - Thais or the ones he claims to have fought in UK or in Europe especially for the titles he claims to hold.

"During the summer of that year Nick successfully defended his European Muay Thai title in Holland with a knock out of his opponent in the fourth round. His opponent had a record of 87 fights with 76 by knockout, also whilst in Holland gained his Instructors certificate in Muay Thai from the European Muay Thai Association." - This was 1994 according to the article. I'd like to know who this was. I'm sure someone like Dirk would remember that.

He says that he fought in it he fought at Pickets Lock. "He continued to compete every weekend in Tae kwon do, Kickboxing or Karate competitions as well as several Muay Thai fights held at Picket’s Lock in London." I was at all those shows and I know many on here remember them. I remeber all the fighters on those shows and I'm sure I dont remember Nick Hewitson, unless he was one of the undercard domestic fights.

He aslo says he went to some of Master Toddys Instructor courses - I went on several of those but dont remember him.

"Nick also went on to retain his British title in Eagle Advanced Super Tae kwon do." Will someone please tell me what "Eagle Advanced Super Tae kwon do" is!!

I could go on and on but It would be very interesting to hear someone supporting this or giving a few more facts.

On my next show in August, I will put on Nick Hewitson Vs anyone from the UK.
Looking at the pictures, he looks a smidgen over 90kg!!! So how about Turner??? After all, if he's unbeaten and the best fighter the UK has ever 'seen' then he should fight the best (failing that, Im sure I could find a novice fighter who wouldnt hurt him too bad!)

He's obviously a modest man and doesn't want to name drop by listing all his opponents! Good on ya Nick! : )

I notice that the Ko-kickboxing website has a link to Hewitson's website.....maybe Bill knows of him.

If Nick wanted to get away with something more believable, he should have at least tried something like this...

My name is Nick Hewitson and I have a record of 17,462 fights with 17,463 knockouts. And as you probably will have guessed I am a highlander, a title that I gained by training with Bruce Lee, Mr Miyagi and Yoda. I am the Intergalitical All Galaxy and Universe Champion where I defeated the previous undefeated Predator (Taking out his loss to Arnie and the draw with Alien) in a bout on planet Zog which is located beyond the Andromena Cluster, 3 lights year from the sun itself.

After travelling beyond this life and into the Matrix I also happened to KO Morpheus in a demo bout and that other bloke who wears long leather jackets. I also beat up bad on Teletext or Oracle or something like that.

On returning to earth I took on a Thai team that consisted of Sackmongol, Buakow, Orono, Anuwat, Davy, Kunpunnit, Taximeter, Fanta, Coca-Cola and 7up. Instead of actually fighting them individually I fought them all at once mashing them up bad-boy styleeee.

After my twins were born (Luke and Leia) I has a spell of bitterness and turned to the darkside where I defeated the evil emperor with my own bare hands, before disguising my own death and then reappearing for a while as Ken Barlow in Coronation Street where I gave Diedrie a good hiding in a previously arranged ‘wife beating’ bout in Aid of charity. I beat her so bad, it actually improved her looks.

I then travelled to Holland and took up the name Ramon Dekkers, but was only present inside his actually being during his victories, hence the odd loss, hear and there when I had things to do – mow the lawn, wash the car etc..etc..

Between being knighted and winning the lottery (for the fourth time in a row) I won the world cub-scout conker championships, defeating Billy Bunter aged 8. I also won a national Croquet title defeating Mrs Merton on points. Further accolades followed winning best tuna filled Vol-Au-Vent ever award, leaving Jamie, Delia and Rhodesy in a state of distress.

Next up was a game of rock, scissors, paper where Fonzy from Happy Days was taken to the cleaners in his own Diner. The Cluedo world title was next defeating Doctor Who in the quarters, Miss Marple in the semis and Poirot in the final.

After divorcing Britney for Christina, and swapping my Paul Gascoigne World Cup ’90 shirt for the Bobby Moore ’66 shirt, I decided to travel back in time in search of some new opponents. I went back to the year 0 and defeated Christ himself at the battle of Bethlehem. The fight was scheduled to a Friday, which was rather good, and It was a vicious KO that knocked him out and into a coma until Sunday, where he went back to where he first came. Victory was sweet, considering he had bought 12 mates with him.

After defeating the Roman Empire I took on Hulk Hogan and kicked his yellow-speedo-wearing ass. Victories over Giant Haystacks and Shirley Crabtree (easy, easy, easy fight) followed.

After Christina followed Pammy and then Jenna Jameson, before settling down with both the Olsen Twins, but not before finding a cure for cancer, solving the world famine crisis, winning the turner prize for putting my own sh*t in a can and also won the noble peace prize for eliminating all chavs from Gravesend, Chatham and Rochester!!!

Further victories over the Fantastic Four, the not-so Incredible Hulk, Batman (and his b*tch boy sidekick) and Superman followed and even the Bananaman fancied his chances giving it the large-one before running off. Dimwit, everyone knows his address….29 Accacia Road, so I popped around and gave him my own bunch of banana’s.

An then the next day……Kkkkerrrrbbaaaanngggg ‘Shit, did not see that Juggernaut’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

f*ck I'm bored, lets lose this subject.

When is he on "celebrity big brother".

man i think that master nick needs his own thread :P

That is quality Shaun !

LMFAO @ Shaun

Showing your age with the Bunter comment.

And Jenna Jameson is not as hot as a new starlet called Daisy(YTL#3).

Really should get some work done.

Lol Shaun, nothing like a busy Friday eh!

I fought on some shows at Picketts Lock and went to all of them. I also Judged and I do'nt remeber any rib smashing person called Nick!!
vj

My fave is this cat claims on one report he is a WKA 5th degree balc belt and a Muay Thai 6th degree balck belt. I have been to Thailand many times and fought lots of thais and not one of them had a black belt that i know of. He also is very demeaning of the students he suposed taught in his seminar stating i easily controlled and countered them. What a clown

So...are you all saying he is telling fibs?

maybe just a little lol

LOL at Shaun Keddle - I was laughing out loud at some of that! You've got too much time on your hands mate!

haha, thanks for the laughs shaun!

Shaun.is that really true? :)

It's all been quite funny really.

In our quest for the truth we should'nt be too hard on Fighters mag. Hewitson has been in all the mags and seemingly came with a bit of pedigree on the face of it. It would be impossible to have a blanket policy of trying to check out everything that anyone ever has to say in an article and there has to be a bit of trust and faith.
Now that it appears he has been found out, fighters magazine has been betrayed and the sensible way to complete this saga would be to organise an expose of our friend Nick.

The guys at fighters have done a good job with 99% of the mag and I think we should support them not condemn them.

If you have genuine information about this man - send it to fighters. Slagging him or them off in the letters page will serve no real purpose - do it the proper way - i am sure that fighters will oblige and we can clear this mess up.

Meanwhile i'm off to the gym to get rid of those Ramon Dekker V Sombat Sor Thanikul fight pics that I super-imposed my head onto!!!!

Thats exactly what we are after Karl. Write to the mag, not for publication but to support his removal immediately. So far not one instructor has known or trained him in thw UK or worldwide. Master Sken doesnt remember him and Tony Myers told you his version. The article was classic, as is the site! The guy needs immediate psychiatric help. A spell at Kane Hill wont hurt. My brothers look at the situation is bloody funny yet more believable than Nicks! How ever I must agree with Karl, the mag is great! We must support the mag and at the same time all of us must write in and get him removed this is what we need to do! now! before anymore fairytales get written! On that note I cant really see what else he can say. Whats next? On that note I should also say that it is not just our job to write in but the magazine needs to check out the hundreds of posts from all around the world and see clearly that the man is not well! In the meantime I am going back to Thailand to KO anuwat, win the Lumpini title, kill my opponents, get run over a few times then win a world title with broke ribs, crushed chest, smashed femur, broken foot and a bloody good imagination!

Another point is that apart from the contradictions he makes within the article
(of which there are many!) how he had all these fights with the multiple injuries I will never know and the excuses for being a fat git are ridiculous. He must grant us with no intelligence at all to read between the lines and see that he tries to cover every track and then come up with an excuse like 'when I didnt get into the Olympics the second time! and the references to constantly fighting abroad to throw us all of balance and then we all think he is some great international fighter. Because the article is such BS I am gonna take the time to list all the contradictions, date clashes etc. He has escaped telling us dates, opponents and who taught him!!! I know he never had 120 fights with Toddy!!! Greats like Ronnie Green, Pele and most of the northern cartel are from Sken and Toddy! He is not one of them so will you all please WRITE IN!!!!!

My personal favourite of the article is the body shape reference!!! massive legs and thin muscular torso then thin legs and fat bastard stomach!!!!! what a load of shite, honestly! I have heard some excuses in my life to get out of dieting but that takes the michael!!! How on earth did this man ever get into this sport?

Surley theres a contact email on his website, why not invite him for a chat on here?

He might even share some ninja secrets with us.lol.

Legend shaun

Shaun, its a shame you know so much about fighting!

Real shame!

You'd have a saturday night TV show with that humour, winning awards for your comedy shows! I worry about what goes on inside your head, but I'm glad you're that wierd - my ribs are really hurting!!!!

Just to add...I was a Brewerton student...don't remember Nick...I fought in the WAKO's....don't remember Nick...

But...

Wouldn't it be real funny if it actually all was true, lol, and he appears with all the evidence to prove everyone wrong! Oh yeah, and the Earth is about to be bulldozed for a new interstellar highway...

Smiler

Nick you shouldnt be teaching people to peel potatoes let alone a dangerous art like Muay Thai!!! The articles you have written are a joke and you must think we were all born yesterday to believe them. In my mind three kinds of people will believe it 1) those that dont know the difference between real fighters and are extremely naive or like fairytales and frauds 2) young innnocent kids 3) impaired people unable to see reality. Dont assume people on here are going to buy this nonsense. Honestly how long did you think you would get away with it. You suddenly tip up from nowhere with stories never seen before with fighters never heard of and expect us to believe it. The stories are as good as Shakesperian legend and have all the comedy of something written by Mel Brooks.

Do yourself a favour and use the seminar time to seek councelling and find those 120 opponents of yours. Or if you have the time to write 10 pages of utter drivel on your site then you have the time to justify each opponent. Dont insult us by telling us any more fairytales or ridiculous stories. Thai Boxing is my life, I study it 24/7 and have an extensive fight library from all round the world for the last 20 years. You dont feature in one sigle one of those tapes!! Not one of the people mentioned knows who the hell you are let alone fight 120 times without one of us knowing you!! On the planet earth the weather is quite nice so please join us some time!! Get real.

Well done for coming on to Ax Nick, but with your comment on not having to explain your credentials, you have just gone a further step to prove us all right and you to be teling a few porkies!
I would love to come to your seminar, along with many other instructors/fighters/promoters who havent heard or seen of you, and witness your talents and if you are the real deal and all your stories are 100% true, then I would be the first to apologise.

Let us know when and where, although I think I speak for all of us, that we wouldnt expect to be charged!

I dont believe this is Nick,but it is a very good hoax!

I dont think its nick, if it was why put a link to usmta and not his own site?

I used to like the USMTA site as well....nevermind.

Alan, send him an email or call him and invite him on :o)

I found some contact details on http://www.martialinfo.com/contacts/contact_info.asp?contact_id=14632

Business Phone: 248-470-2801
Email: krunick@hotmail.com

Go'onnnnnnnn do it, do it..... heh heh heh

Hmm, the image linking isn't working.... I'll type out what the news cliping says, this is an image on Media Gallery 4 on Nick's site.

___________________

Thai Boxing
Congratulations to NICK HEWITSON, the resident Thai Boxing Instructor at the Centre, on winning the EUROPEAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE against the reigning Champion, Andre Panza in Amsterdam on 12 November in a ten round fight under full Thai rules. After flooring the Champion twice in the first round, Nick eventually won with a technical knock out in the fourth round. The fight was televised for Dutch TV in front of a crowd of 5000 people. Nick so impresses the Chief Instructors of the world famous CHAKURIKI Gym in Amsterdam that they have invited him to train there when he prepares for the world titls!
___________________


There you go. A few more leads for you lot to chase up, maybe.

Perhaps someone here knows someone at Chakuriki?
http://www.chakuriki.com

Still, TEN rounds under full Muay Thai rules?

there is also another clipping mentioning Sowat Dontaurnee as the Thai fighter who killed his previous opponent....is there anyway of verifying this?

wasnt thaT "so what Dont throw a Knee" ?

Sean, you are too funny mate not getting on ax much these days cause of work but it was worth the skive just to read your post

Nick when you trained the green berets at fort bragg in CQB was my good friend Johhny Rambo still there?

Same as others on here....10 rounds Full rules!!!!!!!!! gets better and better!!!

ISKA used to do 10 round world title fights but not with elbows. However on Uranus they do loadsa 10 round fights against Aliens that make 'Sigourney' ones look kind! The last time I fought there the Alien killed his opponent in front of me but it didnt bother me as I got in there with him. Honest. After my legs were cut off and arms I ko'd him with a spinning body move unseen by any human and won the Title. Shortly afterwards I woke up and realised that it was all a dream and that I had wet the bed again!What a loada bullshit! Whats next I wonder! What film can he rip of next after Rambo,Bloodsport and Kickboxer have all been plagurised! Perhaps another rendition of First Blood or perhaps he can start on Steven Seagal films. I am still trying to find the site where he cliams that one of his students put 3 or 4 guys in hospital after a street fight. She probably bored the porr bastards to death talking about her master! The search for evidence continues!

dont you know he actually did act in films?
he punched a hole in a cargo hold and threw a grenade in
then he did a flying kick of a motorbike
then he disarmed a guy with a knife

It's a good job you're not a detective, Farhad.

I have sent the followung e-mail to Nick at his e-mail address of krunick@hotmail.com

If his claims are true and he is hard as that I want my mammy and a bodgyguard of elite deathstar delta force ninja hamsters

heres the e-mail in full


After reading your recent claims in Fighters magazine about your record in muay thai a large number of the UK muay thai community including myself were concerned at how valid the information you supplied for the article and for your website is. You must understand that for even someone like myself whose muay thai experience is not that much your claims are a bit over the top to say the least. Come on 120 undefeated fights! plus you claim to have fought top thais yet don't give any names, dates etc most of the people in the UK muay thai community haven't heard of you. I haven't heard of you and I'm from Newcastle. Anyway heres the link to the website were your achievements are being debated:-

http://message.axkickboxing.com/index.phtml?action=dispthread&topic=15359&junk=1114012016.73745

if the link does not work visit www.axkickboxing.com and view the main forum. We'd be very interested in hearing your defence of these claims. If the claims about you are wrong I for one will be prepared to make a full apolgy and buy you a few beers next time you visit the Toon if you have a minute spare from training the seal team 10 at the deathstar.

Yours in muay thai

Paul

My spellings crap but I was quaking in case he kills me

Good skills Baz.
But were did you get the email addy from?

Good one on you Baz!!! I have also contacted the USMTA and his claims on their site are being investigated as we speak!

Good shit guys. Fraudsters do nothing but drag the sport down.

Mike. Cliffy posted this earlier on this topic thats where I got the e-mail address, I hope its the right one knowing my luck it will be Ramon Dekkers and he will be round to knack me.



Cliffy

"I found some contact details on http://www.martialinfo.com/contacts/contact_info.asp?contact_id=14632

Business Phone: 248-470-2801
Email: krunick@hotmail.com

Go'onnnnnnnn do it, do it..... heh heh heh''

http://mixedmartialartsexpo.com/popups/page19.htm

Doh good skills Baz.
Just hope he replies.

Cheers for the support lads these jokers have to be pulled out bringing the support into dispute with their stupid claims. I hate people who lie about their achievements wherther its in muay thai or not. The internet just adds to the problem as its hard to disprove claims unless they are as mad as Master Nicks. I can't understand why people lie I haven't got a quarter as much experience as some people on here.

I'd be the first to admit that I haven't got that much experience in muay thai I've only been training for 2 years and have 2 interclubs on my record. Fair enough I did boxing since I was a kid and have one unoffical fight on the scorecards but I don't go around pretending I have had 120 fights in boxing and fought Rocky Balboa for the stallone vs arnie championship belt. I also don't go around pretending I have trained the green berets in CQB (althrough I once did train the regiment in dwarf throwing down the shovel and ferret in Hereford).

What a crank master nick is I just don't understand while people feel the need to bullshit. The thing is TKD is quite big up here when Master Nick reckons he is from (thats prob a lie as well, he's not goodlooking enough to be one of us handsome chaps that are known as geordies) so Nick prob is quite good at TKD which I would take my hat off to him for I respect anyone who has achieved in another sport cause I know I don't have the talent myself ever to be that good.

Nowt as strange as people eh.

Just followed Hercutts link, lol, only the yanks would swallow that pap!

He looks a bit like me actually same hair body shape (need more trg these days!) I don't know who my real dad is, me mama always said he was a roofer from Scotland perhaps master nick is my dad and my mam was too scared to tell me cause of his lying. He might confront me in a darth vader type moment I am you father baz, nooooooooooooooooooooo

bet he can't do a kick like this thro, sorry basil its been a while since that ones been wheeled out, you have lovely legs thro. If I come down Darrens show you can knack us again.

Heres his claims on that link Herrcut provided danke mein friend

Instructor - Nick Hewitson (USA)
· Black belts in 14 martial arts incl. 6th Dan Taekwondo; 5th Dan Kickboxing; 4th Tang So Do

· Double World Muay Thai boxing Champion (120 professional fights undefeated)

· British Super Tae Kwon Do Champion (14 consecutive years) and European Super Tae Kwon Do Champion (10 consecutive years)

· British Full Contact Karate champion 1984,1985,1986,1987 (middle weight) and 1988,1989 (super middleweight) and British Tang So Do Champion (6 consecutive years)

· 4X British WTF champion and 4X British ITF champion

· British Kickboxing Champion (middle and super middleweight) 52 fights undefeated)

· USA Muay Thai Association International and USA Instructor of the Year (2000-2004)

· Chief Instructor of the World Famous Petchyindee Muay Thai Boxing Camp International

· Columnist for various martial arts publications worldwide including Combat.

· Hand-to-hand combat instructor to various military & counter-terrorist units worldwide

Seminar Content:

Control of distance for offensive and defensive means
Mental and physical conditioning for combat
Muay Thai striking methods
Muay Thai clinch work
Muay Thai combinations (offensive / defensive)
Hybrid applications (modifying existing techniques using Muay Thai principals)

British Kickboxing champ at middleweight that should be easy enough to check out has Snail, Farhad, Colin Payne or any of the other moonboot wearing gang heard of him?


No offence about the moonboots boys I've had a few redbulls this morning so am hyper like Sandy Holt at a disco.

So Herrcuts never heard of Master Nicks Kickboxing achievements neither.

52 fights undefeated in kickboxing (middleweight British champ) I find it hard to believe that noone would have heard of him if he is telling the truth. Blackbelt in 14 arts blah blah blah

What a load of bollocks how tyhis guy has never been exposed earlier I do not know!

I love it how all his fights are undefeated everybody loses if they fight long enough you learn more from the defeats in some cases then you do from the wins!

As a Thai Boxing Orphan who has been embraced by the moonbooters I can safely say that he has never won a credible version of the British Title.

Anybody on here got contacts in karate. He claims to be British Full Contact Karate champion 1984,1985,1986,1987 (middle weight) and 1988,1989 (super middleweight) and British Tang So Do Champion (6 consecutive years) Be interesting to verify the truth of this.

I'd be very interested to find out what experience he actually has and how many fights he has had. I mean his achievements in KB or karate are a lifetimes work really! 52 fights in KB is an impressive record to me.

when he meant Fc karate ithink he meant FC kickboxing??

one thing though , the ppl who really are famous dont blow their own trumpet they let other ppl blow their trumpet for them

There is an opportunity to review and comment on this 2005 nomination.

http://www.usmta.com/Siam-Award-Frame.htm

BEST INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD National & International
THE ARJARN CHEN CHAI Instructor of The Year Award

Presented to U. S. and International Instructors who has promoted the art via instruction to students of Muay Thai Named in honor of the late Arjarn Chen Chai, who was one of the first Thai instructors to instruct in the United States of America

Criteria for nomination are:

Must be Muay Thai , (other Thai systems may be taken into consideration.) Must also follow the guidelines of the sport and have included all Muay Thai rituals.

1.) Amount of students instructed

2.) Documented Champions produced

3.) Documented International Championship via instruction

4.) National or International recognition as a instructor

5.) Years of dedication to instruction

6.) accolades, public support.

7.) Documentation proof (video/ photo) media coverage

The above is what citeria the instructor of the year must meet, this is the same award that Hewitson received.

He doesen't seem to meet many of the citeria this organisation has totally lost any cred with me. Whoever vetted the nominations wants to be given a slap and then sacked.

Points 2, 6 and 7 are particulary interesting.

Have withheld from jumping in and giving this bloke (hewitson) a dig till now...but (you could see that comming couldn't you...!)

There are quite a few of us following this link and i dont think a single one of us could find number7.
anywhere... ever... on the net or in a land far far away....

Number two as well seems to ilude the inlusive Nick.

Rob kamen is my own personal all time favourite. The only time Nick dickhead would get near him is to superimpose himself upon the video!! Dave Cummings I am glad that you have joined in (we met outside nandos on your recent visit to London) please verify the fights from your end for us as I need this information to approach fighters with for removal of this fraud! Also Herrcut can you help to collect evidence. Can anyone check out his kickboxing and Taewkando records?????? volunteers needed.

I need help from everybody to provide evidence as soon as possible. Please keep this thread going with hard evidence. I have just been through every copy of fighters, Kickboxing monthy, muaythai world from 1992 onwards and I see him nowhere!!! Can't find him on any site anywhere!!! Nobody from the whole world knows him. Fighters mag please read this thread and see the worldwide wealth of experience telling you the facts!

Tony Myers, Master Sken, Richard Smith, myself do not know him as a fighter they have verified that themselves! The fact is now that the magazine needs to question his credentials after such ridiculous claims on his sites and articles and ask him to provide names, dates, associations of Muay Thai!
If he wants to write about Taewkondo fair play but not in fighters surely! He is not a Muay Thai fighter and because of the lies then he shouldnt be teaching either in my opinion.

i dont know of his kickboxing at all
in fact i only ever heard of him from his articles
also TKD:
i have mentioen his name to TKD stylists they have never heard of him
and also in semi contact of which i was a follower of for years
Again NO documented evidence

Super TKD??? whats that?

never heard of it!

Reinforced bamboo body protector???
also bizzare

and who is the thai called "dontonaree" ? or is "dont or i knee!"

I have a big collection of mags from the late 80's/early 90's including Fighters ,combat and Martial Arts Illustrated when Nick was supposed to be at his peak! and Nicks not mentioned in any of them nor is super TKD.

You got it Alan!! Hit me on e-mail when you have time.

2 people have written so far to fighters. Please all of you write in (not for publication) but to back the removal of this first class fool from the mag. Do it today guys before he causes any more damage to our younger readers or international reputation. The only club Nick Hewittson should join is weightwatchers not anything related to this sport!

Alan, I understand that Fighters magazine have asked him to provide evidence for his claims and until he is able to do that they are not publishing any material from him. I am told he does not feature at all in the next edition of Fighters.

Fighters must have read this thread. Lesson learned we hope.

Well, we know that Dan G, Tony Myers, Colin Payne and Paul Hennessey are all contributers to Fighters, and they all read ax, so hopefully one of them must have mentioned this thread to the powers that be.

There’s a new editor at the helm of fighter’s magazine, in the shape of Malcolm Martin. I personally know Malcolm, and know him to be man of great integrity. I am certain that this development will have left him exasperated, particularly as it undermines his aim of creating a credible, relevant and factual martial arts magazine. Something of a definitive guide for the UK martial arts community as a whole.
The Nick Hewitson debacle will have done a great deal to undermine this objective and has clearly tarnished the debut of this promising fighter’s publication. This said Malcom has acted quite correctly in removing Hewitsons articles until such a time as he can provide evidence to support his claims. My personal opinion is that no such evidence will materialise to support his far-fetched assertions and that he will simply slink out of the picture.
What is important in all of this, is that in raising this issue the Ax community has exposed a blatant deceiver and has prevented others from being duped by his well written but clearly fabricated editorial column. Though it must be noted that in the order of things Nick Hewitson represents an irrelevant speck of untruth in an otherwise well put together magazine. I just hope that people will get behind Malcolm, and write this incident off as an unfortunate but now historical event.

I am 100 percent behind malcolm and The magazine and have my copies on direct debit each month. The way things are looking I will have to increase it before long. Malcolm is indeed a man of his word and is the best thing for the magazine. The likes of Nick 'toobit'son crop up all the time and there is nothing you can do except what they have! The article is not specific to Fighters and these 'bullshit' artists occur in all warps of life. I can only say well done to fighters for removing this fool from the magazine and I will endeavour to continue supporting the magazine within my gym and the community of Muay Thai. As for Nick Hewitson perhaps he can find a column in the viz magazine alongside the fat slags and the other characters. Hoorah.... Also I will not support the activities of Pechindee UK or have anything to do with their fighters until the man retires and gets urgently needed medical help. I am sure he will keep members of the Psychiatric community perplexed for years to come. Perhaps he is writing the articles from his padded room at Kane Hill and they need to increase the medication!

I am just really looking forward to the next issue but it will be hard pushed to give us all such a talked about topic again, lol, as for juniors believing the article, As a junior myself I for one didn't find much interest in it as it felt like I was reading a film script.

whens the next one out and who/whats in it

I had a short meeting today with Paul Clifton of Fighters Mag and he confirmed that the magazine is fully aware of the situation and the reaction to it on here. They will be speaking to Nick when he returns from USA.

Paul hinted at maybe a meeting during which Nick can substantiate his claims.

Why all the fuss who cares this type of shit has around years,fighters international has american guy that killed people with his spinning back kick.
Bounty hunetr he was like chuck norris,lol,and Kev harper has got a pair of his action jeans.

I picked up a copy of the issue in question at the seni show. 'tis in deed a good magazine, well done Malcom and all involved.

tis a good mag
and yes master nick does talk shit hence why i made a thread on kickboxing bull shit

which ppl didnt support and called a lame thread

it was pretty lame though farhad !

Now now you two!

Christ, I feel sorry for Paul or Malcolm at fighters having to listen to that fool babble on for hours about dreams that he had 1500 wins, broke legs, bashed ribs,tails of fort brag and juggernaut incidents! I hope they bring sleeping bags and pillows plus medication for Nick Hewitson's dementia. I wouldn't even bother as it is fairly obvious the guy is talking bollocks about 120 thai fights alone without any of the other styles. Thats not including the multitude of injuriers he has had.The time frames, injuries and other anomolies alone are enough to know it is bullshit! Perhaps a better way would be for him to bring his medical records!!

No interview is needed just verification to the majority of the British Thai/ Kickboxing public of the 120 thai fights and 57 kick fights. AX is a very influencial site for the sport here in the UK and many of the countries top instructors or their representatives frequent the site. Let him present the facts before us!! We can be the judge and jury as between us we know the scene globally and here in the UK. Nick just fill in the gaps...

fight 1 date opponent venue planet
fight 2 date opponent venue planet
etc etc etc etc.

Vinny the whole idea about the new mag is to keep idiots like him out and make it real. The occasional porkie we can handle but you must admit that the guy has gone more than a bit far this time. His masterpiece is film like and deserves an ax oscar. Any other people think that Nicks Life Jackanory is worth a vote for Oscar?

Vinny are those chuck norris jeans the ones that let you do highkicks or something?

A few things about his article that stood out for me:

I got the impression that he'd written the interview himself.
His low-kick counter in that picture, just doesn't look right (look where his left hand is for a start).
Some other stuff that's already been said a million times before.

The rest of the magazine is great, I thoroughly enjoyed Tony's judging article, the thing about Liam, and Malcom's 'Final Round' column on the back page. The Mark Kerr interview was great, (I'll be hiring out 'The Smashing Machine' sometime soon) and the news coverage was brilliantly in-depth. Nice to see Dan and Richard's ratings up there in print, too, (even though Andy Thrasher's noticably absent ;) ).

It would be nice to see Rachel Hiscox' (Nutrition) and Simon Hazeldine (Mental toughness) given time to develop their articles as I don't feel they had the space to expand on what they were trying to say, exactly.

I haven't finished reading the whole magazine, yet, although I'm just about to read Dan's interview with Kaoklai Kannorasing.

Once again, kudos to Malcom and (most of) the rest of the 'fighters' team for a great magazine.

It is offcial that fighters magazine has withdrawn articles written by Nick Hewitson and he has been removed as one of their contributors. The magazine has prooved its worth and the Muay Thai/ Kickboxing community has exposed him. I hope that our friends in the US will investigate further as he apparently teaches seminars there and trains marines/navy seals!!! lol. This is good news for us as a community we have stuck together to expose a fraud. Thank you to the Fighters magazine and AX site for making this happen. I shall continue to support the efforts of Paul,Martin and the team at Fighters buy selling the magazine. I have been asked to remind all of the Thai and Kickboxing community that we are all welcome to contribute whether it be show reports, seminars, techniques, training tips, tours etc. As long as the articles are written properly, good quality photos are provided then all material will be considered.

The best way to support the magazine is to sell it on the gym level and subscribe each month. It is not enough to depend upon people going to smiths to buy it. Instructors get in contact with Paul Clifton and get subscribed even if its just a couple of copies per month. If we all contribute show reports, fighters to the rankings, equipment profiles, advertising, articles we can make this magazine great and unite the Muay Thai community. It can become our events calender for all future shows. We can showcase our fighters to the world. This is what we need! others have tried and failed. This will suceed as long as people support it from the gym level and get the students reading up on the sport. I make my students interested in getting a copy to keep them abreast of the UK and worldwide scene by telling them about the articles in each copy. The Tony Myers bit was a good enough reason for mine to get a copy.With enthusiasm and encouragement this can become the greatest thing for the Thai/kick/mma community.

An idea of mine would be to have a forthcmoming televised events page like radio times! To cover shows on Bravo,Eurosport, Channel 5, Sky sports,pay per view etc. The biggest problem with televised events is the lack of advertsing. If Fighters had all the month coming show times for superleague, UFC,Boxing k1, mma etc it would be great.It would be like the TV times for martial arts! Suggestions and contributions are welcome so I have been told so lets all do that, mine is a television page so that people buy the mag to record and watch up and coming events. I'd have it at home in front of the sky plus box with a recording set for each show. What do others think of a tv program page so that we dont miss out anymore? Nobody had done it yet and this would be a sales winner I know it! Id sell a lot more copies if that was in it! hint hint! I am sure sky, eurosport and bravo, channel 5 would comply as it would increase their viewing figures and encourage people to subscribe to sky! What does anyone else think? Arent you sick of going into the gym and hearing somebody say what great fights they watched last night whilst you watched some crap because you didnt know it was on. We are screaming out for this big time with all the boxing, thai boxing, k1. ufc, cage raghe shows, kickboxing, documentaries etc. Viewing figures and magazine sales would rocket from this! Get the channels to use the magazine as there advert and I reckon sponsorship would follow. Just an idea what do others think of a forcoming monthly combat page for all Martial and boxing events? It is the only way we can inform all our students of when the shows are on or if you have a fighter from your gym on TV!

Alan,

I think the TV page is a great idea as I miss far too much good shows because I don't know they are on.

Can I make a suggestion now and create this as a new thread because good ideas will be lost in the 'Nick Hewitson' debarcle due to the title of this thread.

I will let you create the thread Alan as you are a good voice for all.

Regards,

FB'Slim

Alan email me when you get a moment a have an update for you.

I haven't read the article, but it occurs to me that the magazine itself was negligent or uneducated enough in it's own specialty subjects to print this article for their readers and in doing so lend credibility of sorts to it's content (for those who don't know better).
Also, it springs to mind that other Uncorroborated stories are often in print but don't recieve the same hostility.
I agree with Vinny.....

I have to agree with COlin when he states that the magazine should know that having 120 MT fights without a loss is unknown anywhere in the fooking world; the fact that they printed it does a certain lack of knowledge on their part.

That being said it's a top magazine and i'll keep buying it !

Did he really mix it up with the Juggernaut??

Action jeans are cool.

Kru nick will make you number 121 if you dont watch your tongue Andy

Can you imagine the damage he is doing to the sport in the states were he is based? I can imagine yanks falling for his pap though lol.
Hes not the first or the last, King of the Bing!

I can imagine anyone without an in-depth knowledge of the sport falling for his pap.

I'm interested to know what David's update might be. Perhaps he's tracked down the man in question in the USA.

This guy is a ghost!! If he is teaching here in the states it is at the same mystery place where he beat all of those thais. i do have some info but would much rather it be sent throught e amil rather than posted on here.

well now the crusade should be against more of the same
we have already uncovered master nick,
next we have to watch for simlar ppl who also claim to have been l;egends until they "did their back in" when they were attacked by a crocodile or fell off a camel :P

we've exposed this idiot..but do you want so much negativity in 'exposing' others on here?? Far better to be postive...leave the 'fakes' to expose themselves (if you know what I mean) cos they all do eventually.

I agree Colin, this was never intended to be a "witch hunt" only the exposure of a very untruthful article. I know the mgazine assumed that the information was valid or they would not have printed. I talked to the USMTA today and he has NEVER been called instructor of the year by them. He is immediately being removed from their website untile he can validate his claims. I am really curious as to where he is teaching or if he is. So far I have not come up with anything!

I agree colin but you must admit that this guy had to be removed as he poses a danger to all those he teaches and advises as he knows knaff all!

Its official, he has now been officially removed now from website and is under review. I have been told they receieved several emails of people that validated Nicks claims but the must all be his students or soemthing. anyway unless he can prove this he is now removed. Respect for the Arts

Does he not teach at his club in the UK ?

Define teaching? he teaches all right but not as we know it! certainly no Muay Thai involved.

The crank hasn't e-mailed me back must be scared either that or he's too busy preparing to take the lumpinee champ belt at super super fat barsteward size

i think all bullshitters need exposing not just master nick

anyone who advocates otherwise are responsible indirectly for all that crap on master nicks website!

@ David Cummings -- Funny they denied the award:

2001- WINNERS:

Bunkered Faphimai Strike Inc. Alex Gong Kru Suuan Kevin Jakub
Nick Hewitson Khun Clint Heyliger Duke Rufus Songchai
Hassan Attaki Kru Suuan Paulo Tocha Arjarn Tony Moore



Nick Hewitson Formerly from Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, became a winner of the International Instructor of the Year Award, the U.S. Instructor of the year Award, and The National Achievement Award.

Off topic - ever heard of Jakub? 200+ bareknuckle NHB fights?

what a f*cking liberty!

Ive not too much to add to this debate other than to say that having read some of the alledged claims Mr Hewitson seems to be be ripping off the life stories of others. He claims to have fled Thailand to avoid Gangsters. Didnt that happen to Ms Sken? THere are others but that one sprung to mind....

Good luck in this witch hunt. Its a worthy cause and all the more reason the THai boxing community ought to come together and form a self regulatory body

just read the whole thread
the mans a fukin legend! lol
he even makes marlboros tales of wonder look truthful

Ha, i believe him ;) - Eagles Super Tae Kwon Do - Nigel Howlett used to run these competitions at the Bunyan Centre in Bedford, all power kicking including leg kicks, no punching on mats, good start for newcomers etc a bit like an interclub realy, i won a gold medal at one back in 87 so that makes me a champion too, i can dodge bullets, catch arrows in my teeth and fend off multiple low kicking warriors with nothing but their shadows to guide me.
Anyone with Nigels gym on here ask Nige if he knew Nick and if so was he part of those days, i cant remember him and i fought on a few of themand a number of nigels promotions(also ask nige to e mail me with his contact details please).
Funnily enough i remember Nigel Howlett being awarded instructor of the year by Master Toddy and the BATMA back in the 80's and also awarded the same honour by the WKA i think when he presented trophies on the uk's 1st ever 8 man event (The Quest 1996/1997)it seems that Nick may have borrowed that honour from Nigel.
I asked Peter Stewart if he remembers him from the days with Master Toddy and then with Nigels Eagles Gym - funny enough Peter cant remember him.
Myself and Peter will be going to Vegas in new year to speak with Master Toddy in relation to Muay Thai etc we will train there and i will ask him about Nick?
Does Ronnie green remember Nick, i doubt it?
Ronnie please post if you ever trained with this great champion!
I shall ask Tony Aherne (Newport) who also trained with Master Toddy at around the same time.
The only thing that may be true is the Eagle's Super Tae Kwon Do thing, our clubs in Wales used to go to these things and they were attended by a few Bedfordshire/Herts clubs with the odd one thrown in from elsewhere, - lincoln boneys etc.
Russ Williams may remember Nick also as he was with Master Toddy at the same time?
Can anyone from the old BATMA shed any light? i doubt it
Lol, i know of a similar guy here in Wales that teahces MMA, - fought in Holland Muay Thai 68 fights etc etc :) the guy cant even throw a roundhouse however people believe it. lol
god save us from these guys, ax save us, fighters mag save us.

As an aside i used to regularly fight on Nigels Howletts Super TKD and Muay Thai comps betwen welterwieght and middleweight and never , ever, ever heard of Nick, never fought him, never heard him mentioned, and i did quite a few of these Eagles Super Tae Kwon Do things.

I was at Toddys at the same time as Tony (the knee)Aherne was there. He took himself off to Thailand to train if I remember rightly. Dont remember Nick though.

It's no different to the shit Dave Croft comes out with.

I think they have just drank 10 beers each in the gym one afternoon looking at their guts and thought it would be funny to award themselves a trophy a piece haha. I had herad Alan keddle was looking to broaden the knowledge base of his gym and he sacked everyone there and brought in Master Nick LOL

Can you confirm or deny these stories Alan...LOL (Al are you on the ceiling?) haha

If nothing else he is a legend. For such a prestige award the trophies are a bit shit!! Almost like Paul Sutton had a few left over and gave them 3!!

Leave my mate Paul Sutton out of this Nige...he does great trophys :)

A Keddle wrote "the whole thing becomes impossible by dates,times,places"
Not if master nick is also a TIME LORD !!! so not only has he twated most of the western world but may have also had it with the odd dalek and a few cyber men !!!

I want the film rights

Paul sutton does do good trophys.........and a good raffle for samurai swords................seems to be the same swords for about three years now he he ;)

job lot

crap, didnt realise this was in main forum (i searched it), can mod move to off topic please?

still a legend though x

Gutted I just spent 40 mins reading this thread! LOL moments guys but seriously the intro alone you'd be thinking this guy is a tool and tell him to do 1?!

K :)

Resurrecting 4 year old posts LOL .... quiet weekend Craig?