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.