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Renowned martial arts coach, Peter Skillen talks about how martial arts helped him turn his life around, after he fell into severe alcholism.

INTERVIEW

sionals and individual men and women on a one-to-one basis. Programmes include Kickboxing, Self-Defence, Knife and Edged Weapon Awareness and general conditioning and weight management.

Peter is also creator of Street Tuff a unique training method, designed to simplify under-standing of self-defence techniques and accelerate the learning capacity and progress of each student. Finally, the British Martial Arts Association represents clubs that offer the very best in martial arts training, including Kickboxing, Karate, Kung Fu, BJJ, self-protection and other fighting arts. With a loving partner and five chil-dren, plus another on the way, and studying for a degree in TV and film production, today’s version of Peter Skillen is not only a martial artist but also a creative force and an inspiration to many.

But his story isn’t one of great achievement - Peter’s story is, in truth, one of incredible recovery, because before he turned his life around, he didn’t just scrape

Peter Skillen is founder and Chief Instructor of PSMAC Professional Martial Arts Coaching and the British Martial Arts Association, based at the ‘Home of British Sport’, Loughborough in Leicestershire.

With over 25 years experience in the martial arts world, Peter has coached World, Olympic and Commonwealth champions - creating bespoke sessions that challenge some of the highest achievers in world sports. PSMAC also provides a wide range of training routines and specific tuition to groups, teams, youngsters, schools, corporate profes-