In 2013 there were 3 groups in the UK that used the phase British Krav Maga.
British
Krav Maga Federation, British Krav
Maga Organsiation and the British Krav Maga Association. Krav Maga is a generic
term for Close quarter combat and the copy write of such a term in any country
cannot be upheld as every day words cannot be successfully monopolised.
Paul Grey of the BKMA
Paul Grey is a Wing Chun Instructor of no previous recorded achievements in the
martial arts on the net. He is an ex psychiatric nurse. His self-promotion has
mislead people to believing he is the only one in the UK capable of
certificating people in what he calls a nationally recognised Krav Maga qualification.
The BKMA seems to have been around since 2010 and before that Paul grey
advertised himself as a Wing chun instructor. Paul was obviously one of those
instructors who were certified off a short Krav Maga instructor course back in
the early to mid 2000. Paul grey
has
never advertised a British form of Krav Maga until 2015 but advocated
previously authentic Krav Maga which suggest he believes his is Israeli.
Wayne Edwards Claims to being the founder of the British Krav Maga System
Wayne Edwards is known in the Martial arts world and has had a great deal of
success in the martial arts which can be researched and verified. He has
several senior grades in many systems and approached Paul Grey of the BKMA to
take part in his certification process so as to gain content for his existing Martial
arts school. Seeing Wayne as a threat after the second phrase of his Krav Maga
instructor course Paul refused to certify him and made this clear even though
breaking data protection laws that he failed him.
Wayne basically gave Paul Grey of the BKMA the middle finger and set up his own
rival British Krav Maga Organisation and became the founder of what he called
British Krav Maga in 2013. The phrase British Krav Maga was a phrase used for a
British version of Krav Maga and not as an authentic Israeli Krav Maga group
with an israli stamp of approval.
British Krav Maga was mapped from traditional krav maga and used british martial
arts experts to assist in
its various
components to provide a credible system i.e. British Krav Maga was mapped off
Krav Maga World Wide’s syllabus but all drills and skills were revaluated to
ensure correct technique. I.e the ground game of BJJ without the rules, the
throws of Judo without the rules, the hands of boxing without the rules, the
stick and knife of Filipino martial arts, etc.
Paul Greys misleading claims to British Krav Maga
Paul Greys misleading claims to
British
Krav Maga.
There are several World
kickboxing groups, Several British karate groups and not one person can claim
the rights to a national, world or global form of a generic search term.
Pauls purpose of attempting to monopolise British Krav Maga is an attempt to
nullify Wayne Edwards as competition.
So far Paul has attempted to drown out Wayne Edwards from the internet with bad
reviews on how he failed his course and is a fake. While still not answering
the big question who is Paul Grey and why is he the for most authority of Krav
maga in the UK.
Paul Grey cannot successfully uphold a claim to British Krav Maga as
there is a claim prior to starting British
Krav Maga as a system in its self and
any one and his dog tomorrow has the wright to
their very own British Krav Maga club. We can have tomorrow British Krav Maga institute,
British Krav Maga academy, British Krav Maga centres, British krav Maga
council, British Krav Maga ministry, etc.
Guys the phrase is there for you to take, don’t let this man think he owns
British Krav Maga. Paul Grey is a maniac and needs someone to show him how Free
the market place is.
Is Wayne Edwards a Fake
The question should be:- is Wayne Edwards good at what he does? The answer is
yes. Wayne has always continued to better himself and his business. Wayne has a
number of Krav Mage and Israeli Martial arts Mentors. Grand Master Moshe
Galisco 8
th degree Krav Maga Intructor, Ex IDF and
is a Mentor of Wayne Edwards who Wayne has
attended his Israeli Marital arts festival training in Israel with several Krav
Maga greats such as Haim Zuttm, Moti Nativ and Many more. Wayne is an IKA member
and is
Kapap Krav Maga certified as an
instructor and shadowed Master Galisko on his instructor course as well as his
intentions to follow Grand Master Galisko around the globe.
Paul Grey has no claim of continued learning
and development himself but puts himself top of the tree with no clear evidence
on the net.
Wayne also has another mentor in 7
th degree Krav maga instructor Alfonso
Torregrosso whom he has studied Israli Krav Maga with and continues to develop
with too. Wayne is a certified Krav Maga instructor through European Krav Maga
and therefore on all account any claims of Wayne being a fake is misleading and
an attempt to dissuade people from training with him.
Differences between Wayne Edwards Britsh Krav Maga and Paul Grey’s
Wayne is a true Martial artist and being a. pugilistic strategist, competitive
coach and self defence instructor with decades of experience on an
international level he is able to provide a credible experience and journey for
students.
Wayne specialised in full time fully equipped centres and therefore it is
impossible to shut out of the business by a hired hall
as he and his clients are not restricted to
times a hired hall may have. The majority of British Krav Maga Organisation clients
have been school owners who want to teach Krav Maga in there full time centres.
Teaching Krav Maga in a full time centre is probably as Israeli as it gets as
when Wayne travelled to Israel there are a lot groups who teach in this manner
and it makes sense as full time centres have all the equipment you need such as
punching bags, pads, matts etc. Special note a lot of Israeli schools also
teach other main stream arts such as Muay Thai, MMA, Karate, etc.
Wayne Has an abundance frame of mind as he knows no one school can teach
everyone. In Didsbury Manchester were Wayne teaches he has 137,000 houses in a
3 mile radius and his goal which he has reach is 250 students per location as a
float and all other new students is an added growth for a stable school.
If Wayne was a fake he would not be where he is now. The fake label Paul Grey
of the BKMA has labelled him with is an attempt to stop people from even trying
his school or instructor training program. However Wayne views his school as an
academy that once a person experiences it for themselves they can make their
own minds up. It costs nothing to try and see what the difference is.
The last note on whether Wayne Edwards is a fake is this. Wayne promotes self
study and visits to Israel to see krav maga for yourself. Visiting instructors
will come over to Manchester and Wayne’s students like him will go over to
Israel to train. Fakes don’t encourage their students to go and see things for
themselves. A fake will try and keep their students blinkered and feed them
with horror stories and make insecure claims about who they perceive as a
threat. If Paul Grey is truly interested in a fake he only has to look in the
mirror or as the saying goes when you point the finger at someone, three
fingers are pointing back.
Paul Greys Claims of his British Krav Maga certification being a National Recognised
Qualification
The BKMA, Paul Grey or British Krav Maga does not have a nationally recognised
Krav maga qualification. This is misleading and dishonest. Paul Grey has his subordinate
Mark Edwards teach a PTTLS section on his Krav Maga course so as to get LCAS
funding for military personnel who will sink or swim after a 21 day course with
Paul Grey of the BKMA. Krav Maga on its own will not receive LCAS recognition
a courses has to be level 3 or more to get
accredited. The PTTLS course which is a bog standard trainers qualification for
a anyone wishing to teach work based training is as cheap as £250 from any
local training centre or college in your town, hardly work the £2k price Paul
puts on his course.
When an individual claims a qualification is nationally recognised it suggests
the qualification is ofqal accredited which all major qualifications have to be
such as first aid, security, GCSE’s, Btec, etc.
Paul Grey has mislead many people into thinking his qualification is legitimate
and more than an in house cert.
Luckily
the less gullible has seen through this and done their home work through proper
means and not just a google search of Paul Greys own self supporting sites.
Future of British Krav Maga
Wayne Edwards has been focusing on growing the World fight Martial Arts council
GB association for the past 3 years. Now he is about to culminate this in the
form or the 2016 World Championships which he is hosting in Manchester. Once
this is over he will have more time to offer to the growing his British Krav
Maga organisation.
British Krav Maga will be looking for partners in every City and town.
The model will include part time and full time locations. Britsh Krav Maga will
act as a promotion body and throughout the association it will promote the
international Kapap association who has links with all major authorities on
Krav Maga.
British Krav Maga will be a network of cooperation with reality based martial
arts and other opportunities for visiting international and national
instructors to share their knowledge, experiences and good practice.
Britsh Krav Maga will provide curriculum for full time schools and part time
alike.
The rise of the BlackBelt Krav Maga Organisation
Black Belt Krav Maga is a belted version of Authentic Krav maga. It is Wayne Edwards
personal brand which he will license out in 2016. The brand includes kids
leadership training and adult Krav Maga self defence plus a working
relationship with Wayne.
Originally set up to differentiate himself from the negativity he has been getting
from his desperate rival Paul Grey of the BKMA but now has become a legitimate
brand in its own right. Only licenced members will be allowed to use the Black
Belt Krav Maga brand as opposed to his British Krav Maga program which is soon
to be ofqual accredited and will be a national qualification for all to use and
be certified though.
Black Belt Krav Maga is set to be out
later in 2016.
If you want more information about the BKMO or British Krav Maga organisation
email Wayne at
masteredwards@hotmail.com
or facebook him
https://www.facebook.com/WayneVEdwards .
His websites are:
http://www.kravmagmanchester.com
http://www.britishkravmagaorganisation.com
