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DMAS Instructors All our instructors have many years of experience in multiple martial arts and are formally graded and certified by Sifu Phil Dandridge. Drew Alpine Stewart Povey Denis Cummins Andrzej Potem Jon Turner Ian Campbell Chris Furniss Neil Fry Sean Lewis	Instructors Phil Dandridge Chief Instructor Sifu, and Unang Guro, Phil Dandridge began his Martial Arts Training at the age of 16 under Master Rex Jones of the Fei Lung Kwan and first formed an association to enable him to teach martial arts in 1995. This association was originally called the NKAGB (Northern Kung Fu Association of Great Britain) and taught the Elephant Form Fist system, or Chiong Hsing Chuan Fa, and Five Animals kung fu. After some time, he started to teach other systems that he had studied. These systems include Wing Chun kung fu and Filipino martial arts. After a number of years training in Warrior system Filipino Martial Arts, Phil started to learn Kali Ilustrisimo in a direct lineage from two of the 'Five Pillars of Ilustrisimo', Grand Master Yuli Romo and Master Rey Galang, from his friend and teacher, Punong Guro Peter Lewis who is a full member of Bakabakan International and runs the world HQ of Zu'bu Kali for GM Yuli Romo. At the end of 2007 Phil started to teach his own syllabus of Flipino martial arts. Email: fiveanimals@hotmail.co.uk
	Drew Alpine Sifu Alpine started his martial arts journey learning Karate as a child. Then many years later and after brief training in various Kung Fu styles he met Master Dandridge in 1997. He then dedicated himself to learning the styles taught by Master Dandridge as a closed-door student, he achieved full instructor status in 2001 in the art of Elephant Fist. Continuing this path he was awarded full instructor status in Wing Chun, plus 5 Animals in 2004. In 2005 Master Dandridge introduced him to Punong Guro Peter Lewis, who is the head of the WHQ for the Zubu Kalis as taught by Grandmaster Yuli Romo and the UK representative for Bakbakan Kalis Illustrisimo, Headed by Master Ray Galang. In 2006 Sifu Alpine was awarded associate membership with Bakbakan and given permission to teach the art of Kali Illustrisimo by Master Ray Galang. In 2007 Drew was awarded the title of Sibok (senior instructor) by Sigung Dandridge. Website: DMAS Midlands Email: drew.alpine@blueyonder.co.uk
	Stewart Povey Stewart was born in Liverpool in 1969 and brought up on the Wirral. He did jujitsu for 2 years whilst at school but nothing for a few years after that. In 1990 he joined the RAF, and whilst at his first posting in Boddington met his first Wing Chun teacher, Harry Cannon. He trained with him for a year before being posted to Gibraltar. After being posted to Rudloe Manor in Corsham, in January 1996 a friend took Stewart along to a Kung Fu class in Chippenham run by Phil Dandridge. There he began training in Elephant fFist kung fu and started private lessons in Wing Chun. He gained his black sash in Elephant Fist in September 2000 and now has a 3rd degree in Elephant and a 1st degree in Wing Chun. Stewart has also trained in Hung Gar and Filipino martial arts with Phil, but holds Wing Chun as his first love.
	Denis Cummins Denis started training with Phil Dandridge in January 1995 in the Elephant system, attaining first black sash in 1999. He started teaching in 2000 after an intensive twelve month instructors course and subsequently became an instructor in Wing Chun in 2004 and was given permission by Phil Dandridge to teach Hung Gar in 2003. Was accepted in 2006 as a trainee instructor in both Zu'bu Kali Ilustrisimo and Bakbakan Kali Ilustrisimo having graded with Punong Guro Peter Lewis, World HQ Representative in Zu'Bu Kali, and Master Rey Galang, one of the 'Five Pillars Of Ilustrisimo', in Bakbakan Kali Ilustrisimo.
	Andrzej Potem Before taking martial arts seriously, Andrzej was exposed to some Shaolin kung fu and Jeet Kune Do. His true martial arts training began in January 2002 under Sifu Phil Dandridge. The first system he started learning was Wing Chun and he passed his First Degree Black Sash in Wing Chun on 26th February 2006, and was permitted to teach Wing Chun. During the higher levels of his Wing Chun training, he also became interested in the Filipino martial arts, with their empty hand techniques similar to Wing Chun but more extensive weapons training. Andrzej is currently training in the filipino arts of Escrima and Kali, and has also passed a fast track course in the Chinese Northern system Elephant Fist. Website: Chinese And Filipino Martial Arts Email: ajpotem@aol.com
	Jon Turner Jon started training in 1999, in Shotokan Karate, attaining his 1st Dan black belt in June 2002. Prior to that he had already started training privately with Phil Dandridge in Wing Chun kung fu and Filipino martial arts, now also trains in Hung Kuen kung fu, and was accepted in 2006 as a trainee instructor in both Zu'bu Kali Ilustrisimo and Bakbakan Kali Ilustrisimo having graded with Punong Guro Peter Lewis, World HQ Representative in Zu'Bu Kali, and Master Rey Galang, one of the 'Five Pillars Of Ilustrisimo'. In March 2008 Jon attained his first degree black sash in Hung Kuen and holds belts in five styles of martial arts. Email: jon@dmas.org.uk
	Ian Campbell Ian started learning martial arts from the age of about 7 when he studied Karate and trained briefly in various arts such as Judo and Kickboxing. After a few years away from martial arts he began training Kung Fu in 2001 under sifu Denis Cummings in the Northern Shaolin Kung Fu system of Elephant Fist. In 2003 the core syllabus was changed to focus on the Southern Shaolin system of Hung Kuen in which, in late 2005, he passed his 1st Degree Black Sash and instructor grade. In January 2006, Ian was awarded 1st Degree and instructor level in the Elephant system also. In February 2005 he began taking lessons in South Wales in Baguazhang under Erle Montaigue, and over the following years was taught privately by Erle's son Eli. In late 2007 Ian was awarded an instructorship in the Internal Arts by Erle Montaigue and his son and main teacher, Eli Montaigue. Website: NSL Boxing Email: ian@nslboxing.com
	Chris Furniss Chris first became involved in Martial Arts in 1998. He trained for one year in Aikido before becoming interested in Chinese Martial Arts. He then trained in a modern Kung Fu style called Nam Pai Chuan, which has its origins in Fat Gar Kuen and in the training methods of the Malaysian Taekwondo Association. Chris trained in Nam Pai Chuan for four years, in Brighton and later Bath. When the Bath Nam Pai Chaun club closed in 2004 Chris tried a number of different styles before discovering DMAS Hung Gar Kung Fu. Chris soon became captivated by the Hung Gar forms and the level of understanding of the forms which DMAS teach. Chris gained his first degree in Hung Gar Kung Fu in October of 2007. During the same period he trained in DMAS Filipino Kali and Elephant Form Fist, gaining his first degree in Elephant Form Fist in January 2008.
	Neil Fry Sifu Neil Fry started his martial arts experience as a young boy belonging to the local judo club and later taking an interest in kickboxing classes in a local school hall. In 2002 Neil became a member of the N.K.A.G.B. (the forerunner of D.M.A.S.) studying Leong Fu's Elephant Form Fist and later going on to study Hung Kuen under Sifu Phil Dandridge. In 2008 Neil was granted a black sash 1st degree in Elephant Form Fist and was granted an instructorship.
	Sean Lewis Sean has practised martial arts since 1999 and started his journey training in the Cheng Man Ching version of the Yang Taiji Quan system. This aroused Sean's appetite for the Internal arts and he followed this up by learning both the long and short Yang family forms. At the same time Sean was gaining a solid karate base training in Bath and, with weapons, in Birmingham three nights a week for four years. Following this he studied Southern White Crane kung fu for two years before the teacher left. Still doing Taiji but wanting a harder style Sean started looking for a new Sifu in 2005 and so found D.M.A.S. and with it Hung Gar, Ch'oing Hsin Chuan Fa, and a host of other styles. After three years training in Hung Gar he graded to red sash (Junior Instructor level) and holds a black sash in Ch'oing Hsin Chuan Fa.