Master Andrew Blinston, the president of Retford Martial Arts school, Lynx Black Belt Leadership Academy, is celebrating an amazing 30 years in martial arts – quite an achievement for someone who’s still only 42!
Born in Armthorpe, Doncaster, Andrew runs 2 local Martial Arts Academies where he still leads training and teaching, with both students and instructors following in his footsteps.
Master Blinston, the founder of Lynx Black Belt Leadership Academy established in 1986, is certainly an achiever: he has been a National and International Champion, has won repeated awards in national martial arts magazines, is invited to speak and mentor at many martial arts conventions and rated the best martial arts schools in our region for outstanding levels of martial arts tuition and professionalism.
Considered to be one of the very best instructors in the UK and highly regarded by his peers, Andrew Blinston is a modest and charming man. He began his training as a young boy of 11 when he joined a local a martial arts club and earned his black belt when he was still a teenager. Studying and training in the Korean martial arts, he became one of the youngest instructors in the country and completed his certification program at the age of 16. His passion has taken him around the world, studying, training and teaching in Korea and America. Andrew currently holds a 5th Dan grade and will be graduating to 6th Dan later in 2011.
Hundreds of students have benefited from his training and mentoring to achieve black belt and beyond, and many students now join his Scholarship training program, to become martial arts instructors, just like their mentor.
Master Blinston is so passionate about martial arts that he has a wide and exciting vision of the future for Martial Arts in our community. Having already established a full-time school in Doncaster and in 2010 set up a brand new martial arts school in Exchange Street, Retford, he aims to open two more full-time schools in the Yorkshire and Nottingham region! And amazingly, you will find Master Blinston teaching classes, courses and seminars at all of these schools.
His passion and beliefs are to teach all individuals and families regardless of age, the true meaning and disciplines of the martial arts in a professional, safe and controlled environment where everyone is given the opportunity to take part.
And if you read the testimonials that Master Andrew Blinston regularly receives from his students and parents of students, you can tell that he has a profound and positive effect on their lives.
Congratulations Master Andrew Blinston on achieving such a remarkable 30 years.
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