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Hercules Sports & Fitness

Coaches | Boxing & MMA

Show qualifications, responsibilities, coaching style and the direct route to work with the right person. Boxing, MMA, kickboxing and athlete conditioning programs in a bold combat sports setting.

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Coaching team

Six coaches, each with their own discipline.

Every coach here has competed. Between them the team covers boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, strength and the corner work that goes with competition.

Boxing coach training with focus mitts

Marcus Ellery

Head coach, boxing

Former national amateur champion who has cornered over two hundred bouts. Marcus runs the fight team and the technical boxing classes.

  • England Boxing Level 3
  • Fight team
  • Cornering
Boxing coach guiding an athlete on a heavy bag

Nadia Okafor

Coach, boxing and womens programme

Fought at national level before moving into coaching. Nadia leads the beginner intakes and the three womens-only sessions each week.

  • Beginner course
  • Womens programme
  • Pad work
Boxing coach working with a boxer in a gym

Tomas Vidal

Coach, MMA and wrestling

A freestyle wrestling background with ten years in MMA. Tomas handles takedowns, cage work and the clinch.

  • Wrestling
  • Cage work
  • Clinch
Female boxer training with a coach in a boxing ring

Ravi Menon

Coach, Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Black belt under a Rio lineage, teaching both gi and no-gi. Ravi runs the grappling ladder and the submission clinics.

  • BJJ black belt
  • No-gi
  • Submissions
Male boxer wearing gloves in a boxing gym

Aoife Doyle

Strength and conditioning

Sports science graduate who builds the camp blocks, testing and return-to-training plans for injured members.

  • S&C
  • Camp blocks
  • Return to training
Young boxer wearing gloves in a gym

Dean Whitlock

Coach, beginner boxing

Twenty years in amateur boxing and the calmest voice in the room. Dean takes most first-timers through their opening weeks.

  • First-timers
  • Fundamentals
  • Bag work
Working with a coach

How coaching is organised.

Classes are always coach-led rather than follow-along. If you want focused work, one-to-one pad sessions can be booked with any coach.

  • Maximum sixteen people per technical class
  • One-to-one pad sessions bookable with any coach
  • Written progress notes for fight-team members
  • Coaches rotate so you learn more than one style
  1. Step 1Train in general classes and meet the coaching team.
  2. Step 2Request one-to-one sessions with whoever suits your goal.
  3. Step 3Fight-team members are assigned a lead coach for each camp.

About the coaches — Fight Prep

Can I book one-to-one pad work?

Yes, with any coach, subject to availability. Sessions run forty-five minutes.

Are the coaches insured and qualified?

Every coach holds a current national governing body qualification, first aid and insurance.

Who should I speak to about competing?

Marcus handles all competition selection and camp planning.

Next step

Train with the right coach.

Tell us your discipline and goal and we will point you to the right person.

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