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Instructors
Name: Matthew Phillips
Age: 27
Grade: Primary Instructor
Started Jitsu: 1999
Sensei Mat Phillips is the main instructor at Archway Jiu-Jitsu club. He is a black belt (1st dan) and has been studying
Jiu-Jitsu for eight years.
He started training in Jiu-Jitsu whilst at university in Leeds, under sensei Tony Gill.
After graduating, he moved back to London, where he continued training at
City Jitsu Club under sensei Peter Hamer
before starting Archway Jiu-Jitsu club after qualifying as an instructor in 2004.
Name: Rosie Smith
Age: 27
Grade: Acting Primary Instructor
Started Jitsu: 2003
Sensei Rosie Smith is the juniors (under 18s)
instructor at Archway jiu-jitsu club. She is a brown
belt (1st kyu) and has been studying jiu-jitsu for
four and a half years.
Before joining Archway as an instructor in August
2007, she trained at City Jitsu Club under sensei
Peter Hamer.