About Eddie Quinn

imageThe founder and head trainer at Team Approach Solihull is Eddie Quinn. Eddie has been involved in Martial arts for nearly 25 years, and has been training in Muay Thai since 1990.

Eddie nearly lost his life after an incident in Birmingham when he was 18 and was attacked and stabbed 6 times, his heart, liver, gall bladder, and lungs were all punctured in the attack.
During Eddies rehabilitation he began his Martial arts training and was searching for a practical and effective Martial Art, his first Martial art was ju jitsu and even though he found it enjoyable, Eddie still felt there was something missing in his training, after reading about Muay Thai in a couple of Martial Arts magazines Eddie set about learning this highly Devastating Martial Art. After reading an interview with Bob Spour in Combat magazine, Eddie tracked Bob down and the love affair with Muay Thai began, Eddie got his 10th khan ( black belt equivalent ) in 1995, was awarded Senior instructor grade in 1997 and this year 2008 was awarded the title of Arjarn which translates from Thai to English as Master.

Eddie has close links with many of the worlds leading figures in Muay Thai, from the one and only Ramon Dekkers to Arjarn Yodtong from Sityodtong Muay Thai camp Thailand. Eddie has been to Thailand many times to train and research the Thai arts, from Krabi Krabong (Thai weapons), Muay Boran (old style boxing) and modern day Muay Thai.

Eddie has been coaching since 1998 and is known as one of the Uk's leading martial arts instructors. He has a wealth of knowledge in not only Muay Thai but Malaysian and Indonesian Silat, Filipino Eskrima, Russian Sambo Wrestling, Western Boxing and Japanese Ju Jitsu. Eddie is also a senior instructor for the Ultimate Self Protection group and is founder of THE APPROACH a hard hitting, and easy to learn principle based self protection concept from Eddies extensive training in the South East Asian Martial Arts.
Eddie also writes a monthly Column for the countries leading Martial Arts Magazine, Martial Arts Illustrated.

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