Instructors

INSTRUCTORS.

"I have had the pleasure of studying under Darren's tutelage for several years and would thoroughly recommend his services to anybody operating in a hostile environment"

Ben Harrowing

Licensed Professional Security.

"Having trained in various Martial Arts for over 30 years I can honestly say that Darren is the best combat instructor I have ever had. Highly skilled, knowledgable, focused, dedicated and teaches the real deal."

Terrence Smith

Projects Manager

Darren Le Fevre is lead coach of Ist Response Combatives. He is also the UK’s head instructor for the HaganaH system & is currently the only instructor in the UK, personally certified to teach the F.I.G.H.T. (Fierce Israeli Guerrilla Hand-to-hand Tactics) programme by system founder Mike Lee Kanarek.

His martial arts career spans more than 4 decades. in addition to being a certified F.I.G.H.T., Israeli Tactical Knife Fighting & Ground Survival instructor in the HaganaH system, he is one of the original foundation coaches in Defiance Combat's Fight Response & Combat Tactics (F.R.A.C.T.) under system founder Guy Bloom. He holds black belts in several traditional martial arts including Shotokan Karate & freestyle Kung Fu/Kick-Boxing. He began his basic training in the Yoseikan System, at the first & oldest club in the UK under the instruction of Vernon Bell (The accepted father of British Judo & Karate) & attained his first Black Belt in 1984 in traditional Shotokan Karate under Joe Anderson Snr, at the Toyakwai, Hackney. (the first ever Karate club in London's "East End"). He fought in the Toyakwai squad at both national & international level and as a freelance fighter in both semi & full contact Karate & Kickboxing.

In the late 80’s & early 90’s, he worked extensively in the professional security sectors as a nightclub door supervisor, & within the V.I.P. close protection industry in the UK and Europe. His close protection & firearms training was under the tutelage of world renowned CQC & personal combat specialist, Dennis Martin of CQB Services and John "Lofty" Wiseman, founder of 22 Special Air Service regiment's counter-terrorism unit. Darren was therefore, one of the UK's first professionally trained civilian close protection operators back in the late 80’s.

Darren has studied various combative arts over the years on an intelligence gathering level including Japanese Karate, Kick-boxing, Western Boxing, Escrima, Military hand-to-hand combat & HaganaH, attending seminars with many well known Masters & household names in the martial arts world. In May 2011 he was honoured with the rank of "Go-Dan" (5th degree black-belt) by the examination & technical commitee of South East England Martial Arts Federation. (S.E.E.M.A.F.)

Darren's students have included, civilians, security staff, police officers, close protection personnel in high risk deployments and serving military personnel, including members of the Royal Marines Reserve at their London HQ. He is a regular writer and contributor in the martial arts press and also works extensively within the independent movie industry.

In addition, he is a multiple inductee into the "Martial Arts Hall Of Fame" by both Combat & Fighters magazine and Martial Arts Illustrated magazine "In recognition of his creative input & support to the progress of Martial Arts around the world" and for "Outstanding achievements within the world of martial arts"