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MEET THE TEAM

Meet Your Coaching Team

Meet our team of dedicated Empower Coaches ready to level up your skill levels and welcome you in to our club. Headed by CEO and founder Dan Holloway, our professional team is dedicated to providing the best martial arts we can in Lincoln and online.

Dan Holloway

Founder, Head Coach and CEO

Dan started martial arts at the age of 7 with Karate before transitioning to Aikido at the age of 9. He continued to train in this, achieving 3rd degree black belt and travelling as far as Australia to live for a month as a live-in student under one of the top instructors in the world. At aged 18 he began boxing and kickboxing before transitioning to MMA at 20 years old, competing in amateur competitions in both kickboxing and MMA. Upon finishing his degree is found the modern self defence system of KFM and through this found Jeet Kune Do and Kali. He has trained under some of the best instructors in the world including Bruce Lee's best friend Dan Inosanto in LA and holds multiple black belts as well as instructor levels in JKD, Kali and Kickboxing.

David 'Titch' Marshall

Kickboxing Coach

Starting martial arts aged 8 with Judo, Titch competed at national level before transitioning to full contact Kickboxing aged 16, building a record of 43 fights, 41 wins and 28 by KO. After a knee injury stopped his competitive career, he focused on coaching, developing fighters who have achieved championship levels across multiple disciplines and supporting other gyms. Titch is committed to passing on knowledge, discipline and the spirit of combat sports to the next generation

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Ollie Key

Level 2 Coach & Black Belt

Ollie began her martial arts journey under Dan in 2019 after enlisting her kids in our classes. Since then she has become an integral part of the academy, achieving the rank of black belt in December 2024 as well as instructorships in JKD and Kali. Constantly on the look out for more knowledge she is our Kali specialist as well as ladies only coach and her kids are also Junior Black Belt grade as well as Junior leaders at Empower.

Adam Clarke

Level 2 Coach

Adam began his martial arts journey at the age of 6 with Judo, competing at many local events. In his twenties he studied freestyle kickboxing, Muay Thai and self defence, competing at European level in points and semi-contact fighting, earning European Champion in semi contact. In his 30s he studied MMA, Muay Thai and self defence and found Empower at 40 years old where he has so far won three boxing events, the last one by way of knockout, and competed in semi-contact kickboxing, bringing home the gold! Adam is passionate about helping people realise the same level of confidence and fitness as he has found through the different martial arts he has studied.

Vicky Payne

Level 1 Coach & Kids Coach

Vicky began her journey with Empower, along with her kids who continue to train with us! Since joining she has gained in both confidence and fitness and has now stepped in to the role of head coach for our Mini Ninjas, helping to develop our youngest students through a mixture of fun and games in our sessions! Her friendly but technical approach is perfect for our youngest students and she is an asset to the Academy as a whole!

Steven Hayman

Level 1 Coach & Kids Coach

Steve has been involved in martial arts since 2005, including Boxing, Thang Soo Do and Krav Maga. His family have been with us since 2018 and he soon followed and joined the gang. As an instructor he is keen to bring out the best in his students and runs high energy classes in his Junior sessions and his family are an integral part of our Empower community!

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