Street Defensive Tactics

INSTRUCTOR PROFILES

Graham Kuerschner

The Principal Instructor and founder of SDT is Graham Kuerschner. Graham has over 40 years experience in the martial arts in a variety of systems and is internationally trained and graded (Israel, Hong Kong and Philippines). He is a contributing editor to Blitz, Australia's leading national martial art magazine and has a regular column in every issue.

He presently holds the ranks of Expert Level 1 in Krav Maga, 5th Level Instructor in Wing Chun, 5th Degree Black Belt in Doce Pares Eskrima (Filipino stick and knife fighting), 4th Degree Black Belt in Pangamot (Filipino Jiu Jitsu), and is a Senior Instructor in SDMS with Hoch Hockheim's American Scientific Fighting Congress. Graham is also a blue belt of John Will's Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He teaches students in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, is a qualified Fitness Leader and a Level 2 Coach under the Federal Government's National Coaching Accreditation Scheme.

Graham was involved in assisting Robert Redenbach teach representatives from the specialist Army and NSW Police units that have responsibility for providing security during the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Robert is the creator of the P.A.T.S. (formerly 'Kontact') system for security personnel and was the defensive tactics instructor for the South African security services and British SAS.

Graham has a Bachelor's degree and an Honours degree in Science from Adelaide University and a Masters degree in Business Management from Deakin University

 

 

Paul Summerton

Paul is a Senior Instructor with over 20 years martial arts experience and has also been internationally trained and graded. He presently holds the ranks of 2nd Level Wing Chun instructor, 4th Degree Black Belt in Doce Pares Eskrima and 3rd Degree Black Belt in Pangamot. Paul is also a student of John Will's Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

To complement his martial arts experience, Paul has over 10 years experience in the security industry, principally working security on the doors of many major nightclubs.

Paul has a Bachelor's degree and an Honours degree in Economics from Flinders University.

 

 

Gary Gillies

Gary is a Senior Instructor with SDT and has over 25 years martial arts experience. He is a qualified Wing Chun instructor, holds a blue belt in John Will's Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a qualified wrestling coach with a Level 1 Sports Coaching accreditation.