Martial Arts are ancient methods of fighting designed for defending yourself in a refined and disciplined way. A true Martial Artist will never promote violence even though they will have a key understanding of how to disable an attacker. It's a way of life promoting peace and harmony which ultimately builds strength of mind and body to last a lifetime.

My name is Simon Wachon founder member and chief Instructor for North America, and World Director of the Evolution Martial Arts Association.  Myself and Francis Miller, Director and Chief UK and Europe Instructor, would like to welcome you to this web site and give you a brief introduction to Evolution Martial Arts. We would also like to extend a welcome from all our other founder members and current Instructors Chris Smith, Gareth Price, Steve Smith, Shelley Douch, Rob Edwards, Lewis Dunn, Tash Lee, Sean Clarke and Steve Reynolds.

We started Evolution as “Evolution Tae Kwon-Do” having served many years under two other large Tae Kwon-Do organisations who we thank for getting us to where we are today. We soon realised that there were many other Martial Arts which also had something to offer and took it upon ourselves to learn other disciplines and incorporate them into our system. Because we have a Tae Kwon-Do background, it is the “Major” discipline of the founder members. We do however respect all Martial Arts of any style which teach with the best interests of their students at heart, and we will gladly welcome these instructors and clubs into our association, if they share our ethics of peace, harmony and that pursuit of perfection which  is so difficult to achieve.

At present we have full time Martial Arts Academies and Clubs throughout  Great Britain and South Western Canada but are looking forward to welcoming clubs from other countries and other styles. We have a wealth of knowledge . studying many disciplines from stand up striking, punching and dynamic kicking to joint locks, pressure points, grappling (ground defence) and safe weapons. We strongly believe in sharing knowledge and having  respect for all Martial Arts,  adopting the view that each Martial Art has something to offer,  ultimately improving our balance of knowledge.

Every student whether a beginner or experienced is very important to us within Evolution, because we truly believe that we are all equal in status and whether beginner or Black Belt, we all have something to contribute to Martial Arts and more importantly to each other.