Jeff Phillips

Jeff Phillips is the chief instructor at Western Combatives and creator of the Ultimate Self Defense Championship. Jeff was a championship kickboxer and boxer and has studied martial arts for over 30 years. His initial training began with his father (Jeet Kune Do) and later ventured into Muay Thai (training extensively in Thailand) Boxing, Submission Wrestling, MMA(competing in amateur mma(Shooto)), Freestyle wrestling & much more. After working in professions where violence occurred daily Jeff searched for an alternative as he realised most of his sport and traditional martial arts skills needed to be tweaked to be suitable for street altercations. In 2005 Jeff discovered Krav Maga & trained extensively becoming an instructor in 2011. Jeff has also branched out into reality based fighting systems/combatives, sparking his interest in the psychology of violence and close quarter combat/weapon defence.

Jeff’s training has always incorporated the mental side and has a philosophy of the right knowledge and mindset can beat brute force, contributing to his success with training women and children to effectively defend themselves. Jeff has designed & conducted many personal protection programs for a wide range of occupations such as: nurses, taxi drivers, bus drivers, school teachers, police, security and many more appearing on television, radio, magazines and newspapers multiple times. Jeff is currently employed as a Violence Prevention subject matter expert & is a contributing author to Blitz Martial Arts Magazine.

Jeff also has a degree in Sports Science, a degree in education, Certificate 3 & 4 in Fitness, Level 2 Coaching Certification, Sports Conditioning Certification and many other fitness & coaching qualifications. Jeff has worked as a Teacher of Certificate 3 & 4 in Sport & Fitness as well as working as a trainer in correctional facilities. Jeff has also been employed as a Physical Education Teacher for over 15 years working in Adult Education, Primary & Secondary schools and also a bullying consultant. Jeff has also been a personal trainer, Strength and Conditioning coach for over 15 years & has managed some large fitness centres as well as working for the Sydney Kings and other high level athletes.

Additional Qualifications:
Bachelor Sports Science (Physical Education)
Bachelor Health Science
Bachelor of Teaching
Workplace Trainer & Assessor
Diploma Business (Workplace Health & Safety)
Cert 4 Fitness
Cert 3 Fitness
Certified Sports Strength & Conditioning
Master Functional Trainer
Level 1 & 2 Kettlebell Trainer
Level 2 Medicine Ball
Level 1 Resistance Bands
Level 1 Bulgarian Bags
Level 1 Power Bags
Level 1 Callisthenics
Level 1 Mobility
Level 1 Speed Coach
Level 1 Nutrition
TAFE Fitness Teacher
Level 2 Coaching Principals
Level 2 Sports Coaching
First Aid
Working With Children
Qualified as a coach in a variety of sports & also completed many education courses.