Paul "The British Ninja" McCarthy
Founder and Head Instructor of the Gridiron Combatives training program. Mr. McCarthy started his martial arts journey over 20 years ago, has trained and taught both in England and the US and has achieved a wide variety of qualifications in the Martial Arts.
As a previous lead instructor at the largest martial arts program in the country (Indiana University) Paul worked his way up through the Hapkido and Taekwondo programs achieving a black belt in both (now a 3rd Degree in Hapkido).
Moving to Los Angeles in 2009 he quickly began training at the World Famous Inosanto Academy and recently was promoted to Instructor level under Guro Dan Inosanto in Jeet Kune Do and FMA.
His Masters degrees in Coaching and Kinesiology provide an invaluable wealth of knowledge to Gridiron Combatives in adapting the hand to hand combat drills and techniques to the Football field.
As a previous lead instructor at the largest martial arts program in the country (Indiana University) Paul worked his way up through the Hapkido and Taekwondo programs achieving a black belt in both (now a 3rd Degree in Hapkido).
Moving to Los Angeles in 2009 he quickly began training at the World Famous Inosanto Academy and recently was promoted to Instructor level under Guro Dan Inosanto in Jeet Kune Do and FMA.
His Masters degrees in Coaching and Kinesiology provide an invaluable wealth of knowledge to Gridiron Combatives in adapting the hand to hand combat drills and techniques to the Football field.