Brighton Club Lead Instructor, Sensei Simon Hewings.

Simon Hewings started jitsu in ’94 at university as a way to explore martial arts, try to get fit and also push his physical boundaries since he was recovering from a childhood arthritis. To start with he was… well, fairly appalling was how his first instructor put it. Whilst this was a fair but brutal assessment at the time, Simon improved dramatically and now is senior to that instructor, having achieved his 3rd Dan in 2017. Since then Simon has trained in many different martial arts to gain a better understanding and improve his jui jitsu and teaching.

Simon started teaching at the University of Brighton Club in 2001 and still holds the club record for most screams from a single throw, and thickest beard. Simon handed the university club over to James in 2009 to set up and run The Brighton Town Club, Sensei Simonis is now the regional coordinator for the southeast and is often travelling the country to assess gradings and take seminars for other clubs up and down the country.