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Our Clients

See those who have received our training and education programmes across our fields of

Risk Prevention & Security, Elite Performance, Health & Wellbeing and Personal Development. 

JP Morgan

"Very good session with excellent trainers and speakers."

BBA Aviation

"Very good course, I would recommend it highly."

Music & Culture, Redbull

"One of the best experiences I've had with a security team" 

FSCS

"A big thank you for your session yesterday. The feedback from attendees has been so positive."

Cooley

"The talk was well very received and we are looking forward to the re-run" 

Sneddons

"Fabulous training. Impressed by the teachings" 

New Zealand High Commission

"Very useful talk. Very practical. Informative."

Amethyst Risk

"Fantastic course. Great trainers, patient and helpful. Learned a lot, both practical and theoretical. Thank you."

Radisson Blu

"Really useful, the practice with trainers was brilliant."

Australia National Bank

"Can honestly say as training sessions go that was one of the best things ever attended."

UHNW Private Family Office

"True professionals. Brilliant leadership of brilliant teams. Care you can't buy."

The Royal College of Physicians

"This is high level training in an intelligent environment."

Aspect Capital

"Very informative and empowering. Very comprehensive, built up step by step"

HM Treasury

"Brilliant! Exceptional training."

Cabinet Office

"Really enjoyed the course and feel a lot safer when out and about in London as a result" 

Exxon Mobil

"Brilliant instructors with a depth of knowledge and understanding"

BP

"The most dynamic approach to Corporate Safety." 

Discovery Channel

"Thank you for coming on site to carry out the event for the staff -the day was a great success!”

Knight Frank

"Very good! Interesting, informative and active - hands on!"

HMRC

"This is workplace training at its very best!"

Lebara

“Excellent. Very helpful and thorough”

Estee Lauder

"Hugely insightful. Interesting, helpful."

Aramco

"Extremely beneficial. Very good and instructive." 

Yahoo

“Great training. Very instructive and helpful.” 

Connected Places Catapult

"Today I had the great luck to experience one of your courses at Connected Places Catapult where I work. I found it not only extremely useful but truly inspiring."

Mott MacDonald

""Thanks for all your efforts in putting the course together for Africa. The feedback has been really positive!"

Poker Stars

"You guys are brilliant!" 

AMF

"Instructor was excellent, very knowledgeable." 

Highclere Investors

"Excellent – very well explained verbally and physically. Great sit-down session talking about what to do if being followed. Fun, practical and informative."

Healthcare at Home

"Very well delivered. Great techniques."

Sundance

"Fantastic lesson! Very interesting and informative. Very well taught."

Zendesk

"We had a lunch and learn presented by Personal London Safety Team and it was great, the London Office got a lot from it." 

Morgan Lewis

"I have organised a number of “Wellness” sessions over the past few years and this one was the best attended so I am delighted. The session was incredibly informative and delivered so well."

Broadgate Estates

"Very informative." 

Pro Vinci

"Very professional, informative and engaging." 

Pentland Group

"Well explained with good focus on principles which can be applied across multiple scenarios." 

AirBnB

"Loved it. Brilliant delivery with simple, memorable takeaways."

House of Fraser

Very useful. Very practical. Really fantastic. I think everyone should do this" 

Middlesex University

"Really useful, well structured, with friendly instructors who were clearly very experienced" 

Moodys

"Enjoyable, very useful." 

MAC Cosmetics

"Brilliant presenters, information was excellent. Right mix of practice and theory. Very enjoyable as well as being serious. Really brought home how important awareness and personal safety is." 

Fujitsu

"Thoroughly enjoyed the personal safety workshop conducted at Fujitsu Labs."

Baker Street Quarter Partnership

"Excellent training"

LCP

"Excellent! Thoroughly enjoyed the class, really informative! Engaging and informative. Really well run course."

Wheb Group

"Very useful and thought provoking. Great hands on experience."

Park Plaza Hotels

"Very interesting and helpful."

Publicis Chemistry

"It was useful and eye-opener. Also the tutors made us feel comfortable. Clear strong techniques and simple ways you can protect yourself."  

The General Dental Council

"It was fantastic and very informative. It was very well taught. This was a great session, thank you. Eye-opening and very useful." 

Stretchers Solicitors

"10/10. Very enjoyable. Engaging, clear and lots of advice was provided."

Linklaters

"It was a brilliant session and all the team loved it"

Portman Estates

"It was brilliant – really easy to pick up and understand.  Also exactly the sort of practical advice I was looking for – sensible strategies for avoiding danger and simple, effective defensive techniques for women to use against stronger men."

Private Corporate Client

"I really enjoyed the training and feel better prepared to protect myself in a self defence situation. I found the trainers to be very friendly and easy to talk. I would definitely recommend this course to other people. It highlighted how to be observant and assess the situation so you would not get into a position where you had to defend yourself."

Private Corporate Client

"I enjoyed the training and the professionalism with which it was delivered.  I also felt that one single session gave me very useful tools to use in situations where I feel threatened.  Thank you!"

Highclere Investors

"I am very pleased with the training received, the trainers (as always) are approachable and professional. The session was adapted to allow for prior course experience which worked very well; it helped to keep concentration/enthusiasm levels up. The sessions are always very informative and engaging."

Private Client

""Your training certainly gave me a lot more confidence and awareness in dealing with unexpectedly difficult situations so thank you very much."

Government Client

"Recently I had a difficult moment and I think I only managed to handle it without falling to pieces because of your amazing training. The way I was thinking, and the things I was looking for, and the actions I decided to take, came directly from your training."

Askonas Holt

"Thank you once again for the brilliant course on Wednesday, everybody found it enormously relevant and interesting! We are all really keen to learn more from you."

Howdens

"Enjoyed the course. Well received, very informative."

BC Partners

"Really good. Very informative training."

Madam Tussauds

"Really great, impressive instructors, thank you!! Really interesting, important information."

"Fantastic. Really good, made me aware of how I behave."

Museum of London

"Very professional and informative."

BCG

"Was very good, learnt alot. The instructors were great. Really enjoyed the class. Thank you."

HS2

""Very engaging and informative."

Home House

(Security Team)

"Psychology of the training was really good."

999 CLUB

"Thank you so much for the informative consultation session on the basic tenants of personal safety.  I learned a lot and my colleagues said your presentation was really interesting.  Our service users will definitely benefit from getting a lot of the information you gave us.njoyed the class. Thank you."

Private Family Client

"Training was great! You are true professionals."

Advanced Private Coaching

"Kirsty reminded me of what I bring to the table and reversed my mood in a complete 180 when I came to [situations] feeling very stuck."

Advanced Private Coaching

"[Kirsty] is the wisest and most spiritually and energetically attuned person I know and may ever know."

Advanced Group Coaching

"I couldn’t recommend Five Rings enough & feel extremely fortunate I got to work with Kirsty."

Advanced Group Coaching

"The coaching was outstanding." 
"Kirsty [Five Rings Training Founder] is magic. She is warm, empathetic and infinitely wise. She sees and understands people on another level."

Advanced Group Coaching

"The coaching was excellent. 

Everything had shape and focus and everyone had a feeling of safety in which to express themselves, learn and share."

Advanced Group Coaching

"The coaching we received was superb. Very professional but modestly delivered, hIghly attuned to our needs and levels." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"Kirsty [Five Rings Training Founder] is a fantastic Coach. Super grounded, wise & connected."

Advanced Private Coaching

"Kirsty’s [Five Rings Training Founder] knowledge is so unique and valuable because of how diverse and extremely high achieving the life and businesses that she has built are."

Advanced Private Coaching

"If you have the chance to be coached by Kirsty [Five Rings Training Founder] it’s likely a calling and a very rare, priceless opportunity. Thank you Kirsty from the bottom of my heart and soul."

Advanced Group Coaching

"Great balance: physical, discussion and time for reflection. Loved the down to earth approach." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"I'm very grateful for the coaching I received, It was given with so much kindness and understanding. I would highly recommend it." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"Kirsty understands how paramount taking care of your mind, body and spirit is and has infinite wisdom in this field." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"Kirsty is a wonderful Coach. She skilfully was able to understand my individual needs/way of working and processing information." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"I was so inspired and uplifted after every session." 

Advanced Group Coaching

"Kirsty’s knowledge and support was invaluable, as well as her ability to understand and empathise with whatever might be going on."

Advanced Private Coaching

"Through her experience, Kirsty could share ideas with me that resonated and made it easier for me to try something completely new and knowing that I was not alone in the approach was helpful. She opened up ways of thinking about new possibilities that I never before would have thought about."

Advanced Private Coaching

"My thanks to Kirsty for guiding me through this process and providing me with the building blocks to create more balance & find energy & inspiration in how to make things happen." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"One of the most valuable things for me is the deep understanding of energetics. I thought I’d touched all bases of self-help but I was given really good pointers for further reading which I’m really enjoying exploring. It’s been fascinating, I love learning about the mind and how to have better control over my own when it gets in the way to try and keep me safe."

Advanced Private Coaching

"I really enjoyed all of the sessions & felt it inspired me to take risks and also work on the day to day changes that can make a massive impact."

Advanced Private Coaching

"Kirsty's holistic approach helped me to view a situation or goal from various perspectives and gave me multiple possible ways of working and tools."

Private Advising

"I am incredibly grateful to Kirsty for her time, guidance and support."

Advanced Private Coaching

"I leaned game-changing advice I’d never heard before in regards to the often dreaded networking. Kirsty doesn’t work in my particular industry but her outside perspective has been exactly what I needed as I’d been caught in echo-chambers of rules of “do this” or “don’t do this or this”. I’ve now got my own approach to work on that rings more true to me. Networking has always been an area that I shy away from and have never enjoyed but with Kirsty’s new approach I’m starting to find my place in it finally."

Private Advising

"Due to a very strong recommendation, I approached Kirsty to assist me in building a website for a new business venture that I wanted to imminently set up. My initial thoughts of a relatively drawn out, linear service, hinged upon complex unending technology, creative delays and vanilla-like communications were instantly displaced and destroyed. What I soon realised is when you engage Kirsty on a project you don’t get an off the shelf solution; what you get is an energetic business partnership where through careful consultation ambitions are discussed, thoughts are challenged, creativity intensified and paradigms are blown out the window."

Private Advising

"Kirsty took on the role of a mentor, sounding board and wise council helping me to transform a fairly standard business plan into a living and breathing business profile. Kirsty is quite simply one of the most multi talented individuals I have encountered who most importantly delivers on her word and then some."

Advanced Private Coaching

"I feel extremely fortunate I got to work with Kirsty & her expertise."

Advanced Group Coaching

"Loved it. The coaching was outstanding." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"It’s invaluable to be able to talk about things so esoteric with a coach and there’s no one I trust more than Kirsty on the topic of energetics." 

Private Advising

"Kirsty has walked side by side with me on my journey of entrepreneurialism." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"Since starting my coaching journey with Kirsty last year, I can honestly say that her support and guidance has played a pivotal role in helping me make positive changes to all area of my life."

Advanced Group Coaching

"I greatly enjoyed the retreat. Kirsty is / was throughout the retreat an outstanding Physical and Life Coach." 

Private Advising

"Knowing that Kirsty has my back in an honest, compassionate and unbiased manner has enabled me to face my deepest fears, grow and bring out the best in me."

Advanced Group Coaching

"Great balance: physical, discussion and time for reflection. Loved the down to earth approach."
""Was amazing. Thank you."

Advanced Group Coaching

"My favourite aspect of the retreat was how holistic the experience was: diving into diet, routine, qi gong, stretching, classes. It was immersive and as a result incredibly effective."

Advanced Private Coaching

"Some of the many useful tools were the quick fixes to ground myself on the busier days where a full morning routine isn’t possible."

Advanced Group Coaching

"It was really well balanced: interactive, educational and energising."

Advanced Group Coaching

"It was more than I expected. I enjoyed every minute of it. It was interesting, inspiring, engaging and very well structured." 

Advanced Private Coaching

 "The personal coaching was very helpful. I feel I learnt a lot about myself and something to take further as part of my daily routine."

Advanced Group Coaching

"Thank you. It was magical." 

Advanced Group Coaching

"I thought the group coaching worked very well. There was a good flow and it was also fascinating to see the differences between all the parties paints making it honest and engaging." 

Advanced Private Coaching

"This programme I truly think has shifted my foundations in a life- changing way."

Advanced Group Coaching

"We are so blessed to have been coached by Kirsty." 

Advanced Group Coaching

"I learned game-changing advice I’d never heard before."

Athlete Training

“I am indebted to the Five Rings Training team for the highly professional training that they deliver to everyone, with patience and clarity and for how Five Rings training has positively cultivated all areas of my life.”

MMA Fighter

BRITISH CHAMPION

"The personal ambition that I have developed over my year at Five Rings can only be appreciated as a reminder of the talent and commitment the Coaches bring to training and the motivation and love they have to see people grow."

Advanced Group Coaching

"The coaching we received was superb. Very professional but modestly delivered, hIghly attuned to our needs and levels." 

Sports Academies

"Five Rings Training are the best at unleashing potential"

GB Mens Team

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WIN

"Congratulations on the magnificent results of your well-prepared and highly-skilled fighting force, which you so admirably prepared."

Sports Psychologist

"Kirsty {Five Rings Training Founder] inspires me and reminds me that you can always do better, push further, there is always progress to be made, and your body and mind can work wonders if you appreciate how they must be trained."

Ex-Military Security

I have been training  in private lessons studying mainly Krav Maga. Kirsty is one of the best teachers in any subject I have ever met. Kirsty has always made sure the sessions are tailored to what I need or would like to know and always encourages people through positive motivation, making both group and private sessions an empowering experience."

Ironman Athlete

"Training with Kirsty is hard as she pushes you to get the best out of your abilities but it is also fun and relaxed. Her energy visualisation techniques help me to better understand where my strength comes from and how to maximise it in every movement."

Group Coaching

"Kirsty's ethos and the one of Five Rings Training is impeccable, strong and moral. She is capable of training people to very high level."

MMA Fighter

"My experience of having Kirsty as my teacher was one of being inspired by a woman of honour, that gives so much."

Movement Coach

"Kirsty exhibits what I need in a teacher - somebody that inspires and generates respect through her own work ethic & moral code alone. More than a teacher but a mentor."

MMA Fighter

"I am hoping to compete at a professional level and the training provided here is definitely aiding me to reach that goal."

MMA FIGHTER

MENS TRAINING TEAM

“Mixed Martial Arts training at Five Rings Training has had an incredible impact on my life. Prior to MMA, I never knew I could be this passionate about a sport. As a combination of several different fighting styles, it requires incredible speed, strength, flexibility, and stamina both physical and mental, and the constant competition with other members of Five Rings has pushed me to constantly improve all of these and keep challenging myself. In addition, MMA training has made me a happier person overall by giving me a way to let off steam, and a space twice a week where I can turn my head off completely and focus on nothing but my breathing, my movements and what my opponent will do next, in a setting where I know we are all pushing each other to improve and grow.”

MMA FIGHTER

MENS MIDDLEWEIGHT

2 x BRITISH CHAMPION

ENGLISH CHAMPION

“Mixed Martial Arts has influenced my life today in so many ways it is impossible to list them in any abbreviated way. Before training with “Five Rings” I had undertaken classes in the art with a number of different coaches, not all as well qualified as Kirsty and Andrej. These classes were a great way to be induced to the circuit and get acquainted with the sport, however, none of the coaches, nor the classes, ever had any emotional or spiritual impact on me or my love for the sport. It wasn’t until I began my training with Five Rings that I stopped seeing martial arts as a sport, or a way of expressing my anger, but instead a way of pushing your body’s limits and continually advancing in a discipline that demands respect and brings people together in ways I could never imagine. The personal ambition that I have developed at  Five Rings can only be appreciated as a reminder of the talent and commitment the coaches bring to training every week, and the motivation and love they have to see people grow. Five Rings Training is the most accessible, motivated, tough, hardworking, technical and fun loving Mixed Martial Arts organisation I think could possibly exist across the globe."

MMA FIGHTER

WOMENS TOURNAMENT TEAM

"It is quite difficult to describe exactly what makes FRT such a special organisation, but there are several key points. Firstly our truly wonderful coaches are genuinely kind and generous people, always available when help is needed, always welcoming newcomers and beginners, and are 100% dedicated to their work. Secondly, at FRT I found a completely new mindset for training: I have discovered the whole spiritual and psychological aspect of fighting, and how this puts into perspective all the things you can do. It made me realise how much more work I needed to put in, which was both scary and compelling, and motivated me to train harder. This also made me realise that if I could change so much in my fighting goals, when I previously thought I was quite good, there must be many other areas where more discipline and hard work could help me get more pleasure out of things, like my relationships with my friends and family."

MMA FIGHTER

MENS TOURNAMENT TEAM

“The training delivered by Kirsty Henderson and Andrej Cernega at the Five Rings Training Academy has significantly improved my performance and drive that I have for not only martial arts but for all my sports and physical activities. Alongside rigorous physical conditioning, the Five Rings Training team has vastly expanded my skills within martial arts training and honed any other skills that I had from amateur boxing. However the positive gains that training has had on me is not only limited to the physical sphere of my life. With the support and professional coaching that I have received from Five Rings Training, my experiences of MMA training have been translated into many aspects of my life and for the better. The discipline and determination inculcated by training at Five Rings has made me more confident and determined in my academic studies and helped me accomplish many of my own personal goals. Since I started my training last year, the virtues of self control and endurance has made me significantly more able to deal with life as a student and understand the value of self mastery in order to deal with any situation life throws."

MMA FIGHTER

MENS MIDDLEWEIGHT

WORLD CHAMPION

"I trained with Kirsty Henderson from knowing absolutely nothing about martial arts or fighting to having won the very first Tournament I entered. The tournament was a bare-knuckle knock down Shidokan tournament -  no gloves, or points to win, or head protection. You fight and when you are damaged you give up or you get knocked out. With this style of fighting you feel as though your life is on the line and you have to have the right type of teacher in order to survive.

No stone was left unturned in my training. Personal fear of the unknown, and a lack of confidence were transformed in the months up to the fight where I didn't recognise myself anymore. If you feel like me that the most important thing in life is your time then all I can say is dont waste any more of it with any teacher that is less than perfect! Learn from someone that lives the path they are teaching. Being trained by Kirsty will feel like you are receiving a very special gift.

Its rare to find someone who is a good fighter and also a good teacher. Kirsty is both. In the months running up to the Sri Lankan World Shidokan Tournament, Kirsty took me and another 3  other people [Men's Team] on this very personal journey to finding our strengths and deal with our weaknesses, coming out of the experience mentally stronger than we were going in.

My own personal success in the ring is totally down to being trained by her."

MMA FIGHTER

SHIDOKAN MENS TEAM

"I had the honour and privilege of training with Kirsty Henderson for over a year. She is an excellent teacher who is able to impart her knowledge in an effective manner to her students regardless of their age, gender or motivation for taking up martial arts.  Her extensive training in Shidokan (in the UK and Japan) and in many other disciplines such as Krav Maga and her understanding of the use of ki, enables her to teach her students a variety of skills for use not only in the dojo but also in full contact tournaments and realistic self-defence situations that they may encounter in other environments. Sensei Kirsty exemplifies the spirit of perseverance and self-improvement that defines a martial artist and I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to train with and learn from her."

KARATE BLACK BELT

KARATE WOMENS TEAM

"I am a black belt in karate, and Kirsty's way of teaching is impressive. She is very thorough and has a passion for what she does. She is very motivating and encouraging: two of the most important qualities for a teacher. I have seen her compete and she is an incredible fighter, she has all the necessary skills; technique, strength, power, balance, coordination and agility."

 MMA FIGHTER

MENS TOURNAMENT TEAM

“I am indebted to the Five Rings Training team for the highly professional training that they deliver to everyone, with patience and clarity and for how Five Rings training has positively cultivated all areas of my life.”

MMA FIGHTER

MENS TOURNAMENT TEAM

"I joined Five Rings Training not knowing what to expect and joined because another member recommended it to me. My sporting background has mainly been boxing and American football based (with elements of other sports) but I can say Five Rings MMA training is different. It is more intense but also rewarding plus it has enabled me to explore further in to martial arts as well as myself as a person and an athlete. I am hoping to compete at a professional level and the training provided here is definitely aiding me to reach that goal. As well as that, i feel confident about defending myself in altercations outside of sports if any arise but also I have been able to meet a great group of people."

MMA FIGHTER

WOMENS TOURNAMENT TEAM

"Kirsty inspires me and reminds me that you can always do better, push further, there is always progress to be made, and your body and mind can work wonders if you appreciate how they must be trained. I have really learnt the value of hard work, of perseverance, that I apply to other sports and to my academic life thanks to FRT. I consider myself to be extremely lucky to have been able to access such high quality training so easily, and wish to pursue as long as possible."

Clients

Aramco

Air BnB 

Askonas Holt

Amec Foster Wheeler

Aspect

Acorn

Amythest Risk

British Airways

BBG Aviation

BBC

BCG

BP

Buzzacott

BDP

Baker Street Quarter Partnership

BC Partners

BECTU

BLAG Magazine

Bliss Magazine

BCG

Bank of New Zealand 

Big Light

Channel 4

Cabinet Office

Catapult Connected Places

Crest Nicholson

Conde Nast

Company Magazine

Cadburys

City of London

Cooleys

City of London Police

City Gateway

Canary Wharf

Citrix

Closer

Cavendish Education

Chingford Foundation School

Discovery Communications

Diabetes UK

Exxon Mobil

Estee Lauder

Fujitsu

Facebook

FCA

FSO

Foundations UK

FSCS

Foreign Office

Francis Holland School

GEP

Global Radio

The General Dental Council

Grosvenor Estates

HMRC

HM Treasury

HS2

Halfords Media

Howdens

Home House

Healthcare at Home

Healthcare Management Ltd

Highclere Investors

House of Fraser

Highgate School

IAG

ING

Islington Council

Imperial College

Ibstock School

Its Pretty Green

JP Morgan

John Allison Land & Research

Knight Frank

KSPA

KCWC

Kings House School

Kings College London

Lady Eleanor Holles School

London & Partners

Lexicon Partners

London MET Police

Lion TV

Linklaters

LCP

Lendlease

Lebara

London MET Police Cadets

London School of Economics

MacGuire Woods

Morgan Lewis

Middlesex University

Madam Taussauds

Monument

Mott MacDonald

The Museum of London

Moodys

MAC Cosmetics

Mill Hill International 

National Australia Bank

Nutshell TV

NHS

Nomura

NAS

New Zealand High Commission

Newhall School

North London Collegiate

Ocean Media

Octopus Energy

Opps Development

Peabody Trust

Park Plaza Hotels

Platform 51

Pheonix Housing

Pentland Group

Prov Vinci

Publicis Chemistry

Portman Estates

Poker Stars

Phoenix School

Raddison Blu

The Royal College of Physicians

Running Man 2

Relaxa

Red Bull

Safer Communities

Sundance

Southbank London

South Bank International

St Marys School Ascot

Sneddons

Stretchers Solicitors

Sussex Police

Sir Oswald Stoll Trust

Tatler

Talk Radio

Tracy Giles

Trinity School

Ursuline Academy

University College London Hospital

University College London

University College School

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

WHEB Group

Woldinghame School

YMCA

Yahoo

Zendesk, and more....

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