Master Richard spencer

Richard Spencer has been involved in the world of combat for over twenty four years. He started martial art training at around four years old. He progressed very quickly. Richard received his first black belt at the age of twleve in Shotokan Karate. For many years after he studied Karate, Judo, Jeet Kune Do, Jujitsu, Ninjitsu and Tao Chi Do. His martial arts ability was fantastic. From a very young age he worked as a security guard and doorman in London, Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and Spain where he found his martial art skills were needed and saved his life a few times. In the year 2000 he joined the British Army and was a green beret attached to an elite Commando Regiment. Richard took the opportunity to study Lotar (Israeli anti-terrorism combat) and Systema (Russian Military Martial Art) to which he reached high levels. Richard finished his exemplary military service in 2004.

On 25th June 2006 he founded Xa-Ryu at the Ching Mo Wing Chun Center with the guidance of Sifu Master Billy Davidson. Xa-Ryu is a mixture of traditional Japanese martial arts combined with British, Israeli and Russian military combat. Shortly after Xa-Ryu International Martial Arts Association was officially founded it was recognised and became a member of The United Kingdom Martial Arts Federation.