Dr Louis 'Estilo' Burt is the head coach for all of our classes here at Hunter Valley Pankration. 

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On top of holding a PhD in teaching - specialising in martial arts education and the inclusion of martial arts in school settings - Louis has been involved in martial arts since the year 2000. Begining with Taekwon-Do in his younger years, he has trained in a wide variety of combat sports over the last two decades, including Karate, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Sambo.

 

Louis has successfully in a range of martial arts including Sambo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate and Extreme Martial Arts at local, state and even national level. In 2019, he represented AUS in the 2nd Annual 'Les Scar Memorial Cup' held in Hawaii in 2019. Coming home with a gold medal in Pix Lax (Kick-boxing), and silver medal for Pankration. He has since been selected to represent Australia again in 2024, in the Pankration world championships in Romania.

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​Louis holds the following relevant qualifications:

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• Philosophical Doctorate (Education)

  • University of Newcastle

• Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) (Honours) with Honours Class II Division I

  • University of Newcastle​​

• 2nd Dan Black Belt - Pankration

  • Awarded by Kon Pappy​

• Black Belt - Kaizen Ryu Freestyle Karate

  • Awarded by Kyoshi Peter Kirkwood​

• Instruktor / Black Belt - Cinco Elemento Kali

  • Awarded by Guro Robert Parkes​

• 1st Dan Black Belt - Army Combatives KEF-IC

  • Awarded by Paul Cale

• 1st Dan Black Belt - Jissen Budo

  • Awarded by Paul Cale

• 2nd Gup - Taekwondo

  • Awarded by Nigel Richardson

• Green Belt - Kinetic Fighting - Integrated Combat​

  • Awarded by Paul Cale​

• Level 2 Instructor - Hyper (XMA)

  • Awarded by Roland Osbourne​

• Purple Belt - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

  • Awarded by Prof. Ernest Lapornik ​

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​Some of Louis's notable competitive achievements:

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• ISKA Number 1 Ranked Australasian Competitor (2012) - Extreme Forms, and Extreme Weapons

• ISKA Number 1 Ranked Australasian Competitor (2013) - Extreme Forms, and Extreme Weapons

• ISKA Number 4 Ranked Australasian Competitor (2013) - Point Sparring

• Combined undefeated amateur record (5W-0L) in all kick-boxing related events he has competed in (Pix-Lax/Kick-boxing & ISKA "Continuous sparring")

• Gold Medal in 2013 Sydney Sambo Championships

• Bronze Medal in 2017 Syd. Sambo Championships

• Gold Medal (Pix Lax/Kickboxing) in 2019 Les Scar Memorial Cup, Hawaii

• Silver Medal (Pankration) in 2019 Les Scar Memorial Cup

• Silver medal in 2019 NSW Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championships (Men's Gi, under 70kg)

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