Women's Street Smart Instructors

The founder of the MINDSET syllabus and chief instructor is Charlie Riley, who has combined over 35 years of traditional martial arts, street self defence and close quarters combat experience. He's a certified Master Close Quarters Combat instructor, Black Sash Kung Fu instructor, Kickboxing and Chinese Boxing instructor along with that he has other instructorship qualifications in Unarmed Combatives, Pacific Archipelago Combatives and Filipino Combatives. While in New Zealand he was also the Combat Striking Instructor for the Krav Fighter Gym in Auckland.

The following instructors below have all been personally certified and trained by Charlie.

Charlie Riley - MINDSET Self-defence & Close Quarters Combat Chief Instructor
Charlie Riley
Chief Instructor & Owner
Sarah Vallecer - MINDSET National Instructor
Sarah Vallecer
National Instructor (NZ)
Amber Schnauer - MINDSET Self-Defence Instructor
Amber Schnauer
Instructor (NZ)
Ishita Dwivedi - MINDSET Self-Defence Instructor
Ishita Dwivedi
Instructor (NZ)
Antonina Fourman - MINDSET Self-Defence Instructor
Antonina Fourman
Instructor (NZ)
Carrie Grace May - Assistant MINDSET Self-Defence Instructor
Carrie Grace May
Assistant Instructor (NZ)

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