Welcome to the only official SKILLZ school in Norfolk — home of the UK’s first and only Paediatric Master Specialist.
Welcome to the only official SKILLZ school in Norfolk — home of the UK’s first and only Paediatric Master Specialist.
Our academy has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and child development since 2003, making us the original BJJ school in Norfolk and one of the most established in the UK. Over the past two decades, we’ve taught thousands of students, from complete beginners to national champions, all within a safe, structured, and family-focused environment.
Every member of our team is fully trained as a Paediatric Ninja Specialist through SKILLZ Worldwide, and our head instructor, Steven Cowan, is the only Paediatric Master Specialist in the entire country — a level of expertise found nowhere else in the UK.
Whether you're looking for world-class children’s development training or a calm, structured adult BJJ program, you’ll find it here at the academy that started it all.
Publications By Professor Cowan
Post-Surgery Recovery for Combat Athletes:
Surgery knocked you off the mats. This is the roadmap back.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt coach Steven M. Cowan faced the nightmare every athlete dreads: major surgery that opened his core from ribcage to below the navel. A year and a half later he was back in black-belt competition—then chose to dedicate his life to coaching smarter, safer, longer careers. In this practical, no-nonsense guide, Stephen shares the exact framework he used—and now teaches worldwide—to return to training with confidence.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Over 40
Whether you’re starting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at 40 or adapting your game after decades on the mat, this book is your guide to training smarter, avoiding injury, and enjoying the art for life.
Written by 4th-degree black belt Steven Cowan, who began his BJJ journey at 29 and has trained and taught well into his fifties, this book blends personal experience, proven training strategies, and up-to-date research on how the body changes with age.
Child Development For Martial Arts Instructors
Discover how martial arts can do more than teach kicks and punches — it can transform children’s lives.
In Child Development Skills for Martial Arts Instructors, Steven Cowan — a 4th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and certified Pediatric Ninja Specialist — shares his proven system for using martial arts as a powerful vehicle for developing children physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
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