Founder of PKA and Head Coach - Tom Davies
A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF...
It's not about me, it's about you, however, many want to know the story of the founder / head coach, so here goes :)
Founder of Paragon Kickboxing Academy and Habit Gainz - Head Coach - Tom Davies
I loved martial arts from a very young age and was always a physical kind of person, enjoying playing outdoors and playing sports. I dabbled in lots
of the generic football and rugby, even loved me some skating and skateboarding too!
I was brought up in the power rangers era, the original stuff! And there was something about martial arts that I always thought was cool. At the age
of 15, I was able to enrol myself in to Karate / kickboxing club and I was instantly engaged in the sport side of it and I loved it!
I trained in kickboxing, running and weights until I was around 20 / 21 ( 37 now 2025 ) and started to look forward to a career that I could excel in,
which originally wasn't martial arts or fitness for that matter. After some thought in what I would be good at and dabbling in a few other things, I turned to health and fitness.
After a couple of years in education I dived straight into personal training, which I loved, and worked with clients on weight loss and Kickboxing
skills. The personal training I did for around 2 years or so whilst I built my thoughts on how I could take it further. I'd skipped the commercial phase of 121 personal training and went straight to
self employed, which was a bold move, but I enjoyed the thought of my own business ( not knowing how hard it truly was at the time, lol ) .
Before I knew it, I started Paragon Kickboxing Academy, I always loved Kickboxing and it taught me a lot about life, not just punch and kick, I
thought if I could merge kickboxing with my personal training side of things I would love it and others would certainly get great results with my already 6 plus years of kickboxing / fitness
experience at that point.
Fast forward to today and PKA has helped 100s of people turn their health, mental health, fitness and wellbeing around for the good.
Our results have ranged from members getting through their kickboxing belt grades, members pulling themselves out from bad mental health, losing
tonnes of weight and getting leaner and stronger for future life, not to mention we have a fight team that have started to produce some lovely qualities on the fight circuit ( including creating some
World Champs! ) and these few sentences doesn’t do our results justice really, we really have changed so many lives!
I continue to coach at Paragon Kickboxing Academy whilst working on the future, which includes many health and fitness related things, HABITGAINZ,
being one of them ( app and online nutrition coaching ).
Few things below that show some of my achievements over the years:
- Half Marathon Runner / Full Marathon Runner.
- Fitness Enthusiast
- Sports Therapist
- Personal Trainer
- PN Nutrition Coach
- Gym / Spin / and Boxing Coach
- Black Belt Kickboxer
- Of course, Kickboxing Coach
- Fought in Canada World Championships
- Fought in Germany World Championships
- Fought in Italy Unified World Championships twice
- Sport Karate Unified WORLD CHAMPION! 2018 - Italy
- Welsh Champion x2
- CIMAC Midlands International Champion
- WKA Scottish Champion
- WKA Europeans in Germany, 3rd place
- 2nd Place in Light Continuous in the Unified World Championships 2018 - Italy
- 2nd Place in Traditional Kumite in the Unified World Championships 2018 - Italy
- 2nd Place in Point Fighting in the ICO World Championships 2019 - Scotland
- Team Europe WORLD CHAMPION, in the ICO World Championships 2019 - Scotland
- Welsh Champion WMAGC - 2022
- WMAC British Open Champion - 1st Place - 2023
- Points Fighter Challenge - British Champion - Gold - 2023
- ICO Light Continuous WORLD CHAMPION - 2023
- ICO Vets Points Fighting WORLD CHAMPION - 2024
- ICO Vets Points Fighting WORLD CHAMPION - 2025
And to this very day, still love every minute of health and fitness and now focus more so on our Paragon
members to give them an experience they will never forget!
It’s going to be a pleasure to be able to give you some of the experiences that I once had and more so that
you can take it on your adventure and unravel your extraordinary potential.
OUR OTHER EPIC COACHES BELOW!
Paragon Blackwood Head Coach - Wayne Tilley!
2025 Just Blitz ICO World Champ in the house!
Coach Waynes main accolades:
- Coach Wayne is the proud owner of Paragon Kickboxing Academy - Blackwood
- Personal Trainer Level 3
- Black belt
- Welsh Kickboxing Athlete & Paragon athlete
- ICO Silver Points Fighting Germany 2024
- ICO Vets Just Blitz Points Fighting WORLD CHAMPION 2025
- Continues to fight, be a role model, and continues his education in the sport coaching space.
Wayne has always been a big part of Paragon and continues to fight, be a coach for Blackwood and continues his education in the health & Fitness
space, a true credit to Paragon.
Wayne has shown true grit, resilience and work ethic over the years and has shown what Paragons ethics are all about. Wayne teaches the Juniors at HQ as well as his own Academy and the kids love
him!
Congrats on your success Wayne and thank you for being a top coach & role model for Paragon!
Paragon Coach - Chelsea Cleaver!
ICO 2024 Point Fighting World Champ in the house!
Coach Chelsea main accolades:
- Chelsea has been a great member of Paragon for 7 years now!
- Been fighting on the circuit since she started with Paragon
- Black belt
- Welsh Kickboxing Athlete & Paragon athlete
- ICO Points Fighting WORLD CHAMPION Germany 2024
- New to but keen Crossfit member
- Qualified Occupational Therapist
- Continues to train, coach, be a role model, and continues her health and fitness journey to improve self wellbeing and to inspire others.
Thank you Chelsea for all your hard work inside Paragon and well done on being a top coach & role model for all!
Paragon Coach - Nathan Lock!
ICO 2025 Kick Light World Champ in the house!
Coach Nathan main accolades:
- Nathan has been a true warrior member of Paragon for 4+ years now!
- Been fighting on the circuit since he started with Paragon
- Training towards Black Belt
- Trains every day, every session for the last 4 years, no joke, the mans a beast!
- Welsh Kickboxing Athlete & Paragon athlete
- ICO Kick Light WORLD CHAMPION Wales 2025
- Continues to train, coach, be a role model, and continues to crush every year with major progression.
Thank you Nathan for all your hard work inside Paragon, the place wouldn't be the same without you! Well done on being an awesome role model for
all!
Paragon Coach - Melanie Millar!
ICO Vet Multiple World Champion 2024 & 2025 in the house!
Coach Melanie main accolades:
- Mel has been an epic member of Paragon for 3+ years now!
- Been fighting on the circuit since she started with Paragon
- Training towards Black Belt
- Trains more than most 20 year olds! One of our most keen and hard working members we've ever had.
- Welsh Kickboxing Athlete & Paragon athlete
- ICO Vets 2024 Light Con WORLD CHAMPION Germany 2024
- ICO Vets 2025 Light con and Points WORLD CHAMPION Wales 2025
- Continues to train, coach, be a role model, and continues to crush every year with major progression.
Thank you Mel for working so hard within Paragon and motivating others whenever you can, you've been a great help to Paragon and deserve all the success
you get.
Thank you form all of our coaches, we look forward to meeting or your loved ones and welcome them at
ParagonKickboxing Academy.
Founder and Head Coach,
Tom Davies and PKA Team.
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