Richard Haye · International instructor & mentor

Martial arts seminars people can actually use.

Practical teaching shaped by more than four decades in martial arts — for academies, camps, organisations and people who want knowledge they can take with them.

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Richard Haye, martial arts instructor and mentor

Feed your mind.
Protect your body.

40+ years Training, teaching and learning across martial arts

Since 2007 Full-time professional martial arts instructor

Roy Dean’s first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in Europe

Academy founder Built Kristiansand Kampsport Senter to 400 members

Founder & Punong Guro Kali Self Defence · 8th Dan

Richard Haye sharing ideas with a martial arts practitioner

A lifetime of learning

Experience matters when it makes things clearer.

I have spent my life exploring how martial arts work — across Karate, Filipino martial arts, Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The styles may differ, but good teaching has the same purpose: helping people understand, adapt and grow.

My approach is relaxed and direct. I break complex ideas into usable pieces, adapt the material to the people in front of me, and make sure participants understand what they practised — rather than simply watching an instructor perform.

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Ways to work with me

Choose the right format for your people.

Every session is shaped around the group, the setting and what you want participants to leave with.

Richard Haye teaching at a martial arts seminar

Martial arts seminars

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, BJJ for practitioners over 40, Kali Self Defence, cross-training and guest instruction for academies and camps.

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Mind & Body workshops

Practical workshops for teams and organisations, connecting physical experience with communication, self-awareness, resilience and purposeful action.

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Academy mentoring

Honest guidance for martial arts school owners, informed by the journey from a small training group to a professional academy with 400 members.

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What you can expect

Substance before show.

A seminar should give people more than a good afternoon. It should give them ideas, skills and understanding they can continue to use after I leave.

Practical before impressive

Material is chosen for usefulness, not to turn the seminar into an instructor’s performance.

Adapted to the room

The level, age, experience and needs of the participants shape how the material is taught.

Complex ideas made clear

Techniques and concepts are broken into understandable steps without losing what makes them work.

Relaxed, professional delivery

People learn better when they feel comfortable asking questions, experimenting and making mistakes.

People and mentors from Richard Haye’s martial arts journey

The journey behind the teaching

Still a student after more than 40 years.

My story begins as a child looking into a karate school from my grandmother’s window in Cape Town. It continues through moving to Norway, learning from remarkable teachers, building an academy, starting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at 40 and continuing to begin again.

Belts and titles matter less than curiosity, humility and the willingness to keep learning.

Follow the full journey

Bring Richard to your event

Let’s create something useful for your people.

Tell me about your academy, camp, team or organisation. We can find the format and content that make sense for the people you are bringing together.

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richard@haye.no