Ryan Musgrave - Arakan Martial Art Instructor

Ryan Musgrave

Instructor

Training Since: 2012

Teaching Since: 2021

Technique of Choice: Edge Hand

Weapon of Choice: Dagger

Ryan's Arakan journey began with an immediate obsession. The devastation, precision, and fluidity of the art became a burning passion.

As his journey evolved, Arakan became a means of empowerment, transforming his mindset, demeanour, and physical presence. He’s now more grounded, respectful, and driven by purpose and gratitude.

Ryan takes pride in helping his students empower themselves through effective self-defence. He focuses on building their stability, strength, coordination, and fitness, pushing them to break through perceived barriers and reach new levels of success.


Student Testimonials

 

So far, I have had the pleasure of 6 lessons with Ryan. But, it only took 1 to learn how passionate he is about Arakan. Ryan is a benevolent man and made me feel very comfortable every lesson. He is also thorough in his approach to teaching. With a keen eye, he picked small details and made me much better. Every lesson with him was always more enjoyable than the last and I always walked away feeling pumped and ready to take on the day!

Cooper Zulli.


Ryan's excitable personality makes his lessons really enjoyable. His friendly exterior has helped me learn and absorb his teaching a lot easier, along with his well articulated instruction.
There is never a dull moment when Ryan is training you, always entertaining and engaging. Anyone who learns from him will be a lucky student.

Cody Yarnold.


For every Arakan lesson with Ryan, he brought exceptional skill, dedication, enthusiasm and a genuine desire to help me become a more successful and proficient Arakan student!
As usual, I can't wait for my next lesson! If you're thinking of learning, Ryan's your man!

Paul Mulqueen.

 

I am tremendously grateful for the time I spent training with Ryan Musgrave. As an Arakan instructor, he doesn’t just do his job improving my skills, he takes genuine interest to increase my own awareness, from what to improve, in all aspects, from hand positioning to loading and keeping the middle involved, to ‘keeping the engine running’ (after a drill) so to speak.  I have been training for some time and I can say that it’s so good to see the enthusiasm for helping people improve themselves.
I cannot recommend Ryan any more than I can, as it’s not just his Arakan skills that helped me but also his professionalism to ensure I learn the most I can in the one hour I spend training. 

Dean Mayer 

 

My husband and I train with Ryan once a week and I love it! It's the highlight of my week. Ryan is clearly passionate about what he's teaching and is very talented at communicating and instructing in a way that works for each individual. I highly recommend these lessons as a way of staying fit and strong but most importantly, to feel safe and confident; which is exactly what you get from training with Ryan. 

Jacinta Kealley



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