Andy Elliott has been the forefront for over 30 years, educating people of all backgrounds, imparting the methodology of life saving skills in all facets of life. After a lifetime of working on the Docks and as a “Bouncer” (security) on doors in the early 1980s gave Andy a great understanding of how things can be unpredictable and turn nasty very quickly! He has been fascinated with Martial Arts and fighting since he became obsessed with the TV series “The Samurai” in 1964. (still today has all 73 swap cards).

The late Great Grand Master Ernesto. Presas promoted Andy to the rank of Grandmaster, the same day as his own son, GM Ernesto (Jan) Presas at the Philippines International Camp in 2009. Andy attended the first official Kombatan camp in the Philippines in 1999 and actually helped in building the campsite. He has attended another 14 international Kombatan IPMAF/Kali 3D camps around the world, including hosting the very first World Abroad IPMAF International Camp in Melbourne, Australia in 2006.

Andy holds the international position of Chief Instructor for Australia along with Secretary General of Kombatan Presas Style since early 2005 and he decided it was time to be even more productive and start his own global organisation as he evolved the combatives side to “Kombatan Tactical”. He was inducted into the FMA International Hall of Fame in 2007 by GGM Presas and is also the official technical advisor to various Kombatan groups around the world. In 2024, Andy received an Award for “significant contribution for propagating FMA worldwide” by the Senate President of the Philippines and featured on UNTV.

He has trained in numerous styles of martial arts and combatives. Over the years achieving Black Belts and Instructor Levels in many disciplines, including Modern Arnis, Kali Arnis de Mano. Shukokai Karate, Kyushu-Jitsu, AMOK! and Multidimensional Warriors (MDW).

Andy is an International Combatives and Defensive Tactics Instructor, conducting seminars and training around the world on a regular basis, having taught combatives in 30 countries. He embraces propagating not only Filipino Martial Arts, but also Personal Safety and Survival Skills along with representing Multi-Dimensional Warriors, where he’s honoured to be one of the very few authorised /recognised international instructors and a Mentor. Andy has introduced MDW to many countries and attends the annual MDW camps in Thailand each year.

Andy instructs members from Special Forces, Law Enforcement, Prison Guards, Security, Martial Artists and Civilians both nationally and internationally, keeping his skills up by training in hardcore South Africa.

He is also achieved Nationally Accredited Academic Qualifications including Certification in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health, Diploma of Sports Coaching, Diploma of Sports Development, Cert 4 Workplace Trainer and Assessor and Certified Coach / Practitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP).

Andy has featured in numerous International Martial Arts magazines over the years. He has appeared many times in Australia’s Blitz Magazine “Special Collectors Editions” including the honour of being chosen for the front cover of a “one off” special edition of Masters of Combat.

Pressure testing combatives determines what is real. You need this to be able to train and impart combative truths as truth is always based on fact! Throughout the years of teaching his style of Kombatan Tactical and MDW Combatives around the world, Andy has seen a growing need of reality training to adjust to the changing aggressive environments nowadays. Everything Andy teaches, he wants to be able to work for a real, under real pressure, proven by science and based on the principles of physics and geometry. If you are going to train a weapon based system, then you need to be able to fully comprehend all the complexities of how to be functional and the ability to transition between any improvised tool. Kali 3D was born out of this necessity. I feel it is my sense of duty and honour to educate students with real life and life-saving skills, not look good techniques. I’m sure that originally FMA was extremely effective years ago, but seems to have lost its original purpose over the years!

For a complete training guide, Andy also has a website: www.conflictscience.com that includes all his Combat and FMA training providing over 850 videos including 114 Blade Survival Series covering Empty Hand Versus Blade Attacks, Blade Hold Ups, Blade Disarms and Blade Training. There is also 745 Kali 3D FMA Series – Level 1 to 1st Degree Black Belt covering Double Sticks, Single Stick, Edged Weapons (Espada y Daga), Grappling (Dumog) and Empty Hand Fighting (Mano Mano) for on-line membership subscription with multiple choices of membership.