About the Founder

Brian Cowell Black Belt, Owner Swiftkick MA
Mr. Cowell receiving his First Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do at 16. Also in this picture is his longtime coach and best friend Scott Walker!

Brian Cowell, SwiftKick’s founder and head teacher is a licensed Trainer with the International Crazy Monkey Defense Program as well as a Fourth Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Training in several styles of martial arts for over 15 years he has blended the best of mixed martial arts and combat self-defense to create the Applied Martial Arts system.

Brian Cowell has received tremendous benefits from his personal martial arts training. He has taken this training and applied it to all his life endeavors. Brian attributes his ability to complete an MBA at San Diego State University as well as start his own corporation at age 22 to the discipline, tenacity, and life lessons he attained through the martial arts. He is experiencing great success not only with martial art instruction, but also in personal fitness and life coaching.