Mick Johnstone

Mick started Muay Thai in 1994 at the old town hall in Cumbernauld with one of the best instructors he had met, Mr Bobby Quinn. The camp name was Sitnarong run by John Craig under the guidance of master Sken. He was the first person to call Bobby and the first through the doors when he started his first class.

Mick has participated in many martial arts, such as boxing for a year and half when he was a kid. He then moved on to spirit combat, a form of karate but the instructor liked his drink too much and as a youngster he thought this was not a very good role model to look up to, so after about a year and a yellow belt later Mick stopped attending.

He gave up martial arts for a few years and took up football. When the pressures of school bullying hit home he thought he would be better off back in the fighting game. Mick started training in full contact kickboxing with a well-known local instructor, the one and only Mr Eddie McPhee. He lasted 5 1/2 long punishing years

After about a year of training and going to see his first live bout of Muay Thai in the Motherwell Civic centre, that’s when his training and hunger for fighting started. Within the year Mick had his first bout, which he won. Since that time he has had 9 fights and has now retired from the fight scene due to a recurring injury. Mick has trained with the best students in Scotland, but in his mind one sticks out more than the others, and that would have to be Mr Thomas Ross. Tommy was the best training partner Mick had ever come across and would have made it to the big time in the ring but for his nerves (cheers Tommy).


Matt Duncan

Matt Duncan started out like a lot of people sitting on the couch smoking cigarettes and piling on the pounds.

In Jan 2001 he saw a flyer in the local shop advertising Muay Thai boxing in the Denny centre. Matt was hooked after his first training session and after the first few months Matts life had changed for the better. Training had given Matt confidence, self esteem and a level of fitness he could only dream about. Within 8 months Matt had won his first fight and over the next 3 years he had 11 fights to his credit.

During his fight career Matt travelled to Kazakhstan with the Scotland fight team to compete in the world amateur championships. He was also involved in one of the best Thai bouts Scotland has seen when he fought Mark Grainger from fighting fit gym in a Scottish title eliminator. He later went on to win the S.T.B.A Scottish title when he defeated John Cullen from Nia Khanom Tom in May of 2005. In preparation for these fights Matt travelled to Thailand for one month with his training partner Rab Burt.

Matt is sincerely grateful to Bobby Quinn without Thai boxing none of these opportunities would have happened and Matt would never have seen the likes of Kazakhstan and Thailand.

Matt is now retired from fighting and is happily married to Debbie who gave birth to young Zac in 2007.

Matt would like to thank his instructor and friend Bobby Quinn and all the Muay Thai community for their friendship over the years.


Allan Gibson

Allan is the Muay Thai instructor at Grangemouth complex. He started his Muay Thai career with Bobby Quinn 12 years ago at Grangemouth stadium and has been teaching the art of Muay Thai since 2003.

Allan has been involved in Martial Arts from an early age and has a background in Karate training under Robert Lamb and Ticky Donovan. He has also trained in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Aikido and Kickboxing with various clubs and recognised names.

He accepts he is to old for the fighting aspect of Muay Thai but loves being involved in the coaching side of things both at Grangemouth and Longcroft. He is well known to fighters throughout Scotland and will be travelling to Thailand early in 2008 to enhance his knowledge and skills. He is seen regularly on the fight circuit at events carrying out the role of timekeeper.