John or `Jo Biggs` is a Teacher of Jiu Jitsu based in Bedford, He teaches a class in the `Castle Road` area of Bedford and assists at a class in Sandy, (a small market town in Bedfordshire).He currently holds a 7th dan in Goshin Ju Jutsu
Jo gained shodan in the early Eighties.(black belt) and has been teaching Ju jitsu for the past twenty years as well as being uke for several prominent Ju Jitsu Hanshi.
Jo has trained and graded in Aikido, Kickboxing, Karate, and Escrima. He has fought competively both in Kickboxing (full and semi contact) and sport jiu jitsu and the early full contact stick fighting competions organised by the A.M.A/S.C.I (1987-1989).

His first class was based in Chelsea, London, with subsequent classes in Camden, Hendon, and Fulham, and Sandy before relocating to Bedford. Many of his students now have there own dojo or clubs.

During the Eighties and Nineties. Jo regularly taught and organised seminars in England, Europe and Canada, He was responsible for organising the Algarve International Festival of martial arts from 1987-1997, He has regularly written for various martial arts magazine and has recently published two books on Martial Arts. `Grace under pressure` and Ad and Jo`s Hypnosis for Martial Arts.

Jo is particularly interested in the healing aspects of the martial arts and sport psychology, Having trained to Master practinoer and trainer trainer level in Hypnosis, NLP and Healing Arts with Seka Nicolac. Michael Breen, Paul Mckenna and Dr Richard Bandler. Additionally Jo was part of the assisting team For McKenna/Breen NLP practinoer and master practioner NLP courses.

Jo is a qualified paramedic and works as a tutor/trainer for the Ambulance sevice. He is a qualified First Aid at Work trainer. An is currently seconded to the university of Hertfordshire to take a Emergency Care Practioner Course. He regularly works as a Creative Tutor for Semillion a company that creates Personal change and life coaching. He now directs the Sacred spring/ Shinsei Na Izumi org there website can be viewed on the web at www.sacredspring.org.uk and www.bedfordjujutsu.co..uk. He currently is a student in Dacayana Escrima under Master Jhun Dacayana and Nihon Jujutsu with Peter Klein 8th dan and Khono Sensei of the Daiwa Ryu

He can be contacted on 0044-1234-213-802
Or by email on jo-kan@sacredspring.org.uk or more recently on Jo.biggs@ntlworld.com