Our Action Instructors
Action / Stunt Instructors
Chuck Johnson
ACTION / TAEKWONDO / WEAPONRY
Chuck Johnson is the CEO of Quiet Flame Productions, program manager and fight choreography instructor. He is a 4th Dan black belt in Taekwondo and US national champion, and also a holds masters ranks in Karate and Kobudo. He is also a brown belt in Judo, and has experience with 10 martial arts in total.
Yutaka Nozawa
ACTION / TAEKWONDO
Yutaka Nozawa is the most senior instructor under Chuck at Quiet Flame and has over a decade of teaching experience. Like Chuck, hie studying fight choreography and working in the film and theatre arts for almost a decade. In addition to having studied film and theatre at the State University of New York Stony Brooke, and having an MA in body expression and cinematic arts from Rikkyo University in Japan, he is also a ranked martial artist, who began his study of fight choreography under Kenichi Ishida in 2010. He is also trilingual (Japanese, English and Chinese), has black belts in Karate, Judo, Iaido and Taekwondo and regularly works as a stunt perfromer in India and Thailand.
Yutaka Reels & Videos
Yutaka Reels & Videos
Quiet Flame Fight Day 7 (Yutaka's Bad Day)
Yutaka Nozawa 2021 Action Demo Reel
Quiet Flame Fight Day 6: (No Prisoners)
Andrew Ng
ACTION / ACRO / KATANA ACTION
Andrew Ng graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Kinesiology in 2016. Andrew has trained under the Lee Strasberg Acting Method and appeared in various productions in Singapore. After arriving in Japan in 2017, he began training with a variety of action and stunt studios. Andrew has performed stunts and action in various productions while providing guidance to those who are interested in learning acrobatics, stunts and action. In addition to his active background, Andrew is also a certified International Sports Science Association (ISSA) Elite Trainer with Personal Training, Sports Nutrition and Corrective Exercise certifications.
Andrew Ng Reels & Videos
Andrew Ng Reels & Videos
Andrew Ng 2021 Action Demo Reel
Quiet Flame Fight Day 4 (Revenge)
Quiet Flame Fight Day 9 (Not Today)
Taekwondo Teachers
Abdel El Madrari
TAEKWONDO
Abdel studied Taekwondo since the age of 13 years old under the supervision of his uncle and father, students of master Beom Jhoo lee who introduced Taekwondo in Belgium in 1974.
Ex-member of the Belgium National Team, he won several regional, national championship and international open. This, gives him the opportunity to train and compete with the best athletes in the world (Olympian,World champion, Asian Champion...)
1st Dan officially reckognized by the WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) and awarded with a National Instructor Certification, he trained for several months the Regional Cadet Elite Team before his move to Japan.
Mandy Gerbode
TAEKWONDO
Mandy Gerbode is a 4th Dan Taekwondo Master from Germany. She is a specialist in Olympic Taekwondo forms competition and also an interationally certified referee. Mandy is also a working stunt woman and has appeared in various Japanese films, TV commercials, and TV shows.