Pat Melling

3rd Degree Senior Instructor

Training Since: 2008

Teaching Since: 2011

Technique of Choice: Hammer Up

Weapon of Choice: Long Staff

Pat began his Arakan journey in 2008 at 17, drawn to its practical street self-defence. Arakan provided him with direction and purpose, helping him achieve his goals, and he loves sharing it to inspire his students.

A personable and enthusiastic instructor with a warm, light-hearted energy, Pat motivates students to reach their goals. He enjoys training hard and encouraging others through his teaching.

Outside Arakan, Pat enjoys time with his family, cars, music, and sports. His greatest achievement was his first private lesson with Chief Instructor Robert Kyaw, becoming a Senior Instructor, and grading to Orange Belt. He credits his success to his mentors.

Student Testimonials

Pat has been an outstanding Instructor. His enthusiasm for Arakan and for life generally, is inspirational. He has made a big difference to the way my family and I approach life He is very considerate of his students and obviously places great importance on their growth and wellbeing. It is a privilege to be able to call Pat my teacher.
Nick McGowen

Pat has been training Tyson for about 6 years. In that time Pat has shown nothing but respect for Tyson and as Tyson has an intellectual disability on the Autism spectrum Pat has encouraged Tyson not only for Arakan but in helping Tyson with his life. Pat is a fantastic ambassador for Arakan.
Sandy Dawson mother of Tyson Dawson

Pat has helped me so much, inside and outside of Arakan. Such a legend.
Jack Lace

Pat is awesome! A great Instructor and a great person which inspires me to be a student and a better person.
Ryan Musgrave

Pat is an exceptional Instructor he is an amazing person. The way he can explain the principles of Arakan and how it relates to the drill at training is brilliant. I feel I owe a lot to Pat for not only my growth as an Arakan student but also as a person.
Ben Galbraith

I have been doing Arakan for 4½ years and Pat Melling has been a private instructor of mine during that period. I have found Pat to be a personable, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable instructor and I thoroughly enjoy my sessions with Pat. I would highly recommend him to anybody thinking of taking up Arakan.
John Lemon

Pat has been an incredible instructor. His passion and knowledge of Arakan has brought a unique and exciting experience to training. Pat definitely deserves to achieve all the goals he works so hard towards.
Ben Abrahams

I have trained with Pat almost 6 years. In that time I have watched Pat grow not only as a man but an incredible instructor. It has been an absolute privilege to be trained by Pat. Pat helped me on my Arakan journey in ways I could never repay and has put up with a lot of my crap along the way. Personally, Arakan and Pat have helped me become the woman I am now, which I am forever grateful and blessed. Who knows what the next part of the journey holds, but I am super excited to see and share it with Pat and watch us all grow even more.
Alison Jones

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My son Deklan is a naturally kind and gentle boy, who as an only child has never had to endure the competition and ruff and tumble of other siblings. Reading how daunting and challenging schools can be these days I was very keen to get him involved in self defense but wasn’t sure what was going to be the best fit for him.

In a chance encounter at a community fate we saw the Arakan stand and after talking to the guys I was really impressed with how friendly the team was and how passionate they were to get Deklan into his first lesson. And here is the part that grabbed me the most, the training is done outdoors in parks and school grounds while wearing shirts and shorts and everyday shoes, now that’s real life training. We booked in straight away for our complimentary lesson and Deklan couldn’t wait to get started.

On the day of his first lesson Deklan was quite nervous but Ryan his instructor made him feel completely relaxed and the lesson was a great mix of training and learning through fun games. At the end of the lesson Deklan ran straight up to me and asked if he could do more training tomorrow and the next day, which was a sure sign he loved it. He has now been training for over 3 years and as much as Arakan is about learning self defense and getting fit I have seen Deklan grow in confidence, co-ordination, self respect and self belief.

Deklan now jumps at every opportunity to do extra lessons and group training and he totally loves going to school holiday training days and he wears his Arakan uniform with absolute pride.

I can honestly say I have been totally impressed with how Arakan has taught him practical, useable skills in real life environments and we look forward to many more years involvement with the Arakan family.

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Mark Sculley

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