Meet the Program Directors
What is a Program Director?
Rachael Newsham and Dan Cohen are the Program Directors of BODYCOMBAT™, which means they create the new choreography and music for each BODYCOMBAT™ release.
Meet Dan
Dan is devoted to his craft.
He holds a black belt in kickboxing and Lau Gar Chinese boxing and a junior black belt in Shotokan karate. In 1996 he was the winner of the British Masters Kickboxing competition and the following year he came second in the World Kickboxing Championships.
He is also a weapons expert, specialising in the use of the sword and num-chuks.
Dan was part of the training team that introduced BODYCOMBAT™ to the UK in 1998 and is one of the driving forces behind the success of the programme.
Programs as program director
Dan is a program director of BODYCOMBAT™. Dan is also a program director of LES MILLS CORE (formerly CXWorx™). He is also a coach.
In 2007/2008 he was also co-creator of Les Mills COMBAT in collaboration with BeachBody – together with Rach.
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Meet Rachael
Rachael is a former National Trainer for BODYCOMBAT™, BODYJAM™ and BODYATTACK™ in the UK and was part of the UK launch team for BODYJAM™ in 2003.
Rachael holds an Honours Degree in Sports Management and is qualified to teach classical and contemporary dance and drama. She has also trained at a Wing Chun Kung Fu school and has been taught other martial arts by her partner Dan.
Programs as program director
Rachael is a program director for BODYCOMBAT™.
She will also start a new project for Les Mills On Demand soon. Rachael retired after 10 years with SH´BAM and was the program director of this program since 2010.
Background
- In 2007/2008 she was also co-creator of Les Mills COMBAT in collaboration with BeachBody – together with Dan.
- Rachael has stepped down as program director for SH´BAM and started a new project for the Les Mills On Demand / Les Mills+ platform.
