Who We Are
Accredited Massage and Personal Training Courses was founded by Robert Donkers and Mervyn Espie, two therapists of vast experience in their particular fields.
Robert Donkers
Robert is a qualified Sports Massage Therapist who has been running a successful sports massage clinic in London since 2009. He also founded his therapy school Accredited Massage Courses in 2007. Over the years he has trained thousands of therapists.
His students have included qualified Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Medical Doctors, Sports Massage Therapists, Personal Trainers as well as total beginners.
Robert has also worked as an International Examiner in Sports Massage as well as Holistic Massage, Aromatherapy Massage and Reflexology.
Robert trained with great body workers such as James Waslaski, Leon Chaitow, Jaime Hedger, John Tindale, and Chaika Holste.
His treatment invariably include a combination of Deep Tissue Work, Myofascial Release, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF), Contract and Relax, Neuromuscular Technique (NNT), Trigger Point, Sort Tissue Release (STR), Acupuncture and Positional Release.
Robert has written courses in many different techniques and taught thousands of national and international students.
Having recently moved to Northern Ireland, Robert has opened his clinic and works closely with Boxing N.I Functional Integrated Training Centre.
As well as working with the general public Robert has a vast following of international celebrities as clients.
Besides working as a muscular skeletal therapist Robert also works with energies and healing and again learnt from the best including Donna Eden and Prune Harris.
Robert has a great love for animals and is also qualified in Animal healing and Canine massage. He is a member of the Healing Animal Organisation with whom he travelled to Egypt to work with abused horses and donkeys. He was trained by the famous animal healer Elizabeth Whiter.
He himself is very much an animal activist and formed a not-for-profit organisation Walking to Save Dogs which primarily exists to campaign to end the dog meat trade. His 8 dogs and he have raised 10 thousand of pounds through long distance walks. His longest walk was from Land’s End to John O’Groats, the length of the UK, with 4 of his dogs sleeping in a tent.
Qualifications:
Holistic Massage Diploma, Sports Massage Diploma, Aromatherapy Diploma, Thai Massage, Indonesian and Balinese Massage, Reflexology Diploma, Acupuncture, Neurostructural Integration Technique.
Robert Donkers
Robert is a qualified Sports Massage Therapist who has been running a successful sports massage clinic in London since 2009. He also founded his therapy school Accredited Massage Courses in 2007. Over the years he has trained thousands of therapists.
His students have included qualified Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Medical Doctors, Sports Massage Therapists, Personal Trainers as well as total beginners.
Robert has also worked as an International Examiner in Sports Massage as well as Holistic Massage, Aromatherapy Massage and Reflexology.
Robert trained with great body workers such as James Waslaski, Leon Chaitow, Jaime Hedger, John Tindale, and Chaika Holste.
His treatment invariably include a combination of Deep Tissue Work, Myofascial Release, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF), Contract and Relax, Neuromuscular Technique (NNT), Trigger Point, Sort Tissue Release (STR), Acupunture and Positional Release.
Robert has written courses in many different techniques and taught thousands of national and international students.
Having recently moved to Northern Ireland, Robert has opened his clinic and works closely with Boxing N.I Functional Integrated Training Centre.
As well as working with the general public Robert has a vast following of international celebrities as clients.
Besides working as a muscular skeletal therapist Robert also works with energies and healing and again learnt from the best including Donna Eden and Prune Harris.
Robert has a great love for animals and is also qualified in Animal healing and Canine massage. He is a member of the Healing Animal Organisation with whom he travelled to Egypt to work with abused horses and donkeys. He was trained by the famous animal healer Elizabeth Whiter.
He himself is very much an animal activist and formed a not-for-profit organisation Walking to Save Dogs which primarily exists to campaign to end the dog meat trade. His 8 dogs and he have raised 10 thousand of pounds through long distance walks. His longest walk was from Land’s End to John O’Groats, the length of the UK, with 4 of his dogs sleeping in a tent.
Qualifications:
Holistic Massage Diploma, Sports Massage Diploma, Aromatherapy Diploma, Thai Massage, Indonesian and Balinese Massage, Reflexology Diploma, Acupuncture, Neurostructural Integration Technique.
Mervyn Espie
As a child Mervyn was involved in a serious and potentially life-changing car accident during which he broke his femur and back, he was initially told he would never walk again. Remarkably after 1.5 years lying on his back in hospital he learnt to walk again. However, he was told that later in life he would have difficulties walking and with mobility and from there he decided that this was not my destiny and started to begin slowly running and exercising regularly to slow down or halt the process.
From his mid-twenties to present his life has revolved around fitness and health. After boxing training for several years, he was introduced to Kettlebell Training for strength, endurance and functional training which increased his fitness 100%. From there he has maintained a high level of fitness for 30 plus years and still compete in fitness and endurance challenges to push his boundaries, from swimming across the channel in 2005, a 100 mile run in 24 hours (completed in 18 hours) obstacle courses, sprints and other endurance training challenges .
He founded and ran an established Gym in London for 10 years and moved to Ballymoney in 2019 where he decided that a there was a market for a fitness focused Boxing gym in N. Ireland for all abilities to learn the skill of boxing alongside building incredible fitness and boxing conditioning in a fun way with a great atmosphere.
He was closely associated with and taught aspects of the Sports Massage Level 4 course at the renowned school Accredited Massage Courses.
Working as a Personal Training Mervyn continued to develop skills and learnt many new techniques to help his clients. He soon discovered that fitness and Sports Massage go hand in hand. He also understood the limitation was a Personal Training Certificate at level 3 and continued to study and apply his newly required knowledge in his life-changing fitness programmes.
Qualifications:
Obesity and diabetes Level 4, Rep registered Level 3, Personal Training Certificate, S.A.C DIP Personal Fitness training Level 3, A.D.P.F. Teaching certificate in Kettlebell Training, PCFA Coaching Level 1, Applied Movement Neurology (AMN) Level 1, Award in education & training level 3.
Specialities include Fat burn, Metabolic Conditioning, Endurance and Altitude training, General wellbeing, Post-stroke and Orthopaedic rehabilitation.
Mervyn Espie
As a child Mervyn was involved in a serious and potentially life-changing car accident during which he broke his femur and back, he was initially told he would never walk again. Remarkably after 1.5 years lying on his back in hospital he learnt to walk again. However, he was told that later in life he would have difficulties walking and with mobility and from there he decided that this was not my destiny and started to begin slowly running and exercising regularly to slow down or halt the process.
From his mid-twenties to present his life has revolved around fitness and health. After boxing training for several years, he was introduced to Kettlebell Training for strength, endurance and functional training which increased his fitness 100%. From there he has maintained a high level of fitness for 30 plus years and still compete in fitness and endurance challenges to push his boundaries, from swimming across the channel in 2005, a 100 mile run in 24 hours (completed in 18 hours) obstacle courses, sprints and other endurance training challenges .
He founded and ran an established Gym in London for 10 years and moved to Ballymoney in 2019 where he decided that a there was a market for a fitness focused Boxing gym in N. Ireland for all abilities to learn the skill of boxing alongside building incredible fitness and boxing conditioning in a fun way with a great atmosphere.
He was closely associated with and taught aspects of the Sports Massage Level 4 course at the renowned school Accredited Massage Courses.
Working as a Personal Training Mervyn continued to develop skills and learnt many new techniques to help his clients. He soon discovered that fitness and Sports Massage go hand in hand. He also understood the limitation was a Personal Training Certificate at level 3 and continued to study and apply his newly required knowledge in his life-changing fitness programmes.
Qualifications:
Obesity and diabetes Level 4, Rep registered Level 3, Personal Training Certificate, S.A.C DIP Personal Fitness training Level 3, A.D.P.F. Teaching certificate in Kettlebell Training, PCFA Coaching Level 1, Applied Movement Neurology (AMN) Level 1, Award in education & training level 3.
Specialities include Fat burn, Metabolic Conditioning, Endurance and Altitude training, General wellbeing, Post-stroke and Orthopaedic rehabilitation.