MARTIAL arts expert Matt Fiddes produced a knock out masterclass in Great Sankey.

Seventy students who attend Matt Fiddes Martial Arts classes across the town enjoyed the two-hour session at Barrow Hall Primary School on Thursday.

The 37-year-old worked as Michael Jackson's bodyguard for 10 years until the singer's death in 2009, before setting up his own chain of schools.

He is pictured with Master Steve James, who runs classes in Warrington, Widnes and St Helens, and St Gregory's Catholic High School pupil Ethan Connolly, aged 12, from Penketh.

Ethan achieved his first dan black belt in 2015 despite needing a tracheostomy to help him breathe after being born with lymphangioma, a rare disorder that creates cysts in soft tissue which block his throat.