Menu
Jim Flood
Jim Flood is the founder of Elite Performance Consulting. Jim is one of Canada’s top coaches. He has represented Team Canada as both an athlete and as a coach. As an athlete he was victorious in many National and World Championship karate events, winning medals in five world championships, ranging from bronze to gold. As a coach, he has helped produce hundreds of world champions. Jim believes that he has learned far more from his defeats than his victories. We either win or learn; we learn from every experience if we approach it with the proper mindset.
Learning to control the mental aspects of the game was one of Jim’s biggest challenges and is his reason for developing the Elite Performance Program. The importance of the mental aspect of performance is much better understood today than in the past.
Jim is an experienced martial arts school franchisor and coach of the Canadian National team. He is currently part of Team Canada’s World Karate Commission coaching staff and enjoys the process of helping people get the most out of their performance and become the best version of themselves. Jim holds a seven-degree black belt in karate and has also earned black belts in ITF Taekwondo and Japanese Jujitsu.
During the pandemic, he took it upon himself to dramatically improve his coaching abilities.
- Certified Mental Performance Coach through Brian Cain’s Mental Mastery Program.
- Certified as a Character Coach through character.org.
- He educated himself in the psychology of mindset and performance and worked through Dr. Alan Goldberg of Competitive Advantage.
- With Jim’s experience as a coach and athlete, combined with his newfound knowledge, he has produced a winning system that is getting remarkable results.
"Mr. Flood has an infectious personality and a way of building up everyone around him. He takes a genuine interest in his students and does everything he can to help build them into the best versions of themselves, always showing students they can achieve anything they set their minds to. Mr. Flood’s vast experience as a Martial Artist, and his education which further compliments his coaching abilities, along with his uplifting and positive attitude make him a phenomenal coach and a wonderful influence to have on our students at AFAMA."
"Sensei Jim Flood is an amazing instructor and truly inspires his students to be the best they can be. He has helped East-West Karate students become among the top competitors in the world. His motivational style and demanding workouts bring out the best in students. I would highly recommend sensei Flood and his Elite Performance System to any school owner or athlete."
Dr Annie Clements Hons
Dr. Annie Clements (Hons), a proud ADHDer, runs a multi-award-winning Social Enterprise, Autism & ADHD, that changed the way support was provided. It is a life span service providing support, information & training for all people who are living and working with Autism, ADHD, and Mental health issues, across the world, encouraging the development of Autism and ADHD lifestyles to enable the ND community to thrive. Her whole staff team is Neurodiverse
She has spoken at local, national, and international conferences to challenge people’s perceptions of issues such as Child to Parent Violence, Safeguarding, and Difference and is a part-time University Lecturer focusing on Children’s Rights, SEN and Inclusion, and how to work with families and improve understanding across all sectors. She has worked with this client group for over 30 years focusing particularly on supporting families, young people & adults experiencing high levels of anxiety and challenging behavior giving them input on how to increase life opportunities for all involved. She has now created My ND Place to support Business, Education, and Community Organizations to become ND accessible both for their staff and users.
As a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs Annie was one of 25 top global CEOs that were involved in a project commissioned by Claremont Communications on Purpose-Driven Business. She was invited to be a Fellow of RSA and given an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Suffolk in recognition of her contribution to Neurodiversity.
Annie has been married to her husband Peter for 37 years and they have 3 grown-up children who all have a diagnostic profile. Their middle son Tom requires 24/7 care and lives with them at their family home, whilst their other son and their daughter now have families of their own. They also have 3 beautiful, precious granddaughters.
Sandy Sbrissa
A present world champion in karate and student of Jim Flood for many years. Sandy is still actively competing in karate on the world stage as a member of Team Canada. Sandy is a third-degree black belt under Jim Flood
Sandy is also an experienced high-level hockey coach. Hockey Canada NCCP Certified D1 Coach 2019 Hamilton Huskies AAA/AA Representative Coach of the Year 2019 International Children’s Games. Currently, Sandy is teaching at East West Karate and works, hand in hand with sensei Christina and Jim Flood in preparing for the next world championship as both a coach and competitor.
- Multiple-time World medalist for point and continuous karate.
- Multiple-time Canadian karate champion in point and continuous fighting.
- Third-degree karate black belt.
- NCCP Certified coach.
- Certified EPC coach.
Effy Konstantinou
Mother of four, Member of Team Canada, and past multiple world medalist. Effy is the coach for Team East-West Karate (EWK) and works with sensei Flood and Magliocco with Team East-West Karate development.
Effy is a successful entrepreneur, a wife, and a mother of four children. She has a second-degree black belt in karate. “I have always had a competitive spirit”. She has competed in the women’s flag football league and successfully completed the Toronto marathon twice.
Effy’s entire family trains ate East-West Karate in Mississauga. Her two sons have successfully competed in the World Karate Championships and are all national and world champion medal winners. Effy currently coaches Team East-West. Effy is a certified instructor in the EPC system.
- Multiple-time World medalist for point and continuous karate.
- Multiple-time Canadian karate champion in point and continuous fighting.
- Third-degree karate black belt.
- Certified EPC coach.
Alex Foley
Is the owner and coach of Alex Foleys Academy of Martial Arts (AFAMA) which has multiple locations in Newfoundland. Alex has been working with Jim Flood for the past 20 years. Alex is also the World Karate Commission representative for Atlantic Canada and is responsible for getting Atlantic Canada ready for the next world championships. Sensei Foley is a quality martial arts instructor and past champion athlete.
Jim Flood works hand in hand with Alex Foley, building team Foley and team Atlantic from St John’s Newfoundland. Together they are determined to make team Canada stronger throughout the province and dominant on the world stage.
- President WKC Atlantic Canada.
- Alex holds a fifth-degree black belt in Kempo and a black belt in BJJ.
- Alex’s caring but demanding teaching style helps his fighters compete and win at the top level of the sport.
- Alex is a certified instructor in the Elite Performance Coaching system.
- Alex has developed his chain of four quality martial arts schools.
- We are sure to see many new world champions come out of the Atlantic provinces under sensei Foley’s tutelage.
