Sarah Badat-Richardson

Sarah was born and raised on the exotic Reunion Island, a state of France near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Sarah grew up speaking French and the local Creole dialect. She later mastered German (she earned a bachelor's degree in German linguistics), English, and Italian. As a student, Sarah was hired as the weekend weather reporter for the major news channel. When she graduated, she was offered her very own weekly Television show. It was during this time in 1997 that she met Burton, who was teaching seminars in Reunion for Daniel Duby. Sarah started training martial arts soon after. She fell in love with Burton's realistic martial arts approach and has continued training in all of the ranges since they married in 1998. She is a Level 2 instructor in MMA For The Streetand a brown belt instructor in BJJ For The Street.

In addition to running the day to day tasks for JKD Unlimited, Sarah home schools their daughter. Sarah assists Burton teaching seminars worldwide. She is known for her thorough explanations, an intolerance for any martial arts techniques that haven't been thoroughly pressure tested, and for her infectious smile. She is also a talented photographer, a prolific writer and recently displayed her web design skills by completely remodeling JKDUnlimited.