Siddanth Panday is a qualified sports science coach. Siddanth was the youngest student at the Durban Aikido Club commencing training at the age of 14 years. Siddanth was awarded his Nidan by Vesovic Sensei (6th Dan).

 Siddanth  has coached a variety of teams of all ages in different codes  sports and is an amateur boxer. Siddanth is known for his excellent and high level ukemi.