Well the observant among you might of noticed the increase in Karate related subjects and ‘tests’ of the er…Karate nature! Well you’d be right in your assumptions; based on a couple of things, first there is a back to the fundamentals move in the national gradings, that require all students Read more…
Our last weeks blog regarding the; ‘demonstration night’ (July 31st!), has certainly focused some minds amongst you! Of course this will be the required date you will be expected to do your 1st part grading if you are hoping to be put forward to the national gradings in September. But Read more…
Stay tuned to the members page of the web site in the coming weeks as we update our new grading information. We will be publishing dates for BOTH first and second part gradings, giving students who wish to to get their next grade the opportunity to better plan their training. Read more…
In Richard Sans absence, this week Tim San wound the clock back a few months and decided to take the class through some good old fashioned ‘high tempo’ partner training! Although a relatively small private tuition class, those in attendance on the Wednesday night session got stuck into another of Read more…
The Wisewarrior Challenges began in earnest this week but Tim San was flabbergasted to discover that nobody new about them despite countless posts on the Facebook page!! Better luck next time Sen! It is hoped that these challenges will help students with their weekly lessons and general practice, making things Read more…
More good syllabus work done this week with all students moving ever closer to their martial art goals. However Tim San; ever the technical task master, noticed students suffering with their stance work. To this end, as you have undoubtedly seen on Facebook and the members page of the website, Read more…
Sensei Mark Williams made preparations for his green belt sword grading this week. Monday saw him practising hard in Sensei Richard’s sword class, with the assistance of Sensei Nick Baldwin. Nick San; as part of his preparations for his own sword grading (Blackbelt in sword this December!) was tasked with Read more…
Bit of a short week for training this week, what with the Bank Holiday – Just as well we had some sun! Wednesday saw Tim San taking the Black Belts through the ‘Reflective Aikido’ Kata, and man what a cracking job they made of it. Its the first Kata of Read more…
It was lovely to see the sword group in action and ‘in motion’ this Monday night, and even better for Richard San when the higher grades just wanted to keep going with the sword class and not do their normal 2nd half ‘combat’ type sessions with Tim San next! 🙂 Read more…
Lots of technical input this week as our students move ever forward toward to their gradings and a deeper understanding of their chosen subjects. It is always great to see people developing and progressing and there is nothing better for an instructor than to see a lesson learnt and a Read more…