Another session of Knife Defence this Wednesday night after a hard evenings practice of Katas and other related syllabus work in the private lesson format. Knife Defence is one of those things that we keep coming back to and with good reason as there has been an increase in knife Read more…
Don’t Panic! Well we hope you have all noticed a Wisewarrior Training email pop into your inbox, (as promised!) and if not then let us know! This starts us on a whole new resource and exploration for your martial arts training. Over the coming weeks we will start to send Read more…
Stop Press!! Grading news! Well folks, that’s yet another National Grading over – and another great set of performances from the Cheltenham Dojo with excellent passes from Dohighs Matthew, Nick and David, we have our fine new Sempais; Will and Chris, not to mention the great weapons performances from Dohighs Read more…
It’s all happening…as usual! Grading preparations, weapons wazas, combat displays, a great karate seminar, (check out the write up!) plus a new format coming soon to Monday nights. So dont miss out….keep checking up on the updates! Grading prep is in full swing now, which is just as well cos Tor Read more…
Well all the Black Belts must have still been basking in the after glow of their advanced seminar this week as we had some cracking lessons in the dojo, especially on the Wednesday night session, there was definitely something in the air! Certainly for Richard San and Tor San who Read more…
Cheltenham Races always add a little bit of excitement and mystery to everyones travel plan’s during this week, but all seemed to go smoothly with most students getting to their lessons, with some picking up private lesson slots with Richard San during the quite times. Well there were winners and Read more…
Never a good idea to get Richard San on his soap box, and questions regarding Sword and Aikido will usually do the trick in the dojo! During Mondays lesson the Sensei in question was running a Sword class with Aikido students within it, with no Tim San around Richard San Read more…
Bit of a housekeeping update this week, firstly well done to all of our students who turned up to the gradings, a great performance by all of you, but it was tough one! The quieter gradings always give the examiners time to ask ‘everything’ from you! So the requirements to Read more…
With our Wisewarrior website revamp imminent, Richard San and Tim San needed to take some new pictures to fill in the gaps, so Monday night took on a bit of a photo shoot atmosphere after the sword class departed. Well we captured some nice ‘grizzly’ shots of Nick San Read more…
This Wednesday Tim san decided to exact his revenge upon a hapless Dohigh, as earlier on in the week Dohigh Chris accidently waved his Jo about in Tim San’s face while trying to juggle his weapon and kit bag while attempting a bow in the changing area!! Sooo, an impromptu Read more…