With the ‘harmonising spirit’ mindset of the Aikido student, a stance won’t be to hold on to the ground, or hold the territory they stand upon. Theirs is the art of continuous movement. Although the shapes they put their legs into, when learning a stance, can appear very similar to Read more…
Great to see so many of our students along for their free seminar last Monday night, good to have the full range from beginner to black belt! This seminar was our ‘Self Defence Part 1’, a core subject to all of us who study and teach martial arts in all its Read more…
Great seeing so many of you at the weapons seminar last night! The change from a weekend date to the Monday night for our free workshops seems to have been a good decision, that suits many more of you. We love the idea that a weapons Seminar is always so Read more…
We now have the years dates for your ‘workshops’, published on the website, for you students to peruse at your leisure! There is a change to the workshops format this year, we hope it will make attending them easier for everyone. As we are all leading busier lives and Read more…
Well that’s Christmas done and dusted. A great break and an opportunity to come back refreshed and ready to, quite literally, kick start the New Year. Training resumes at the Dean Close Dojo on Monday January 5th, 6.45pm – Don’t be late! With the new year comes a new look Read more…
Our body position in relation to an attacker is what our next Wisewarrior Workshop on the 9th of November (1pm) will be about. As you can imagine, this fundamental principle gives us huge scope to cover some great ideas and concepts, no matter what grade we have attending. The martial Read more…
By Tor Laurel. “…And then it hit me!” Normally this phrase is used to describe some sort of revelation, and certainly it has been. However on a far more literal level over the last fourteen years I have indeed been hit (and thrown and locked up and occasionally strangled) by Read more…
Its close to grading time again and the students are once again under pressure to perform. But this week they looked fine, no technical issues. Stances good, technique good, even focus good too… but something’s missing. This weeks lessons focused on that little bit extra that makes a grading performance. Read more…
(By Tim Dickerson) This week I spent some time with one of our up and coming Brown Belts running through his basic Hand Techniques in preparations for his impending Black Belt Grading. One of the things that occured to me while going through these was just how much advanced skill Read more…
By Richard Trafford. It’s a problem! Needing to learn a new skill set, we take our time and make sure we get it right. Steady as she goes you might say. Of course the more complex the skill to be learned, the more steadily we take it. But what if Read more…