With the announcement last week that the National Gradings have come around again we are now actively working toward yet another Grading & Performance Night (Wednesday 26th Feb) Not everyone is grading this time around so this will mainly be a Performance night, which will be a first for many Read more…
Second week back in the main classes and we are well and truly back to our regular training formats. This weeks round up of private lessons and small group training at the Cheltenham Dean Close Dojo saw Lucy San squarely landed with a new project to test her new found Read more…
We definitely kicked into 2014 with a bang! Our first session back was the long awaited ‘Black Belt Only Night.’ There were some pretty advanced concepts banded about for the guys to get their teeth into, these classes will be all about scenarios and situations not just more syllabus. Being Read more…
Couple of those really special sessions this week… no gradings to prepare for, no syllabus to stick to and pretty much free rein for us instructors to explore whatever facet of martial arts we liked on Monday and Wednesday – bliss! So on these two sessions we decided the class Read more…
All that hard work over the past few weeks finally paid off with yet another great day at the BAMA National Gradings for the Cheltenham Dojo, always special having some new Blackbelts! So well done to Kevin San on his 1st Dan, Lucy San on her Blackbelt, and Nick San Read more…
A self defence theme for us this week, with articles on our free email system as well as on other media posts. It was also the main thrust of this weeks lessons, both in our Monday and Wednesday night small group sessions, plus in some of your one to one Read more…
More fun and games this week in the dojo, our tried and tested private lesson format has the great benefit of a 4:1 student/instructor ratio that lets everyone learn what they need; from syllabus training to partner work. Really helping students prepare for gradings and their ‘Performance Night’ on the Read more…
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…
Richard San and Tim San have come to the conclusion that dispite all their efforts their forte is just never going to be in the IT direction, best they stick with what they’re good at and keep the day jobs as Martial Arts instructors!! However after much swearing, a couple 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…