Well the main event of this week (well for Richard San anyway!) was the dojo getting a full set of crash mats…what joy! But more of that later. Monday started with Richard San teaching the sword session, continuing on from last week, the ‘Purple belt Battle Kata’ was again the Read more…
As promised, a full write up on our Isbourne Centre demonstration on the 3rd of December now that the excitement of the gradings are over! The Isbourne Centre is a renowned holistic and alternative therapy centre situated in some beautiful Regency buildings in the heart of Cheltenham. They were having their Christmas event with stalls, […]
Monday nights focus session was, I think a break-through for all those taking gradings in December. The main thrust of the evening was to develop this focus, that what we call Kimi! And by the end of the session everyone was looking really sharp. Performing movements is one thing but Read more…
By Richard San I did’nt begin serious sword trainning until I became a blackbelt some 20 years ago, there had been opportunities before then to try a lesson in sword, but i think i had little interest then as young martial artist, too busy learning and training in Karate, which I thought then was all […]