August 31, 2009
A math question first. An idiot (with a bad back) trains in a dojo at a rate of 25 Jujigatame (Standing to lying armbar) per hour for three hours. Q: how much pain is the idiot in at the end? Q: What is the speed of the other train? Q: how many oranges are left? [...]
Lots of us are now on facebook and twitter so check us out there. Plus we’ve started putting some clips on Youtube. We’re starting slow but will soon be up to speed. I hope you like it. I know that I’m a bit of a luddite with this stuff but trying hard and it’s easier [...]
Knife Defence is obviously the new game in town. We have our very popular Knife Day on September the 6th. This really is the cutting edge of martial arts. Our monday Knife Defence class is also doing great and one of the most popular classes of the week and the standards very high now due [...]
Ian Oliver’s hugely successful Boxing Fitness book has now been turned into a training DVD and is available from the club. Ian has done a great job assisted by some of the Academy A team. Dave Birkett, Corey Donoghue and others. If you don’t have the time to get into training or just want to [...]
We have a grading coming up soon and everyone is training hard for it. The standard is pretty high at the moment with a few people going for second brown. Last time we had a very good grading with lots of people going for grades from yellow to second brown belt. On the night we [...]