Archive for February, 2010
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POWER IS BACK!
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- February 25, 2010
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We now seem to have full power back at SPACe and I look forwards to seeing you all this evening for hard fun training. Apologies to those who missed training on Monday or Tuesday. I’ll also be changing the grading date by a week to reflect the missed time this week. See you all later. [...]
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Power cut
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- February 24, 2010
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Apologies to all of those who came for training this week and found SPACe closed due to a power cut. We only heard at the last moment so we were unable to let you know. Tuesday it was disappointing but a great opportunity for us all to go to the pub. The reason for the [...]
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Make no ado.
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- February 11, 2010
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I’ve just looked at a martial arts forum for probably only the second or third time in my life. A person was asking about the club and various people responded. This of course then got involved in sort of claim and counter claim. Generally the news was very good. Like all clubs we’ve had our [...]
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Grading update
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- February 10, 2010
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The next grading will be on Thursday the 25th of March. Starts at 7.30. There will be grading focused classes on Monday Tuesday and Thursday. I want everyone to grade but only when they are ready. Gradings are a good way of marking progress and covering different techniques and concepts. If you don’t feel you [...]
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Simply subtle
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- February 2, 2010
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We’ve been working lots of sparring lately concentrating on simple direct attacks like the front kick and generally working kicks more. What’s profound here is how many different things you can do with just front kick and a jab and cross. I taught the concept of boxes. First and nearest you have the punching box, [...]
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Three times a champ
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- February 2, 2010
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Congratulations to Guro David Onuma who won the European Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament again last week. David was also awarded his Black belt on the podium in front of all attending. This is a huge achievement not only to get your black belt but to be three times champion at this level. We’ll have pictures tomorrow [...]
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