The B.I.G Instructor camp is coming up soon on the 24th and 25th of March. This is a great opportunity for those who want to become teachers or just improve their level. Instructors come from all over Europe and the UK so you get the opportunity to train, spar and learn from your both your peers and from Guro Bob. This is a fabulous weekend of rigorous training in a friendly and cooperative environment with lots and lots of technical input, plus the essential nuances that mean the difference between whether a technique works or not. We concentrate on teaching you both the classical techniques and then showing you various ways to train and teach them, and then different ways of sparring them; so that not only do you know of them, but you own them. The Breen Instructor Group is open to all who wish to learn. Ideally you need to be of at least an intermediate / Brown / Black belt level in a previous art or in JKD or Kali. If you are from a different art like Karate, Kung Fu or Boxing then this is fine. Venue is City of London Academy Islington, Prebend Street, Islington, London. N1 8PQ 11.00 until 4.00 both days. See you there.. It’s on facebook events as JKD Kali International instructor camp.

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There’s lots happening other than the Olympics. We’ve organised a Sparring seminar on Sunday 4th March at the Masters academy in Loughton. This will be a great chance to train with people who aren’t from the club but come from the same JKD family. I’ll be teaching alongside Matt Chapman who was at one time an Academy member. He’s been training since about the age of ten and is CFC welterweight champion and good at thai and mma and much more. We’ll give you sparring tips, exercises, training methods, alongside strategy, tactics and techniques to fix your sparring difficulties. Whether it’s getting in on tall opponents or how to handle a strong opponent we’ll give you helpful tips and video your progress. A fun day with no one getting bashed but all growing. Limited space and numbers so apply early. Full details on events page.

If you’d like to become or are an instructor then we’ve finally got dates for the Breen Instructor Group/ JKD-Kali International. Instructor camp. The first this year will be 24th and 25th March and the next the 26th and 27th of May. As usual time are 11.00 until 4.00.  We’ll be working out of the new City of London Academy Islington in Prebend st. Nearest tube Angel. It’s a fabulous venue and of course the training is top rate. In hard economic times supplementing your income by teaching martial arts is the way to go. Get training, get authorised, and get going. see you there. Full details on the events page.

I hope you all can come and celebrate what has been a great year for the club this Thursday. Many thanks to all of you for your hard work and sweat throughout the year and for being fun to teach.  This Thursday we have our last bash for the year. Class starts at 6.45 until about 8.00.  This will be a hard and sweat;y class just the thing to leave you sore but feeling strong for the Christmas cheer. After the class it’s wine and mince pies until we close. All welcome whether a current member or not. See you there.

Monday at 7.30 will cover hard basics and the techniques up to green belt.

Tuesday I’ll be teaching grading techniques for all grades from 6.30 and then with a more basic focus at 7.30 whilst I take over Carl’s class whilst he’s on holiday.

Thursday: First class up to green belt / hard basics and sparring. Second class Green belt plus techniques but open to all grades. Stick class as normal

Saturday: For those who really want to make sure they’ve got it down. The class at Peter May sports centre in chingford is also open. 11.00-1.00. This class is £10 but small numbers.

I hope this all helps you with your preparation. Grading is important. It tests what you know and also lets me see what your basics are like under pressure. See you there.