The Word From The Seminar…

Great to see so many of our students along for their free seminar last Monday night, good to have the full range from beginner to black belt! This seminar was our ‘Self Defence Part 1’, a core subject to all of us who study and teach martial arts in all its Read more…

The Advantage… 2nd March

Great seeing so many of you at the weapons seminar last night! The change from a weekend date to the Monday night for our free workshops seems to have been a good decision, that suits many more of you. We love the idea that a weapons Seminar is always so Read more…

Workshops Galore!! 19th Feb.

We now have the years dates for your ‘workshops’, published on the website, for you students to peruse at your leisure!   There is a change to the workshops format this year, we hope it will make attending them easier for everyone. As we are all leading busier lives and Read more…

Back to it!!!

Well that’s Christmas done and dusted. A great break and an opportunity to come back refreshed and ready to, quite literally, kick start the New Year. Training resumes at the Dean Close Dojo on Monday January 5th, 6.45pm – Don’t be late! With the new year comes a new look Read more…

Eureka Strikes…! (8th Sept)

By Tor Laurel. “…And then it hit me!” Normally this phrase is used to describe some sort of  revelation, and certainly it has been. However on a far more literal level over the last fourteen years I have indeed been hit (and thrown and locked up and occasionally strangled) by Read more…

Reflective Aikido In Cheltenham

Put Some Heart In It (27th July)

Its close to grading time again and the students are once again under pressure to perform. But this week they looked fine, no technical issues. Stances good, technique good, even focus good too… but something’s missing. This weeks lessons focused on that little bit extra that makes a grading performance.  Read more…

Back To Basics (19th July)

(By Tim Dickerson) This week I spent some time with one of our up and coming Brown Belts running through his basic Hand Techniques in preparations for his impending Black Belt Grading. One of the things that occured to me while going through these was just how much advanced skill Read more…