Photos Galore! (19th Nov)

First things first! Tim San has now uploaded some 60 pictures from our Grading and Performance Night so if you were there on the night and want to see yourself in action, or just want to see what you missed, then log in at the Wisewarrior Cheltenham site and go Read more…

Practice makes….. (12th Nov)

As i’m sure you must all know the main event of last week was the ‘Performance Night’, well done to all of you for making this a great night, we hope you have all read the write up (…link) from that night, and for all of you who made it Read more…

Another Stab At Knife Defence (Oct 22nd)

Another session of Knife Defence this Wednesday night after a hard evenings practice of Katas and other related syllabus work in the private lesson format.   Knife Defence is one of those things that we keep coming back to and with good reason as there has been an increase in knife Read more…

September 2nd: Information inPerformance out!

Stop Press!! Grading news! Well folks, that’s yet another National Grading over – and another great set of performances from the Cheltenham Dojo with excellent passes from Dohighs Matthew, Nick and David, we have our fine new Sempais; Will and Chris, not to mention the great weapons performances from Dohighs Read more…

August 21st: Busy busy busy….!

It’s all happening…as usual! Grading preparations, weapons wazas, combat displays, a great karate seminar, (check out the write up!) plus a new format coming soon to Monday nights. So dont miss out….keep checking up on the updates! Grading prep is in full swing now, which is just as well cos Tor Read more…

March 25th: ….and its good night from him!

Well all the Black Belts must have still been basking in the after glow of their advanced seminar this week as we had some cracking lessons in the dojo, especially on the Wednesday night session, there was definitely something in the air! Certainly for Richard San and Tor San who Read more…

March 18th: Runners & Riders

Cheltenham Races always add a little bit of excitement and mystery to everyones travel plan’s during this week, but all seemed to go smoothly with most students getting to their lessons, with some picking up private lesson slots with Richard San during the quite times. Well there were winners and Read more…

March 11th: A good question!

Never a good idea to get Richard San on his soap box, and questions regarding Sword and Aikido will usually do the trick in the dojo! During Mondays lesson the Sensei in question was running a Sword class with Aikido students within it, with no Tim San around Richard San Read more…

March 4th: Scores and Draws…

Bit of a housekeeping update this week, firstly well done to all of our students who turned up to the gradings, a great performance by all of you, but it was tough one! The quieter gradings always give the examiners time to ask ‘everything’ from you! So the requirements to Read more…