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…
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…
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…
With our Wisewarrior website revamp imminent, Richard San and Tim San needed to take some new pictures to fill in the gaps, so Monday night took on a bit of a photo shoot atmosphere after the sword class departed. Well we captured some nice ‘grizzly’ shots of Nick San Read more…
This Wednesday Tim san decided to exact his revenge upon a hapless Dohigh, as earlier on in the week Dohigh Chris accidently waved his Jo about in Tim San’s face while trying to juggle his weapon and kit bag while attempting a bow in the changing area!! Sooo, an impromptu Read more…
Always an interesting moment when Richard San or Tim San turn to one of their instructors and utters the phrase; ‘Sen take the class please’, but this request holds no trepidation for Tor San, who stepped up to the plate on Wednesday night and ran an amazing class…of course! Tor Read more…
Monday and Wednesday nights sessions went very smoothly this week with our instructing team doing what they do best! Be that within the small group sessions or in the more intense 1-2-1 training format. On Monday Nick San, one of our highest grades in sword under Richard San and Tim Read more…
This Monday although a bit quite because of the snow, had a definite weapons theme with sword and Jo, Richard San was a teaching a new high grade sword kata to Hayley San as well as refreshing some older ‘Jo forms’ with Dohigh Chris, who said sen’s can’t multi-task! It Read more…
Great to see all the classes coming back up to speed after the long holiday closure at Deanclose, even more New year interest from new people looking to return to Martial arts was seen this week. Many thanks to Kevin San and Ben San who have been helping Richard San Read more…
The festive celebrations are almost here and another year draws to a close. Looking back we have seen many successes in and out of the dojo with students across the board doing well in their training as well as there personal pursuits. It would seem Wisewarrior really does ‘Develop People Read more…