One Layer At A Time (30th June)

You know, as an instructor there’s nothing better than laying out a structured lesson. Taking a concept from the ground up. You start with something basic then add a little bit to get the students to the next layer/depth of understanding. Then you add another and another and by the Read more…

Weapons Seminar ahead! (May 23rd)

Now almost half way through 2014 and the year is flying along! We all feel that the year so far has been very busy and successful. We’ve had a fair few people come along and join Wisewarrior to study Aikido, Karate and Sword. Many of our existing students have passed Read more…

(9th April) Making….and taking the grade!

Another busy and productive week of grading frenzied 1-2-1 training last week with lots of great work done both Monday and Wednesday. All in preparation for the big day on Sunday. And we are pleased to announce it was another great day for our Cheltenham Dojo students, with all in Read more…

Experience the difference! (18th Mar)

The week kicked of as usual with a great sword session on Monday night, with three of our students (including Mark San & Kevin San) hoping to take a national sword grading very soon, it had a distinct edge to the night! Richard San was in charge  and making sure Read more…

Performance Night (Feb 26th)

Another great ‘Grading and Performance’ night in the dojo this Wednesday! Usual drill – if you were there then you would be doing something in front of the class! We were a few guys down with work commitments, holidays and sickness but still a good turn out! We also managed Read more…

Spiral Staircase?…(25th Feb)

Things have changed a lot during our humble time spent in this game of martial arts. Training methods have improved. Our knowledge of this great subject has deepened. And with every new understanding comes a different slant on current creativity. Each week this furthering of knowledge, understanding and skill benefits Read more…

That was the year that was… (24th Dec)

Its been a fun year for Wisewarrior Training, we can only hope all our students have enjoyed it as much as the instructors! Kicking of with the black belt only seminar back in March, (man, that was one weird session!) and a karate seminar in August (Tim San unleashed!) We’ve Read more…

What, no syllabus! (Dec 17th)

Another week of non-syllabus bliss for the Wisewarrior Training team and boy did we make the most of it, not a kata in sight! Richard San set the tone this week with his Monday night session working on flowing hand routines that rapidly progressed into some pretty full on knife Read more…

The Hard Work Paid Off…! (3rd Dec)

All that hard work over the past few weeks finally paid off with yet another great day at the BAMA National Gradings for the Cheltenham Dojo, always special having some new Blackbelts! So well done to Kevin San on his 1st Dan, Lucy San on her Blackbelt, and Nick San Read more…

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…