Self defence seminar coming soon – Monday to be precise!! Not your normal, run of the mill “if your attacker does this, then…” type event!! Be prepared for a shift in perspective and a different take on our usual line of training. Basically its not going to be a series Read more…
Our body position in relation to an attacker is what our next Wisewarrior Workshop on the 9th of November (1pm) will be about. As you can imagine, this fundamental principle gives us huge scope to cover some great ideas and concepts, no matter what grade we have attending. The martial Read more…
When we learn a technique we start from the beginning of that movement and progress to the finish – hopefully culminating in some profound effect upon the opponent. But this is all because we are learning the technique ‘second hand’ – that is, from someone else. But if we were Read more…
(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…
In our sessions this week we saw more great 1-2-1 stuff done with the students of all levels from beginner to black belt, from Karate to sword. It is always rewarding to see students grow as they grasp a new technique or concept, there is that little glint in the Read more…
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…
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…
Lots of excellent work this week in the Wisewarrior Cheltenham Dojo as students worked hard on their individual pieces for this coming Wednesday; ‘Grading and Performance Night’. Judging by what we saw this Wednesday there should be some pretty spectacular demonstrations of martial performance and technical skills! This upcoming Performance Read more…