About the Academy
The Ilyokwan Black Belt Academy is one of the longest established Martial Arts schools in Gloucestershire. Founded in 1995 by Worldwide Martial Arts Hall of Fame 'Master Instructor of the Year' Richard Olpin.
Classes available for Juniors 5-6, 7-12, Teens and Adults. 30 Days FREE trial programme available to all new students.
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May Bank Holiday Winner – FREE positive Start Membership!
newsCongratulations to Gemma Webb!
We just pulled your name out of a hat (ok, a random number generator on a spreadsheet!) and you’ve won a FREE positive start membership at the Ilyokwan Black Belt Academy!
And while we’re at it, if anyone else would like the chance to win, just add yourselves to our mailing list (either send us a message with your email/phone no) or add yourself via the form on the front page of this site website..
We’ll do a draw every month, and the occasional bonus draw on special occasions too
Success Stories – Alex receives an award at School
Inspiration, news, personal development, Students, Success StoriesLast weekend we saw a post on Facebook from the mum of one of our junior students. This is what it said..
Sounds ominous, but then the next day’s update:
Excellent, thats great to hear! Even better when she followed that up with:
This is the real power of personal development through the martial arts programmes we teach here at the Academy.
It’s not just about punching and kicking, it’s about developing real life skills. Here we see a child developing into a kind, hard-working and confident young man and his mum attributes those improvements directly to the positive start he’s gained from his training here at the Academy.
Well done Alex, we’re so pleased, and very proud of you!
Thanks again to our friends at St Joseph’s School in Nympsfield. We have a number of students in common and I know we share some similar goals to help them develop as well-rounded, confident and positive individuals.
If you’re interested in giving your family a real a Positive Start in life, then get in touch. Try our programmes free of charge as our guest for 30 days, and you’ll see the rewards for yourself!
Don’t say “Can’t”..
articles, blog, Inspiration, personal developmentEvery time you say you ‘can’t’ do something you’ll tend to believe yourself… Your subconscious will interpret it as a definite CAN NOT BE DONE, which is incredibly debilitating as it will stop you from even trying..
Think just how much more powerful it is when you switch that around to ‘how can I?’ instead. When you think that your mind immediately goes to work on looking for solutions, ideas, things to try. Has anyone else ever done it? What did they do? How could I get started? etc.
I know which I’d prefer. How about you?