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Confidence is King!

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Martial Arts is about so much more than punching & kicking. It’s the most effective path to all-round personal development.
 
I’m sure if you asked any parent who’d enrolled their children in a martial arts class what they were hoping to gain from their membership it’s pretty unlikely they’d say they wanted them to learn to fight. It’s all about the many other benefits, including focus, self-discipline, respect for them self and for others, confidence, assertiveness and so much more.
 
Here’s a great example of two young lads who’ve been with us for a few years now. Jack and Thomas and are now approaching their black belt examination next month. When they joined us they were both pretty quiet kids who’d barely say ‘boo’ to a goose, and yet this week they stood up in front of their whole school to give a presentation about their martial arts. There were probably 150 people in the room so that’s a pretty nerve-wracking thing for anyone to do, but they absolutely rocked it and got a fantastic response from both students and teachers alike..
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Given the number of adults who’d tell you their biggest fear is public speaking, you can imagine how proud we are to see the confidence these boys have developed through their training at the Black Belt Academy!
A lovely picture and your words above are very true. The boys have learnt so many skills in the lead up to their black belt all of which they will take forward into their school life and beyond. Although the journey so far has been tough we are so glad we met Richard Olpin at a fair in Dursley and signed Tom up all those years ago!
– Jo Munyard

Events

Black Belt Open Training Session (May 12th)

This is an extra scheduled session, as we have May Day bank holiday on the 5th which is the first tuesday of the month, where we’d normally have a black belt session

As always from 8pm onwards, until at least 9pm, but Master O. is happy to stay as long as needed.

This is open to any Black Belts / Black Belt Candidates (regardless of whether you’re grading this year) who want to come along and get some extra training in.

Notes:

  • This is an OPEN TRAINING session for you to work on your own initiative, not a taught class, so if there’s anything in particular you need help with, please ask in advance of the session, as it may well be that instructors have plans for personal training during this time and cannot guaranteed to be available to help.
  • Adults students are always welcome to train during this time on tuesdays (8-9pm) but strictly by request.  If you wish to train in this session, please let us know on Monday evening in class.

Adults Open Training Session (May)

Normally the first tuesday of the month would be our Black Belt training session, but this one is open to ALL adults / junior Black belts as it’s the ‘bonus’ session we have instead of training on a bank holiday month.

We’ll have a dedicated Black Belt session next Tuesday, 12th May as well for black belt prep :-)

Black Belt Open Training Session

First tuesday of the month, from 8pm onwards, until at least 9pm, but Master O. is happy to stay as long as needed.

This is open to any Black Belts / Black Belt Candidates (regardless of whether you’re grading this year) who want to come along and get some extra training in.

Notes:

  • This is an OPEN TRAINING session for you to work on your own initiative, not a taught class, so if there’s anything in particular you need help with, please ask in advance of the session, as it may well be that instructors have plans for personal training during this time and cannot guaranteed to be available to help.
  • Adults students are always welcome to train during this time on tuesdays (8-9pm) but strictly by request.  If you wish to train in this session, please let us know on Monday evening in class.

Black Belt Open Training

Starting from 8pm onwards. until at least 9pm, but Master O. is happy to stay as long as needed.

This is open to any Black Belts / Black Belt Candidates (regardless of whether you’re grading this year) who want to come along and get some extra open training in.

Myself and Mrs Williamson will be on hand for advice, and will be working on Black Belt patterns should anyone want to join us!

Black Belt Open Training

I’ve had a request from some of the adult candidates for a black belt session on tuesday (4th March) after the kids classes, so starting from 8pm onwards, to work on their black belt grading prep.

This is open to any Black Belts / Black Belt Candidates (regardless of whether you’re grading this year) who want to come along and get some extra open training in.

Myself and Mrs Williamson will be on hand for advice, and will be working on Black Belt patterns should anyone want to join us!