martial arts and self defence classes

A family friendly martial arts club, enjoy trainng in a relaxed atmosphere, all instructors are fully qualified, insured, CRB checked and 1st aid qualified.

A Martial Art for Kids, Adults, Ladies only, Beginners only and advanced.

We specialise in working with small groups giving the students quality tuition and attention.

There are 3 rooms for specific groups, A family room for young children and their parents, A fully soft matted dojo for older children and a fully matted formal dojo for adults only.

We offer :

Women's Awareness & Self Protection courses.

Adult Bujinkan classes

Adult Beginners classes.

Women only classes.

Martial arts for Kids.

Special Japanese weapons classes

Ages for Kids classes are 4yrs—7yrs, 8yrs—15yrs


Class Format
The underlying principle is that training is available to all
- Warm up / stretching to avoid injury & build flexibility
- How to fall safely and minimise injury from blows
- Punching / hand strikes
- Kicking
- Blocking
- Locks
- Throws
The main class is focused on the techniques being taught in Japan during the year and realistic self defence

Ehac class is different, but will cover some of the following:
- Defences from a wide variety of strikes
- Escapes from chokes and holds
- The use of any area of your body to strike
- More advanced locks, chokes, throws, grips etc
- Leaping & rolls

- Balance breaking
- The use of distance and space
(working in close quarters and at longer distances)
- Dealing with multiple opponents
- Ninjutsu
- Deception
- The use of weapons
- Unarmed defence from armed opponents

Training days & times

Tuesday 19:00-20:30 Bujinkan School specific
Thursday 19:00-20:00 Beginners
Thursday 20:15-21:30 Weapons class (members only)
Sunday 10:30-12:00 Bujinkan School specific
Sunday 12:30-13:30 Shuriken
(members only)
What to wear..
Something loose and comfortable, ie, joggers, t-shirt socks, no shoes or trainers.