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A family friendly martial arts club, enjoy trainng in a relaxed atmosphere, all instructors are fully qualified, insured, CRB checked and 1st aid qualified.
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. for timetable information on Kids classes, please visit www.activebodies.org.uk
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
Each 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 for adults
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.
