No! When new members start, they all have varying levels of fitness and are all ages, shapes and sizes. As members progress their fitness improves, working out with us gets more effective results. At our club, everyone works at a level that is suitable for them, you can go as easy or as hard as you want to.

We work with you to help you personalise your own training to suit your body. Over time our Martial Arts training will help you to get fitter, stronger and more flexible. You’ll notice other benefits as well including better balance, coordination, muscle tone and better mindfulness as you become more aware of your own body.

Absolutely! Why wouldn’t you? The more involved you are with your child’s training, the better their progression. Sit back, grab a coffee and enjoy watching your child in action. The only thing we ask is that you keep the noise to a minimum so as not to disturb the class in progress.

Most definitely! We hope that our members never have to use the physical skills that we teach them. As parents our first responsibility is to keep our kids safe, as adults we should have the same approach for ourselves. Our aim is to teach the skills and knowledge to allow avoidance of a potentially hostile situation, so that a physical altercation, wherever possible, is unnecessary.
Perhaps the biggest ‘self protection win’ that we can give is a focus on a healthy physical lifestyle helping our members beat physical inactivity and to maintain good mental health.

That’s a difficult one, it depends upon the individual as we all progress at a different pace. No matter the length of time it takes you to get your black belt, the journey is most definitely worth it. In our club the minimum age to take a Black Belt examination is 10 years old and a reasonable guide is to allow 5 years of training at least twice a week.

Our children’s classes start from 4 years old and our oldest adult is currently 88. Our kids martial arts classes are split into the following age groups, 4 – 6 years old (Rising Heroes) 6 – 9 years old (Young Legends), 10 – 14 years old (Urban Warriors) and Children’s Judo (6+ years). We have a family class where parents/carers and children can train together in addition to our adult only classes.

No! Martial Arts is clearly rooted in self defence and education, it is taught and practiced in a disciplined structured manner with a clear focus on self-control, humility and kindness. The traditional Martial Arts that we study have an ethos of self development and self improvement through training.
The training that we practice can help members to control stress and anxiety from a variety of sources and the meditative manner is calming and relaxing.

Yes most emphatically. We’ve coached many people in over 30 years of coaching with a range of differing conditions (The term used to be special needs or special education needs) and as an individual sport or activity done in a group environment, we are able to help members to personalise their own training. Youngsters can improve their focus, discipline, self control and social skills through their Adaptive Martial Arts training.