28th October 2015 | Coaching
We are all afraid of something at times. Anyone who tells you that they’ve never been afraid is lying. For some people it’s Spiders (Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia) or Clowns (Coulrophobia) or Heights (Hypsiphobia) or Flying (Pteromerhanophobia) or...
17th August 2015 | Internal Competition
We have some good entries so far for the best photograph of someone wearing a Shin Gi Tai T Shirt or Hoody? Still a few weeks to get your entries in. You don’t have to be in a really exotic location, but the photograph has to be interesting. You can also...
22nd July 2015 | Events, Training Diary
This week, I’m in the Czech province of Jizerka training on the 24th Shikon Jizerka course hosted by Shikon Czech and it’s Chief Instructor Ondra Musil 7th Dan in Karate and 6th Dan in Aikido who along with Steve Rowe 8th Dan in Karate and Tai Chi Sifu...
20th May 2015 | Competition
Members of Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts took part in the Karate Sport England National Championships in Harlow With squads attending from some of the biggest Karate groups in Great Britain along with some National Squads taking part it was a busy competition and a long...
12th May 2015 | Competition
Congratulations to the members of our Basingstoke Martial Arts club who competed in the National All Styles Southern Open Championship recently. Most of the squad members are pictured to the left, they came away with 44 medals. We had an excellent day competing...
11th March 2015 | Awards, News
Congratulations to all the members from Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academt who were selected for the Basingstoke and Deane Sports Awards. Shin Gi Tai had an inspiring evening winning the following categories. Junior Volunteer of the Year – Jess Muller Senior...
6th March 2015 | Competition, News
Congratulations to the Karate competitors from Basingstoke who took part in the AMA International Karate Open in Sheffield on 28/2 – 1/3. The event was held over two days, with day one focusing on Kata and day two on Kumite (Fighting) We saw success from Lindsey...
20th February 2015 | Awards
Club coaches Lindsey and Bryan Andrews had a successful evening at the Winchester and District Sports Awards winning respectively the awards for Masters Sportwoman of the Year and Performance Sports Coach of the Year. Edward was runner up in the Junior Sportsman of...
15th December 2014 | Blog Posts
The winter nights are here now. It’s cold outside. You’ve got a good book. A warm cup of coffee. You feel tired from work. There’s a good movie on TV. The dog gets lonely….. The next time you feel like a night off or can’t be bothered,...
12th December 2014 | Grading, News
We’ve just finished our last grading of the year with a successful weekend of Karate and Judo gradings. This December grading was also our only Black Belt grading for the year, so the pressure was on for several candidates.We don’t pass people for gradings...
12th December 2014 | Updates
We close for our Christmas holidays between Sunday 21st December and Sunday 4th January inclusive. All Martial Arts and Fitness classes in Basingstoke follow the normal timetable from Monday 5th January.
14th August 2014 | Coaching
Starting in September we have a range of new classes starting at our Basingstoke based Martial Arts Club. Ladies Kickboxing Class From Tuesday 9th September at 7:30pm we are running a Ladies Only Kickboxing class. Focussing on Fitness and Self Defence, this class is...
2nd June 2014 | Competition
WORLD KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 IGUASSU FALLS, BRAZIL After months and months of hard training, fundraising, competition practise and organising it was finally time to go. Here’s a day by day breakdown of my unforgettable trip to Brazil with the England Karate Team to...
17th April 2014 | Updates
We are closed over the Easter Weekend from Friday 18/4 to Monday 21/4 inclusive. Have a happy Easter.
14th April 2014 | Awards, Coaching
Congratulations to club coaches, Paula Clarke, Mark van Meerkerk and Emma McDade upon the successful completion and passing of their Level 2 Martial Arts Coaching Qualification under the auspices of the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts.
6th March 2014 | Competition, News
The Karate England Nationals are the highlight of the competition year with many competitors from all over the Country competing to become the England National Champion in their respective division. Annually this event is held in Loughborough. This event was our most...
28th February 2014 | Updates
Shin Gi Tai has it’s own Facebook page, we regularly post information on there about events, competitions, courses and photos of us training or even videos like this one of a Karate kata. Come and check it out:-...
