11th February 2014 | Coaching, Events
Saturday 8th February saw our Karate club run a Kata Masterclass in Basingstoke. 4th Dan Lindsey Andrews and current World Veterans Kata Champion taught the Shito Ryu Kata Nipaipo. Lindsey began with a brief history of Nipaipo and throughout the Masterclass gave...
11th January 2014 | Self Defence
Self Defence is an emotive topic with many people thinking they don’t need it. Hopefully they are correct. We’ve covered a number of the key points to consider when looking at one’s own self protection. They are available on the following...
10th December 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
The Eight Principles of Martial Arts by Wayne Roberts On the wall of our dojo in Basingstoke is a list of 8 words that face students every day when we train. I have to admit that even though I have previously looked at these words many times, I don’t...
3rd November 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Talking about work and education Following on from my previous update on communication skills in other sports, in this update, I will be looking at how these same skills are transferable into work and education. However as a student with little experience of work I...
3rd November 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
REPORT 5 – SOFT AND HARD MARTIAL ARTS Baguazhang and Boxing And so to the final part of this part of my project – looking at 5 hard and 5 soft Martial Arts. I deliberately saved boxing until last as it is quite controversial in its inclusion and also Baguazhang as...
2nd November 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Communicating in other sports The next part of my project can be broken down into different topics, which I shall report over a few updates. This part of the project will look over some of the communication techniques and methods talked about in the previous updates...
1st November 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
For many people learning a martial art, involves someone teaching them to learn unnatural movements is this a contradiction. I still think that its not a contradiction that we get taught unnatural movements when we get taught martial arts. My first point is because if...
29th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Question C: The question is: When someone is in the middle of a match and they are losing, what do they think and do to encourage themselves to win? What this question tells me: I believe that the question tells me to fight, be outstanding to impress other clubs. It...
27th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
3rd report by Peter Syckelmoore What can we learn from studying animals hunting/being hunted? Animals Hunting Animals have come up with hundreds of successful efficient hunting strategies in order to catch their prey, many predators will rely on outrunning,...
25th October 2013 | Competition, News
Members of Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy’s Kung Fu section were selected to join the Shikon National Kung Fu Team competing at The British Council for Chinese Martial Arts (BCCMA) annual Qinda semi contact sparring championships held in Gillingham in Kent. ...
24th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Fear as described in the dictionary is: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat, but what does it actually do when we feel it? The brain structure that is the center of most neurobiological...
18th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
The differences between Judo and Tai Chi What is Judo? ‘A sport of unarmed combat derived from jujitsu and intended to train the body and mind. It involves using holds and leverage to unbalance the opponent.’ The word Judo means ‘the gentle way.’ It was developed in...
14th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
REPORT 3 – SOFT AND HARD MARTIAL ARTS Aikido and Kendo Part 3 of my project is looking at Aikido and Kendo. Both of these are Martial Arts that I had heard of, but really had no knowledge of. It has been a tough report to finish – there is just so much information...
14th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Karate Black Belt Grading Essay. by Oliver Andrews It’s important for children and Teenagers to exercise because otherwise the world would be overly obese and that would be bad, because the people who are obese would consume a lot more food and the world would be on a...
13th October 2013 | Competition
Day 3 – Italy Competition Another long day, we all made it for breakfast at 7:00 and I’ve just back to my room at 22:26. But must say it’s been a great day for all of the squad. Another good day of high standard competition and of competent refereeing....
11th October 2013 | Competition
End of Day 2 and just got back to our hotel after dinner, it’s now 21:22 and we started training at 9:00 this morning with Ed and Jess wanting to work through their top two katas for about 90 minutes. We started training outside the local indoor tennis courts and the...
11th October 2013 | Competition
End of the first full day in Caorle in Italy for the Cadets and Junior’s World Karate Championships. Fair to say that the five of us are a little tired. As a recap to yesterday, we arrived in the resort at around 12:30, quick lunch and then training at...
10th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Coaching Communication Following on from methods of communication we use for learning martial arts, the next area of my research project involves communication used by martial arts teachers to coach – b) As a martial arts teacher, what methods of communication do we...
2nd October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
Question A: The first question I will answer is: When we practise a martial art, sometimes things go really well and sometimes they don’t go well at all. How do you encourage someone when things aren’t going so well? First of all I will explain how it feels like when...
