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Article in Basingstoke Gazette about Martial Arts Success
Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy entered a team of competitors into the Seitou Ryu Essex Open Karate Championships in Tilbury Essex. The competition attracts participants from across London and the Home Counties. We had a successful event with 2...
Kyoji Kai Competition success for Basingstoke Karate Coach
Congratulations to Mark Nevola who entered the Kyoki Kai National Championships in Dockland London on Sunday 11th November and won two silver and one bronze medal. Kyoji Kai is led by John Anderson 7th Dan, who has an excellent reputation for...
Grading success at Tsunami Martial Arts
Our Karate club's Head Coach Bryan Andrews was invited to hold a seminar and grading in Iver for Tsunami Martial Arts, which is a club based in West London and Norfolk. Paul Pretty 4th Dan is the Chief Instructor of the club and he and Bryan have...
Special Needs International Judo Competition
Congratulations to Gavin Downey who came 3rd in the Irish International Open Special Needs Judo Competition in Dublin on Sunday 28th October against some very determined and strong international competitors.. This result caps an excellent year for...
Combat Ju Jitsu National Championships
Our Basingstoke Ju Jitsu team entered the British National Championships late weekend and Jamie Venning came away as the 2012 British Featherweight Champion. Congratulations Jamie and yet another National Champion for Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts...
Basingstoke’s National Karate Champion
Our Basingstoke based Martial Arts Academy entered a team of competitors into Karate England's (Karate's governing body) National Championships on 30th September in Loughborough. Despite some very experienced and strong opponents against...
Women can’t learn a Martial Art! Can they?
The Martial Arts are primarily feminine. Many would think this a strange statement until they start to look a bit deeper. By nature men are linked to the sun (yang) and women to the moon (yin). Women have a 28 day biorhythmic cycle and their...
Basingstoke and Deane Sports Coach of the Year 2012
Congratulations to the Shin Gi Tai Coaching Team at Basingstoke and Deane's 2012 Sports Awards. Our borough is fortunate to have a very strong sporting community, which is often demonstrated in competition. The borough council, Local Sports...
Repetition in the Martial Arts, why do we do it.
One of the primary methods for learning a martial art is repetition. Although our job as coaches is to make classes varied and interesting for the students, it is important that we constantly repeat particular actions, movements and sequences over...
Connect your feet to your hands
On the wall in our martial arts centre in Basingstoke facing the students when they train is a list of 8 words, these 8 words represent the 8 principles that we need to fully understand to make our Martial Arts work. The first of these words is...
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