Basingstoke Karate Blog
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Snow closure
Saturday 11:53pm Update.We've driven through Jays Close this evening, the road is very icy and there's a couple of inches of snow in the car park. Given the forecasted temperature and the messages from several families, saying they aren't coming...
It’s too much!
Train harder! Train faster! Longer stance! Deeper stance! Go harder! Lift heavier! Do one more.
Have you heard those whilst training? I’m guessing, with a reasonable amount of personal experience and knowledge that the answer is yes.
That’s fine, a good coach should be helping you to extend your boundaries or in sports terms training the overload principle.
Christmas Closure
Our last class before the Christmas holidays is on Sunday 16th December. We open again on Wednesday 2nd January. We'd like to thank all of our members for training with us this year and we would all like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a...
Safeguarding Mark in Martial Arts
We are pleased to announce that we have recently become accredited with The Safeguarding in Martial Arts Mark. The Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts has been designed to promote and recognise martial arts clubs/organisations who demonstrate good...
UK Coaching Awards 2018
Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy has been nominated for the prestigious UK Coaching awards and has reached the final of the Coaching Culture Organisation of the Year along with British Canoeing and The Youth Sport Trust. It’s a great achievement...
Katathon 2018 – Fundraising for the Camrose Centre
We hope you will jump, block, kick and punch at the chance to support us in raising money for The Camrose Centre Basingstoke and SHELTER. The Camrose Centre supports homeless and vulnerably housed people in Basingstoke. The provide breakfast...
Coach Education
Sometimes as a coach in any sport it's easy to feel like a nag, constantly reminding students to 'bend their knee' or 'pull their hand back' or 'grip the uniform differently' or whatever is specific to a particular sport. The focus of Sunday's...
WUKF World Championships 2018
Members of our Basingstoke Martial Arts club made the trip to Dundee on the Banks of the River Tay in Scotland for the World Union of Karate-Do Federations biennial World Championships. This event is always a highlight in the calendar, with over...
Coaches diary
Just asked the kids at the end of one of the Karate classes, in Basingstoke, if they had any questions and was asked "what did we learn today cause I just had fun." We discussed it as a group and this is what they learnt. Our drills warm up was...
May Bank Holiday Closure
Please note that we are closed on the Bank Holidays during May on Monday 7th and Monday 28th May. All other classes run as normal.
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