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Kata Course report

by Bryan Andrews | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog Posts

We recently ran a Kata class for members, it focussed upon a number of key Kata, split by grade and ability and the key principles and concepts within each. Heian Sandan / Heian Yondan / Pinan Godan Although these three kata come from different...

SO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR ME?

by Bryan Andrews | Jan 4, 2016 | Coaching

SO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR ME? ‘Yes, but it’s easy for you’ are words I hear frequently when coaching, typically when asking students to challenge themselves with something they cannot yet do. Yes I’m a Kata World champion, European champion,...

Life is like a Jigsaw

by Bryan Andrews | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog Posts

Two days before Christmas I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon at a friend's house. Laid out on the table was a jigsaw. The edges were complete but nothing else, hundreds of pieces scattered around waiting to be found and placed in an...

Happy Christmas

by Bryan Andrews | Dec 25, 2015 | Updates

Christmas Holiday Closure

by Bryan Andrews | Dec 1, 2015 | Updates

We are closed from Sunday 20th December to Sunday 3rd January inclusive. Happy Christmas everyone and we hope 2016 is a good year for you.

Maria Miller visits Dove House Academy

by Bryan Andrews | Nov 17, 2015 | News

Basingstoke MP Maria Miller recently visited us at Dove House Academy to watch one of the Judo classes take place. The class covered a number of groundwork techniques and also some work on strength and conditioning. Dove House Judo club is a...

Fear and the Martial Arts

by Bryan Andrews | Oct 28, 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...