Taming my tiger – writing my story Taming my tiger – writing my story by Ian Rand Since starting training on the Complete Self Protection Masterclass I have been inspired. Not only by the brilliantly skilled instructors, Al Peasland and Mick Tully, but also by the...
WHAT IS A BLACK BELT? By Harry Cronk age 10 June 2011 A black belt is someone who has good… Stamina Someone who is sensible Someone who concentrates Brave Has good confidence and memory Determination Good listener Has good knowledge about...
At the Sport Hampshire and Isle of Wight awards on 23rd March, our Martial Arts Academy from Basingstoke won the prestigious award of ‘Hampshire Sports Club of the Year.’ Katherine Wight, Sarah Godley and Alison Lee from Biscoes, Oliver Andrews on their shoulders,...
How many times do we hear……….. “I can’t do it”… “It’s too difficult / impossible”… “I’ll never”… “why can she / he do it”… “It’s not fair”…………. As adults we all recognise these phrases, often coming from (disgruntled) workplace colleagues...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010 18:50 Written by Steve Rowe “C’mon kids – let’s go, basic techniques!” Sifu’s voice was infectious; the kids loved the repetition of basics and counting in various languages…. “Punching in Chinese!” The children all shouted as they punched…...
“Sifu, in my mate’s class they learn to harden and desensitise their arms by bashing them together with the blocking movements, why don’t we do that?” Rod had lots of martial arts ‘mates’ who trained at different clubs and they would get together on a regular basis to...
You practise Karate/Judo/Taekwondo etc, you can’t be afraid, you’re tough, are n’t you or I would n’t want to mess with you. I’m sure many of us will have either heard these phrases or something very similar. But are they true? As a Karate (I’ll say Karate for...
From next week our Basingstoke Martial Arts Academy we will be adding Judo to our curriculum. Judo will compliment our already established arts of Karate/Kickboxing and MMA and will add in new skills to our Martial Arts Academy, particularly in throwing, grappling and...
