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SO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR ME?

SO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR ME?

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,...

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Fear and the Martial Arts

Fear and the Martial Arts

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...

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New Classes starting from September

New Classes starting from September

Starting in September we have a range of new classes starting at our Basingstoke based Martial Arts Club. Ladies Kickboxing Class From Tuesday 9th September at 7:30pm we are running a Ladies Only Kickboxing class. Focussing on Fitness and Self...

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Nipaipo Kata Course

Nipaipo Kata Course

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...

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