After a decade of teaching Martial Arts in Basingstoke and nearly 40 years of learning and teaching several Martial Arts, my experiences is that we all reach plateaus in our training. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a hard combative martial art like Karate, Judo...
Does experience matter? From time to time that old chestnut pops up on the internet about people who are n’t Black belts teaching Martial Arts and whether this is an acceptable approach or not. The main thrust of the two arguments are:- You don’t need to be a Black...
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, British champion and...
The differences between Beginners and Advanced practitioners. Beginners- White, Orange and Red belts By Jess Muller I feel that beginners should spend the majority of their lesson time working on their fundamentals. This should include: the stances, the blocks, kicks...
Here we go again. It’s time for people to start their annual fitness regime with all the best intentions in the world. You can just hear it can’t you……”Well it’s a new Year and I’m going to get fit and lose weight.”...
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...
