Posts by David Price

It was a great training session for Red and Black belts of the ATKDA on Sunday. Lead by Master McNally the group went through patterns, self defence and impact training and picked up many tips and pointers and had a great time. Well done to all, bring on the black belt gradings!

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Many traditional martial arts schools focus on solo forms/katas/patterns and sparring is often a totally separate entity, and focused on tournament rules at our training sessions we use the movements from the solo forms against a resisting opponent to test their effectiveness. we also use various drills and games to develop the appropriate skills needed…

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The Charnwood Tae Kwon-Do Student Handbook is currently on Apple Books if you would prefer a digital rather than paper copy.   https://books.apple.com/gb/book/charnwood-tae-kwon-do-ehandbook/id1527002563

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Dear all,   We are coming towards the end of the year, there are a couple of events still coming up including: pre-black belt training session 6th October Black belt grading 3rd November coloured belt grading 1st December   please add these to your diaries as required

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I’d love to share a series of articles on Self Protection/Self Defence. this first article is drawn from our martial arts school’s self protection guide. “Avoidance This chapter will deal with methods of avoiding dangerous situations and having the awareness to do so.   Awareness is vital to self protection and personal security. If you…

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We recently had a seminar taught by Mr Lee Taylor of Lee Taylor Karate.   The idea was to give us a point of view from a different martial art, and identify the common principles that all martial arts are based on.   It was a plus as the methods we learned and practiced allow…

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One of our Junior members, Erin Gocer, has just achieved her first gold medal! Competing in the Midlands Championships Erin competed in both Patterns and sparring, showing off sparring skill and technical ability! This was extra special as it was Erin’s first ever tournament too! It’s a great feeling when a student achieves their goals…

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Our martial arts family is growing!   We we have a new class starting in Rothley on 3rd November.   We love to see so many people enjoying the benefits that martial arts have to offer.   if you’d like to give it a go, email or call us now 🙂

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One of our junior yellow belts, Erin, is showing greatness potential and leadership skills, after this clip where she was practicing her new pattern she went on to help mum and dad learn it too! Keep up the great work Erin!⭐️

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Earlier this month we had a great seminar on martial arts power generation by World Master James Freer, 7th Degree Black Belt.   the session covered in detail the body mechanics of delivering an effective strike, along with evasive footwork for sparring.

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