Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. Success through martial arts. Grading prep has been the focus of the past weeks classes, seeing everyone at the Warrior Academy working tirelessly to assess our 400+ young warriors to see who is ready to be put forward for grading. During these sessions I have been particularly impressed with how many…
Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. “If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits, there are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee. Welcome back! I hope everybody had a…
Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset Instructor Matts blog update: “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect…..” – Bruce Lee Leadership was our focus for last weeks classes at The Warrior Academy, encouraging students to lead wherever possible. We had very loud and fun student led warm ups, which have all been different. Its great to see…
Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset Instructor Matts blog update: “The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there” – Ed Parker I have seen lots of progress this week during our classes focusing on sparring technique. We have been going back to basics, breaking everything down to improve footwork and…
Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset Instructor Matts blog update: “When your temper rises, lower your fists – when your fists rise, lower your temper.” – Chojun Miyagi Wise words, and through learning martial arts we learn how to respond to difficult and testing situations. Last week we focused on self defence which is a very important…
Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset – 15.9 Instructor Matts blog update: Another great week for all of us at The Warrior Academy! We were focusing on striking effectively, with speed and good technique. This brought about lots of fun lessons focusing mostly on pad work. Students were pushed to perfect a selection of kicks from their grade…
Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset – 15.9 Instructor Matts blog update: Courtesy – Integrity – Perseverance – Self Control – Indomitable Spirit These are the tenets of traditional Taekwondo and it is these attributes that we instil into all of our students who are part of our warrior family. It’s great to be back and see everybody…
This week in our Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire and Somerset: Update from Instructor Matt: Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. I think everybody learnt a lot from yesterdays 2016 South West Championships! Whether you went home with a trophy or a medal, I think everyone went home with a massive sense of community after what was a really great…
This week in our Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire and Somerset: Update from Instructor Martin: This week we’ve been building and working harder towards the incredible South West Championships 2016, the classes have been steered towards more agility, more sparring and even greater awareness of the skills development and appliance of those skills in the tournament environment, with board breaking,…
This week in our Martial Arts classes in Wiltshire and Somerset: Update from Instructor Matt: Forget about winning or losing – Focus on learning and developing. This is what we are all about here at The Warrior Academy and this week our focus has been on Championship preparation. Our students across Bath, Salisbury and Wiltshire have been having fun developing…
