Classes

Sessions will be based on the following arts and systems:

Combat Karate
Practical applied karate from Japanese Shotokan, Shotokai and Kyukushinkai, Okinawan Goju and American Kenpo.
Learn how to apply karate from a 6th degree black belt who has real street experience.
Traditional katas available for those who want to learn them.
Karate Kumite to test your skills in sparring.

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Combat Jujutsu
The perfect compliment to Combat Karate. As well as strikes and counters, we practice locks, pressure points, takedowns and ground finishes.
Syllabus based on Kempo JuJutsu, Goshin Jutsu, Kyushindo, Taijutsu, and also some Brazilian JJ and Judo Newaza for those who like their groundwork.
OK you can roll and fight on mats? What about on the wooden floor? What about on concrete? What about a flight of stairs? Come to us and make your grappling functional for the real world.

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Combat Kung Fu (Feng Wei)
Syllabus distilled from the Chinese arts we practice and teach - Traditional and Modified Wing Chun, Jun Fan, Mantis, Ba Gua, Shaolin, and some Tai Chi (yes it does have some combat applications).
Classes include NRG (energy) drills, HIA (Trapping) and locking, Close Quarter Combat, and Chi Sao sparring.
Traditional Wing Chun forms available for those who want to learn them.

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Kickboxing
Functional drills for tool development, and defence and counter, building to a comprehensive sparring program to test and develop your skills to the max.
Impact work on pads to develop the important attributes of speed, power, coordination, distance and timing.
Sparring forms include points karate, semi contact, full contact Kickboxing, and Thai boxing.
Syllabus taken from karate, freestyle, semi contact, full contact, Tae Kwon Do (WTF), Kung Fu, Muay Thai, and Savate.
Mat, ring, and street tested methods.

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Kobudo - weapons
Filipino Kali and Eskrima stick and knife,
Okinawan Nunchaku and Tonfa,
Japanese bokken, shinai, bo and jo - sword, spear and staff.

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Grappling
Throws, takedowns and groundfighting. Methods taken from Judo and Jujutsu and the western Wrestling systems of Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Russian Sombo.
Judo is 90% throws and 10% groundwork. Brazilian JJ is 90% groundwork and 10% throws. In this session we work to combine the elements and bridge the gap.

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Vale Tudo
Vale Tudo is the Portuguese for "anything goes". The original Mixed Martial Art in Brazil.
In our club we combine the elements of Kickboxing and Grappling so you spar and fight at all ranges. Functional drills and sparring to make you a fully competant fighter.

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