buy the starter pack if they want to join our club.
STMA is a members only club, we don't allow people to just drop in for a class, nor do we take casual members. We expect our members to attend regularly, take it seriously, and get the proper training kit.
If you are recommending any members in the future, make sure they are aware of this. They will be welcome to try the class out for a few sessions, but they will be expected to "join" at some point. The only cots of joining is to buy the starter pack from us.
Members at STMA attend regular or not at all!
Kali and Kickboxing club we will insist that all members, new and current commit to acquiring and training with stix as well as gloves.
As we have no joining fee, membership, uniform, or any other commitments it is not unreasonable to expect our new members to spend the £30 to get gloves and stix.
Main reason being we cover stick drills regularly as part of our training and we don't need members who don't have stix and aren't trained in the basic drills bottle necking the training sessions.
Also a lot of unarmed concepts are learnt from stick and transferred across.
Finally, drilling stick improves your reflexes and timing to such a degree that your unarmed combat improves exponentially as a result.
Karate has weapons.
Muay Thai has Krabi.
FMA from Kali and Eskrima develop panatukan boxing and sikaran kickboxing.
It's come to the point where we can't let members miss out on the world of possibility in FMA training.
So everyone has to buy stix.
New members who are joining us through this period will be expected to acquire a starter pack at the end of their "probationary" period. Members who have their own gloves will simply be expected to buy stix at the next order.
